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CSET World History
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1. 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 Phoenicians
Nicolaus Copernicus
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
2. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
Classical Greece
Muslim contributions
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
3. 500 BC to the conquest of Greece by the Macedonian king Philip II in 338 BC; highpoint of greek civ - Sophic emphasis on the individual - revol of philosophy by Socrates - Plato's emphasis on ethics - Aristotle emphasis on observable reality - Herodo
Renaissance
The Israelites
Mythology
Classical Greece
4. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Mesopotamia: developments
Charlemagne
Islam
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
5. 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
Manorialism
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Modern influence of Magna Carta
6. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
The Napoleonic Code
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Rome's economic problems
Turk Dominance
7. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Constantine
8. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Jesus of Nazareth
Grooved rollers
The ziggurat
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
9. 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
Nicolaus Copernicus
Alfred the Great
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The Mayas
10. 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
Isaac Newton
Mesopotamian civilizations
The Phoenicians
Iona
11. 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
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Myths
The Babylonians
North American Indians
12. 20000-30000 years ago - during the last Ice Age - the first humans crossed over the Bering Sea land bridge into the Americas - As they migrated southward - they inhabited the hemisphere from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego - Their widespread dispersion le
Development of the Renaissance
Origins of people in America
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Steam locomotive
13. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Olmec
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Rome's political problems
14. 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 Incas
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The Renaissance
Origins of people in America
15. The Reconquista reestablished Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492 - Portugal in 1250 - The Spanish state was marked by strong - absolutist rule - The monarch instituted inquisitions and also expelled the Jews
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Counter Reformation
16. An early Jewish convert to Christianity - was responsible for the spread of Christian theology and the resulting response from the Roman empire (opposition/resistance; Christianity firmly rooted in the collapsing world of Roman rule)
Sumeria
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Athens and Sparta
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
17. 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
The Israelites
Feudalism: outcomes
The Later Middle Ages
Enlightened despotism
18. 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.
Ganges River
Martin Luther
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
19. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Sumeria
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
20. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Grooved rollers
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
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Grooved rollers
Spartan way of life
22. 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
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Carolingians
23. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Steamboat
Coke smelting
Mythology
24. (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
Alexander the Great
Charles Martel
Martin Luther
Islam
25. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Roman Republic
Power loom
26. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (compassion for the poor and downtrodden) - Emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God - the sacraments as the instruments of God's grace - and the importance of a moral life for salvation
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Cotton gin
Christianity: basic doctrines
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
27. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Mesopotamia
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Rome's economic problems
28. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Napoleon and the First Empire
English Parliament
29. 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 Mayas
Classical Greece
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
North American Indians
30. Mathematician - physicist - astronomer - With a telescope - provided the first observational evidence in support of Copernicus - Observed the phases of Venus; discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter; observed and analyzed sunspots - Was question
The Hittites
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Contributions of the Greek World
Galileo Galilei
31. 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 conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The Counter Reformation
The Mayas
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
32. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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33. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
The Peloponnesian War
The Hittites
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The Dorians
34. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Indus River
Nicolaus Copernicus
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
35. 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
North American Indians
Egypt: developments
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Four key beliefs of Hindus
36. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
The Franks
Cotton gin
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
37. 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
Cotton gin
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Greece: geography
Rome's economic problems
38. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Manorialism
Zoroastrianism
Africa's geological diversity
39. Born around 6 B.C. in the Roman province of Judea - Became an influential rabbi - His death by crucifixion and resurrection as the Christ (Greek for messiah) were writings in the Gospels
Mesopotamia
Jesus of Nazareth
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Persian War
40. 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
Islam
The East African Coast
The Renaissance
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
41. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
The Peloponnesian War
Sumeria
The Roman Empire
42. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
France during the later Middle Ages
Grooved rollers
The Napoleonic Code
43. The Turkish empire - By the middle of the 16th century - the Ottomans controlled not only Turkey but most of southeastern Europe - the Crimea - Iran - and a majority of the Middle East
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Turk Dominance
Ottoman Empire
The Chaldeans
44. 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
The Olmec
Origins of people in America
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Mycenaean civilization
45. 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
Water frame
Coke smelting
Early Japanese civilization
Mesopotamian civilizations
46. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Steamboat
The Lydians
The Roman Empire
47. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Neoclassicism
Indus River
Calvinism
Development of the Renaissance
48. 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
Constantine
Arabs
North American Indians
John Locke
49. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Renaissance
Isaac Newton
50. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Enlightened despotism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Zoroastrianism