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CSET World History
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1. Lineage was the basis of tribal organization - Religion - politics - and law became the focus of African culture - Art and sculpture were emphasized
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2. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The ancient Near East: geography
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
3. Genghis Khan united nomadic peoples and conquered China - Kublai Khan became emperor of China - Marco Polo - the Italian explorer - opened the door to trade with China and described the Mongol Empire.
Classical Greece
The Later Middle Ages
Mongul rule in China
The Carolingians
4. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Myths
Egypt: developments
The Lydians
5. The oldest known civilization on earth - established in the Tigris - Euphrates Valley in the 4th millennium BC. Sumerian civilization took the form of a cluster of city - states - the best known of which is Ur. Sumerians were the first to use the pot
Sumeria
Spartan way of life
Development of the Renaissance
The (Protestant) Reformation
6. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Mesopotamia
Laissez faire
The ancient Near East: geography
Hinduism
7. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
The East African Coast
Charles Martel
Napoleon and the First Empire
Mohammed
8. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
American Indian culture
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Manorialism
The Hellenistic Age
9. Arabs preserved the cultures of the peoples they conquered - Religious pilgrimages led to the spread of new ideas - The caliphs improved farming methods and crop yields - Military expansion also served as a vehicle for cultural exchane between the Ar
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
'The Communist Manifesto'
Classical Greece
10. A totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor to sustain its agricultural system; state owned most of the land - Warrior state - dependent on a superior military (result of constant threat of rebellion) - Spartan citizens were outnum
Division of the Muslim Empire
Minoan civilization
The Persians
Spartan way of life
11. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Minoan civilization
Rome's political problems
The Incas
Indus River
12. Also known as the Catholic Reformation - Attempted to halt the spread of Protestantism - The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) became the first official Catholic response to the Reformation; Jesuits also initiated missionary and educational endeavors - The
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Charlemagne
The Counter Reformation
Ottoman Empire
13. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
The East African Coast
Confucius
The Chaldeans
India: developments
14. Lasted five centuries - The Pax Romana (Roman peace) was two centuries without a major war (27 B.C.- A.D. 180) - By the end of the second century A.D. - Rome was in economic and political decline - which weakened the empire
The Roman Empire
The Sumerians
Water frame
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
15. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Early Middle Ages
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
16. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The Hittites
Effects of the Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
17. Refers to the absolute rule of monarchs with unlimited power - The theory of absolute monarchs and the divine right of kings (rule by God's will) - Evolved from the limited power of the ruling class during the Middle Ages to the Age of Absolutism in
Absolutism
John Calvin
North American Indians
The Persians
18. A.D. 1325-1521 - Central Mexico - Conquered much of central Mexico - The Toltecs preceded them - built a great city (Tenochtitlan) and ruled an empire - Religion and war dominated life - Rich mythological and religious traditions - Architecturally ac
The Aztecs
Greece: geography
Water frame
The Sumerians
19. c. A.D. 500-1000 - Dark Ages: A.D. 500-800 - The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline - A struggle back toward stability
Mongul rule in China
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The Early Middle Ages
20. Capitalism was regarded as the 'natural environment' in which 'survival of the fittest' could be tested - belief that some races were superior to others - that poverty indicated unfitness - and that a class - structured society was desirable
Mesopotamia
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The Roman Republic: decline
Charles Martel
21. Originated in India (1500 B.C.) as part of the teachings of Hinduism - Divided people into four distinct and inflexible social groups: priests and teachers; rulers and warriors; merchants and artisans; and peasants and servants (the lowest caste) - P
Confucius
Mesoamerica
The caste system
Saul
22. A.D. 250-900 - Yucatan peninsula - Achieved a complex civilization - cities were trade and religious centers - excelled in many fields - including mathematics - science - astronomy - and engineering (pyramid building) - Only known written language of
The Dorians
Minoan civilization
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Mayas
23. Foreign trade enabled populations to grow in cities and to become sophisticated - The family was the focus of Chinese life - Women had lower status than men
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The ziggurat
Japan's geography
Christianity: basic doctrines
24. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The Napoleonic Code
The Roman Empire
Muslim contributions
25. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Olmec
The Persians
Classical Greece
26. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
The Age of Pericles
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The feudal system
'The Communist Manifesto'
27. Ravaged by economic and political decline and repeated civil wars - Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. - Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.)
Grooved rollers
The Roman Republic: decline
Mycenaean civilization
Constantine
28. A.D. 1200-1533 Northwest coastal region and inland region of South America (Peru) - Controlled a vast empire in South America - The Tiahuanaco culture developed in the Andes Mountains - unified an extensive empire - Developed a sophisticated record -
The Hellenistic Age
Mycenaean civilization
The Incas
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
29. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Indus River
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
30. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
Spartan way of life
Myths
India: developments
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
31. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
The Israelites
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Feudalism: political
Grooved rollers
32. Became the dominant Germanic tribe - Clovis - king of the Franks (A.D. 481-511) - was converted to Christianity - Domestic feuds and civil war broke out among the Merovingians (A.D. 561) - Political power shifted away from the monarchy
The Franks
The Olmec
Capitalism
Greece: geography
33. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
Ganges River
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Early Japanese civilization
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
34. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
Indus River
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The (Protestant) Reformation
The caste system
35. Conquered Sumeria and established a new empire (2300-1750 B.C.) - The code of Hammurabi was the first universal written codification of laws in recorded history (c. 1750 B.C.) - Ahievements included a centralized government and advancements in algebr
The English Reformation
Steamboat
The Babylonians
Mohammed
36. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Alfred the Great
Mesoamerica
China: developments
37. A dramatic increase in productivity and the rise of the factory system - Demographic changes (from rural to urban centers) - The division of society into defined classes (propertied and nonpropertied) - The development of modern capitalism
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Roman Empire
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The ziggurat
38. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
The 'continental system'
Feudalism: economic
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Mesopotamia
39. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Charles Martel
Reasons for the Reformation
Indus River
Charlemagne
40. No formal system in place to choose Roman emperors; some chosen directly by the emperor - others were heirs to the throne - others were able to buy the throne - Informal and corrupt process of succession resulted in weak and ineffective rulers and ma
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41. The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago - marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world - generally around 10000 yea
Calvinism
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Steam locomotive
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
42. A traditional or legendary story - usually concerning some being or hero or event - with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation - especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice - rite -
The feudal system
Rome's political problems
Water frame
Myths
43. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
Hinduism
The (Protestant) Reformation
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Scientific Revolution
44. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
The Napoleonic Code
American Indian culture
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
45. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
India: developments
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
46. King Darius of Persia wanted to conquer all of the Greek city - states but Athens and Sparta resisted. Greek city - states vs. Persia - Greek city - states won. Athens emerged as most powerful city state in Greece.
Persian War
Cotton gin
The Renaissance
The Napoleonic Code
47. The Norman Conquest (invasion of England by William the Conqueror - duke of Normandy) had a profound impact on the development of the culture - language - and judicial system of England - The Battle of Hastings (1066) ended Anglo - Saxon rule in Engl
Pepin the Short
England during the later Middle Ages
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Ibn Battuta
48. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
The Israelites
The forest states
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
49. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Saul
Minoan civilization
Feudalism: economic
American Indian culture
50. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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