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CSET World History
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1. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Calvinism
Contributions of the Greek World
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The Chaldeans
2. 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
Background to the French Revolution
France during the later Middle Ages
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
3. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
North American Indians
Constantinople
The Carolingians
4. 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.
Martin Luther
Contributions of the Greek World
The forest states
Persian War
5. 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
Early Japanese civilization
The Fall of Rome
Grooved rollers
Development of the Renaissance
6. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
The Roman Republic
The Early Middle Ages
Ottoman Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
7. 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
Johannes Kepler
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Classical Greece
8. Transformed society and changed the way people looked at the natural world - In doing so - science came into direct conflict with the teachings of the Church - Began in the 16th century - Important people: Nicolaus Copernicus - Galileo Galilei - Joha
Origins of people in America
The Scientific Revolution
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
9. The Hopewell people were skilled farmers and flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys (200 B.C.- A.D. 400) - Mississippian culture developed in A.D. 800 and built large religious mound structures - The Anasazi culture (A.D. 800-1300) developed
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
North American Indians
The Hellenistic Age
10. (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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Spinning jenny
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Charlemagne
11. 4000-323 B.C. Organized warfare: Mycenae (military stronghold) - Sparta - phalanx (military formation - Literature: epic poetry (Iliad - Odyssey) - plays (drama - tragedy - comedy) - History: Herodotus (historian who reported the Persian Wars) - Thu
The forest states
Contributions of the Greek World
The feudal system
The Olmec
12. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Calvinism
Mohammed
Islam
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
13. 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 ziggurat
Absolutism
Background to the French Revolution
The Olmec
14. 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 -
Indus River
English Parliament
Myths
Capitalism
15. 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
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Early Middle Ages
Martin Luther
16. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Early Middle Ages
The topography of Africa
Confucius
17. 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
Mesoamerica
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Napoleonic Code
18. 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.
Mongul rule in China
Classical Greece
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Pepin the Short
19. 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
Feudalism: political
The forest states
The Counter Reformation
Martin Luther
20. 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 English Reformation
Hinduism
Japan's geography
Four key beliefs of Hindus
21. 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
Turk Dominance
Division of the Muslim Empire
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Spartan way of life
22. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
Calvinism
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Alfred the Great
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
Development of the Renaissance
River Valley Civilizations
China: developments
Islam in Africa
24. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The Mayas
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
The Age of Pericles
25. 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
Sumeria
The Mayas
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Pepin the Short
26. 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
Alfred the Great
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Neoclassicism
The Renaissance
27. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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28. The emphasis was on man rather than God - There was a reawakening or rebirth of classical models - The ideal of the 'universal man' was widely held
The Fall of Rome
Key provisions of Magna Carta
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The English Reformation
29. (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
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Charles Martel
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
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
The Chaldeans
Jesus of Nazareth
Enlightened despotism
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
31. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
The Roman Empire
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
32. 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
The Franks
The Babylonians
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Chaldeans
33. There were three periods of feudal government
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Jesus of Nazareth
34. The most important city - states in ancient Greece; both developed a unique culture and distinct political structure - Established the world's first democracy (c. 507 B.C.) - developed democratic institutions - Developed philosophy as represented by
Athens and Sparta
Saul
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Hittites
35. Developed strong governments - Benin grew wealthy and powerful until European contact threatened society - Slave trade produced wealth for the cities and the expansion of the slave trade extended into Africa's interior - Trade - taxes - and a powerfu
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Isaac Newton
Confucius
The forest states
36. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire
Johannes Kepler
The Counter Reformation
37. (Virgil's Aeneid - Ovid's Metamorphoses) - rhetoric (the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect) - Continued the Greek tradition in literature - art - sculpture - and the humanities
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Minoan civilization
The 'continental system'
38. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The Early Middle Ages
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
39. 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'
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Adam Smith
Johannes Kepler
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
40. Firmly established by the 14th century - Gained power at the expense of the king - Composed of the House of Lords (titled nobility) and the House of Commons (gentry and middle classes)
Mesopotamia: developments
India under Muslim rule
English Parliament
Watt steam engine
41. Its geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slavs - and Seljuk Turks - all of whom were becoming more powerful - The loss of commercial dominance of the Italians - Religious controversy with the West and a subsequent split with the Roman Catholic Church
Galileo Galilei
Darwin
The Incas
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
42. 431-404 B.C. - Devastated Sparta - Athens - and their Greek city - state allies - Sparta was victorious but unable to unite the Greek city - states - Greek individualism was a catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliances
Napoleon and the First Empire
Neoclassicism
The Peloponnesian War
The (Protestant) Reformation
43. 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
Arabs
Constantinople
Galileo Galilei
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
44. 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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45. 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
Indus River
The Babylonians
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Christianity: basic doctrines
46. 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
The Fall of Rome
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Darwin
47. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Alexander the Great
Laissez faire
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Ganges River
48. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
Isaac Newton
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
49. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
The Hittites
Laissez faire
Watt steam engine
Constantinople
50. Rugged landscape of mountains and valleys - scattered islands led to the development of independent city - states (polis) rather than one unified empire - Scarcity of good agricultural land encouraged seafaring in eastern Greece - The southern mainla
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Confucius
Greece: geography