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CSET World History
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1. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Feudalism: economic
Islam in Africa
2. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
The forest states
Neoclassicism
The caste system
3. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Flying shuttle
Christianity: basic doctrines
The ancient Near East: geography
The Lydians
4. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The Peloponnesian War
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
5. Muslims controlled India for centuries - Muslim invaders came into India in the 11th and 12th centuries and created kingdoms in the north - The Delhi Sultanate was the most powerful (1206-1526)
Social Darwinism
India under Muslim rule
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
6. Borrowed from China - Archaeology has revealed Japan's ancient past - Japanese culture developed during the Heian Era (794-1156) - Poetic form such as the Haiku developed - and literature spread
The Assyrians
Early Japanese civilization
The Lydians
Steamboat
7. 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
Spinning mule
The Persians
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Spartan way of life
8. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The Renaissance
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Feudalism: outcomes
9. Society was based on a strict class division: clergy and nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans were the work force - and serfs were tied to the land
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Water frame
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
10. The rise of feudal monarchs resulted in the development of the nation - states of France - By the early 13th century - royal authority had expanded and France had become a European power - Conflicts with the pope over the extent of religious rule res
France during the later Middle Ages
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Contributions of the Greek World
11. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
Egypt: developments
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Roman Republic: decline
12. The medieval political unity of Europe was replaced by the spirit of modern nationalism - The authority of the state was strengthened - The middle class was strengthened - Calvinism gave capitalism its psychological base - Religious wars reflected th
Flying shuttle
Confucius
Effects of the Reformation
The Carolingians
13. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Origins of people in America
The Carolingians
Hinduism
Capitalism
14. 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
The Scientific Revolution
Sumeria
Islam in Africa
Ottoman Empire
15. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Steamboat
Ibn Battuta
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
16. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved - Center for world trade and exchange of culture - It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe - Codification of Roman law ('Justinian Code') - It preserved the Eastern Church ('Greek Orthodox
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Muslim contributions
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
17. (Frankish military/political leader) Halted the Muslim advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours (A.D. 732); Martel's victory helped preserve western civilization
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Charles Martel
The caste system
18. 1200-400 B.C. - South - central Mexico - Developed one of the first civilizations in Mesoamerica - Developed an agricultural community - Developed the first calendar in America - Noted artwork in many media (jade - clay - basalt - and greenstone) - M
Turk Dominance
The Olmec
India under Muslim rule
Mythology
19. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
The Phoenicians
Contributions of the Greek World
The forest states
The topography of Africa
20. Institutions: hospitals - medical schools - libraries - universities - Agriculture: cash crops - crop rotation - Mathematics: algebra - algorithms - Arabic numerals - decimal point - Globalization: exploration - work of scholars - trade (Atlantic - M
Muslim contributions
John Locke
Mythology
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
21. 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.)
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Persians
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Spinning jenny
22. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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23. 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
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Steam locomotive
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
24. 1760 - Improved production of iron
North American Indians
Coke smelting
The Incas
Myths
25. Astronomer - Challenged the Church doctrine of a geocentric (earth - centered) theory of the universe (Ptolemy's theory; was the prevailing thought for more than 1000 years) - Believed that the sun was the center of the solar system - and the earth m
The 'continental system'
Nicolaus Copernicus
Martin Luther's beliefs
American Indian culture
26. 146 B.C. After which Rome emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean - Rome incorporated Greek culture into its empire - Roman expansion resulted in a world republic
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Manorialism
Alexander the Great
27. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
John Calvin
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Classical Greece
The Hittites
28. Salvation through faith rather than sacraments - 'Ninety - five Theses' served as a catalyst in starting the Reformation - Luther's excommunication initiated the Reformation; Lutheranism developed its own following - Lutheranism decentralized religio
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29. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Spinning mule
Manorialism
The Roman Empire
Isaac Newton
30. Reflected the new secular trends - Humanism stressed the importance of the individual - Machiavelli's 'The Prince' stressed that 'the ends justify the means' as a political philosophy - The influence of the 'classical' arts was strong - and a new emp
Ganges River
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
31. The Ming (native Chinese) ousted the Mongols - Ming (1368-1644) rulers limited contact with the West - The Manchus (1644-1911) overran China and followed a policy of isolationism - weakening China
Classical Greece
Islam in Africa
Japan's geography
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
32. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Napoleon and the First Empire
Constantinople
33. Writing - Commerce - Government
China: developments
Isaac Newton
The feudal system
Mongul rule in China
34. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Minoan civilization
Christianity: basic doctrines
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
35. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization
Saul
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Spartan way of life
The Roman Republic: decline
36. Pillaged the coasts of Europe in the 8th century - The Danes were responsible for the major invasions of England - In France - the Carolingian king was forced to cede Normandy to the Vikings
The Renaissance
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Pepin the Short
37. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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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'
Johannes Kepler
Feudalism: political
Muslim contributions
Minoan civilization
39. 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.
Darwin
Mongul rule in China
The Renaissance
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
40. Geneva - Switzerland - The Doctrine of Predestination (God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others) was central to Calvinistic belief - Rejection of all forms of worship and practice not traced to Biblical tradition
The Scientific Revolution
The Assyrians
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
John Calvin
41. 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
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The forest states
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
42. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Mesoamerica
Mythology
John Locke
The Babylonians
43. c. 1000-1500
The Later Middle Ages
The Assyrians
Muslim contributions
The Phoenicians
44. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Grooved rollers
The topography of Africa
North American Indians
Indus River
45. In 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) - theorized that evolution is a continuous process in which successful species adapt to their environment in order to survive
Mesopotamian civilizations
England during the later Middle Ages
Darwin
Turk Dominance
46. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Steam locomotive
Confucius
Social Darwinism
The Renaissance
47. (A.D. 768-814) A Carolingian ruler - dominated the political structure of the early Middle Ages - crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo in A.D. 800 and had a major impact on the history of Europe - revived the concept of the Holy Roman Empire a
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Charlemagne
Hindus
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
48. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Alfred the Great
Mongul rule in China
Zoroastrianism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
49. The pope was dominant in religious matters and the monarch in secular matters - A continuing power struggle evolved between the papacy and the secular ruler during the late Middle Ages
Development of the Renaissance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Spartan way of life
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
50. 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 -
Charles Martel
The Incas
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Christianity: basic doctrines
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