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CSET World History
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1. As the Western Roman Empire was under relentless attack from barbarian tribes - people looked to the Church for salvation - The Church became the preserver of civilization and its unifying force in both political and religious life - Church entered i
Turk Dominance
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Laissez faire
2. Began as an attempt by the leaders of the industrial and commercial classes to end the injustices of the French monarchy - a Reign of Terror against the aristocracy - The fall of the Bastille on July 14 marks France's 4th of July - Napoleon Bonaparte
The French Revolution
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Origins of people in America
The Incas
3. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Early Middle Ages
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Mycenaean civilization
4. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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5. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
Japan's geography
India under Muslim rule
Johannes Kepler
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
6. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Mesopotamia
Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Sumeria
7. That each person is born into a caste or social group - Reincarnation: after death all people will be reborn in either human or animal form; nothing truly dies and the spirit in death passes from one living thing to another - The cow is considered sa
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Steam locomotive
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
8. Disease devastated native populations - Smallpox - measles - typhus - From Mexico - spread into the American southwest and southward toward the Andes - From 1520-1620 - 20 million dead - Conquest aided by weakening of native forces - Mass transfer of
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Age of Pericles
Watt steam engine
9. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Flying shuttle
The Roman Empire
10. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.) - Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine - Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens
Mesopotamia
Mongul rule in China
The Chaldeans
The 'continental system'
11. Called for a free and open economic system was needed - Expanded Darwin's theory of evolution to include society as a whole - viewed society as a 'struggle for existence'; only the 'fittest' members of society would survive - The accumulation of weal
Social Darwinism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Mycenaean civilization
The Dorians
12. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The Persians
Coke smelting
North American Indians
13. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Contributions of the Greek World
Neolithic or New Stone Age
14. There were three periods of feudal government
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Indus River
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Roman Empire
15. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
The Hellenistic Age
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Africa's geological diversity
Martin Luther's beliefs
16. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
Feudalism: economic
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Jesus of Nazareth
17. Established at Byzantium by Emperor Constantine as a 'New Rome' in the East in A.D. 330 - Strategically located (where Europe and Asia meet) - had excellent defensible borders - and was a crossroads of world trade - With the fall of Rome/collapse of
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Africa's geological diversity
Constantinople
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
18. The Renaissance of northern Europe emphasized the teachings of Christianity and placed less reliance on humanism - The French Renaissance reflected a democratic realism - The English Renaissance did not flower until the Elizabethan Age
The feudal system
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Counter Reformation
19. The first system of independent states - The first system of writing (cuneiform and hieroglyphics) - The first massive architectural achievements (ziggurat and pyramid) - The first lasting monotheism - The beginning of science - mathematics - and ast
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Constantine
The Persians
Constantinople
20. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Mesopotamia
Africa's geological diversity
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
21. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
The Assyrians
Watt steam engine
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
22. Saw the development of city - states - East African civilization was based on international trade and seaport cities - Swahili culture developed its own language and thrived in the city - states - The Portuguese destroyed much of the East African tra
Rome's economic problems
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The East African Coast
Charlemagne
23. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates rivers; southwest Asia/modern - day Iraq) - floods were unpredictable and destructive; flat plains invited invasion - Egypt (banks of Nile River - Mediterranean and Red Seas; Northeastern Africa) - India (Indus and G
The ancient Near East: geography
Modern influence of Magna Carta
North American Indians
River Valley Civilizations
24. Also called enlightened absolutism - Grew out of the earlier absolutism of Louis XIV (France) and Peter the Great (Russia) - Advocated limited responsibility to God and church - A form of absolutism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenmen
Pepin the Short
Absolutism
Enlightened despotism
North American Indians
25. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
The Counter Reformation
Watt steam engine
Hindus
26. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Iona
China: developments
The Israelites
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
27. 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 -
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Later Middle Ages
Spinning jenny
The Incas
28. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Origins of people in America
The Israelites
Minoan civilization
John Locke
29. 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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30. Dominated the culture of the 18th century - There was an attempt to revive the classic style and form of ancient Greece and Rome - In literature - the novel was the outcome; in architecture - the Rococo style was dominant - In music - Haydn and Mozar
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Muslim contributions
Neoclassicism
John Calvin
31. c. 1350-1600 - The revival of intellectualism - literature - philosophy - and artistic achievement - Spread westward and into northern Europe - Continued the road started in the Middle Ages that would lead to modern Europe
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Renaissance
River Valley Civilizations
32. 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
Indus River
Social Darwinism
Mesopotamian civilizations
33. 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
The East African Coast
Constantine
Absolutism
Alfred the Great
34. 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 Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Feudalism: economic
Rome's political problems
35. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The French Revolution
Turk Dominance
Key provisions of Magna Carta
36. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
Neoclassicism
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Mesopotamia
Martin Luther
37. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
The Napoleonic Code
Feudalism: political
Napoleon and the First Empire
Flying shuttle
38. Mathematician - astronomer - Believed God had created the world according to an intelligible plan and that man could understand this plan through application of reason -'Three laws of Planetary Motion'
Steam locomotive
Constantine
Johannes Kepler
English Parliament
39. Attempted to stem the tide - The empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires - Barbarian invasions by Germanic and Asiatic tribes (the Goths - Vandals - and Huns) devastated Rome - and it fell in A.D. 476 - The Eastern Roman Empire at Con
The 'continental system'
Spinning jenny
Turk Dominance
Constantine
40. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Watt steam engine
The (Protestant) Reformation
Feudalism: political
41. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Chaldeans
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
42. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Watt steam engine
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Saul
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
43. Developed in the interior of the continent - Grew from an iron - working settlement - Huge stone structures were constructed - Economy was based on the gold trade
Cotton gin
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
River Valley Civilizations
44. Began with the death of Alexander the Great - 323-30 B.C. - Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - A time of great economic growth and expansion; an increase in international trade and commerce - Rise of cities; Rhodes - Alexandria - and Antioch repl
Japan's geography
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Turk Dominance
The Hellenistic Age
45. Political outcomes: stability - leading lords emerged as kings - foundation for nation - states - Economic outcomes: self - sufficiency - foundation for urbanization - Productive surpluses and specialization of skills would lead to trade - Trade woul
Muslim contributions
The Magna Carta
Feudalism: outcomes
Constantine
46. Trade and commerce led to a high standard of living in cities - Muslim trade helped spread Islamic culture to foreign lands - Many factors helped trade expand - including no taxation and strong banking practices
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Mongul rule in China
The forest states
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
47. 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
Myths
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Effects of the Reformation
48. 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
Origins of people in America
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The 'continental system'
Neolithic or New Stone Age
49. The First Act of Supremacy (1534) marked the beginning of the English Reformation. - The king of England - Henry VIII - became the head of the church - The pope's refusal to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon initiated the break
The English Reformation
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Feudalism: economic
Constantine
50. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Results of the Industrial Revolution
John Calvin
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages