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CSET World History
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1. 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
Egypt: developments
North American Indians
Indus River
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
2. 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 Magna Carta
The Renaissance
Watt steam engine
Absolutism
3. 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
The Dorians
Napoleon and the First Empire
The forest states
John Locke
4. Began in Italy during the 14th century - The Crusades focused attention eastward (on Greece and the Near East) - By the 14th century - the move toward secularization was predominant - Conflicts between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th
Development of the Renaissance
North American Indians
The Phoenicians
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
5. 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
The Mayas
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The English Reformation
Mohammed
6. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Ottoman Empire
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Indus River
7. An English philosopher - Believed that people made a contract with their government to protect natural writes - Wrote about the inalienable writes to life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - His political ideas had a dramatic impact on the dev
Mesopotamia: developments
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
John Locke
8. (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
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Greece: geography
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Charles Martel
9. In eastern India - Sacred to Indians but was not the geographical river area that led to the development of Indian civilization - Associated with the rise of the Mauryan Empire in 322 B.C.
Napoleon and the First Empire
Spinning mule
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Ganges River
10. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Spartan way of life
The Incas
Mongul rule in China
Alfred the Great
11. 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
Manorialism
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
The (Protestant) Reformation
John Locke
12. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Mesopotamia: developments
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Power loom
13. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Mesopotamia
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
14. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
France during the later Middle Ages
15. 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
Constantinople
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Sumeria
Islam
16. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
Adam Smith
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Roman Republic: decline
The Early Middle Ages
17. 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
The Magna Carta
Feudalism: political
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
18. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
Spartan way of life
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
19. 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
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Isaac Newton
Indus River
The Later Middle Ages
20. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Grooved rollers
English Parliament
Constantinople
21. Dissatisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones - Humanism emphasized man's needs and concerns - The printing press allowed mass communication (Luther's 95 Theses were translated - widely copied - distributed throughout Europe) - Luther's exco
Reasons for the Reformation
Athens and Sparta
Darwin
The Early Middle Ages
22. 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
Mesopotamian civilizations
Mesoamerica
India: developments
The Punic Wars with Carthage
23. 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
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Constantine
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
24. 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
North American Indians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
The caste system
The Viking (Norse) invaders
25. 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
Feudalism: outcomes
Coke smelting
The Franks
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
26. 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.)
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The Roman Republic: decline
The Chaldeans
The French Revolution
27. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Pepin the Short
Effects of the Reformation
The Early Middle Ages
Saul
28. 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
Zoroastrianism
Greece: geography
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Ottoman Empire
29. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
The Renaissance
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
American Indian culture
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
30. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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31. (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
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Flying shuttle
Steamboat
32. 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
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Indus River
The caste system
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
33. 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
Water frame
The Roman Empire
Saul
The Chaldeans
34. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
American Indian culture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Egypt: developments
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
35. 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
Mycenaean civilization
Ibn Battuta
Steamboat
Isaac Newton
36. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
Water frame
The Age of Pericles
The Phoenicians
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
37. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The Babylonians
38. An Athenian ruler who came to power around 500 B.C.E. - an introduces further reforms that advanced democracy. He developed ten social classes based on where someone lived rather than their wealth. Established the Council of 500 and a policy where al
Galileo Galilei
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Magna Carta
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
39. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Charles Martel
Greece: geography
The Hittites
40. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Capitalism
American Indian culture
Confucius
Spinning jenny
41. 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
Spinning jenny
The Assyrians
Indus River
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
42. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
River Valley Civilizations
The Phoenicians
The Roman Republic: decline
Pepin the Short
43. 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
The Roman Empire
The Fall of Rome
Sumeria
Results of the Industrial Revolution
44. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
The Early Middle Ages
The Phoenicians
Cotton gin
Division of the Muslim Empire
45. 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
Cotton gin
The Lydians
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Mesoamerica
46. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Feudalism: outcomes
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Neolithic or New Stone Age
47. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Effects of the Reformation
Steam locomotive
The Fall of Rome
The Peloponnesian War
48. 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 Phoenicians
Alexander the Great
Sumeria
49. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Manorialism
Persian War
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
50. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Persian War
Saul
River Valley Civilizations
Water frame