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CSET World History
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1. 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: political
Myths
The Franks
The Renaissance
2. 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
Christianity: basic doctrines
Minoan civilization
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Assyrians
3. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The Carolingians
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
4. (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
Hinduism
The Babylonians
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Feudalism: outcomes
5. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Mayas
Confucius
6. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Flying shuttle
Hindus
Contributions of the Greek World
Greece: geography
7. 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 spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Chaldeans
John Calvin
8. 509-27 B.C. Started after Etruscan control was overthrown - Society was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves - Government was based on consuls - the Senate - and the Centurial Assembly -
Constantinople
Charlemagne
Coke smelting
The Roman Republic
9. 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
John Locke
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
The ziggurat
The Lydians
10. 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
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Enlightened despotism
The Counter Reformation
11. 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 -
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Egypt
Islam
The Incas
12. 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
Islam
Africa's geological diversity
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Reasons for the Reformation
13. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
The topography of Africa
Ottoman Empire
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Saul
14. Four rivers (Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambezi) were important to Africa's economic history - Egyptian civilization developed in the Nile Valley - Africa above the Sahara (Northern Africa) is often associated with Arab influence - The irregular coas
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15. 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
Mesoamerica
Zoroastrianism
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Nicolaus Copernicus
16. 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)
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Renaissance
Martin Luther
17. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Islam in Africa
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Mesopotamian civilizations
18. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Arabs
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Persian War
19. 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
The forest states
Social Darwinism
Spinning mule
Power loom
20. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Manorialism
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The forest states
Darwin
21. 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 French Revolution
Feudalism: outcomes
Sumeria
'The Communist Manifesto'
22. 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
The Scientific Revolution
The (Protestant) Reformation
American Indian culture
Grooved rollers
23. 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.
'The Communist Manifesto'
The ziggurat
The topography of Africa
Mongul rule in China
24. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Contributions of the Greek World
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Incas
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
26. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Calvinism
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Dorians
Mesopotamia: developments
27. 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
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian civilizations
The English Reformation
England during the later Middle Ages
28. The Norman Conquest (invasion of England by William the Conqueror - duke of Normandy) had a profound impact on the development of the culture - language - and judicial system of England - The Battle of Hastings (1066) ended Anglo - Saxon rule in Engl
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
England during the later Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Contributions of the Greek World
29. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Capitalism
Greece: geography
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
30. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Manorialism
Steamboat
Africa's geological diversity
31. 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
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The (Protestant) Reformation
Mongul rule in China
India: developments
32. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
Mycenaean civilization
The Napoleonic Code
The Franks
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
33. 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
Turk Dominance
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The Babylonians
Effects of the Reformation
34. Foreign trade enabled populations to grow in cities and to become sophisticated - The family was the focus of Chinese life - Women had lower status than men
Spartan way of life
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
35. 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
Athens and Sparta
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Indus River
The Early Middle Ages
36. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Feudalism: outcomes
Japan's geography
37. 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
The caste system
Minoan civilization
The Aztecs
Greece: geography
38. 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
The Babylonians
Grooved rollers
Athens and Sparta
39. Based on the teachings of Mohammed - The spread of Islam started in the seventh century A.D. - The Koran became the center for Islamic moral and ethical conduct - Mohammed established a theocracy based on Islamic law
Power loom
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Islam
40. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Watt steam engine
The Renaissance
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
41. 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
Effects of the Reformation
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
42. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Phoenicians
Isaac Newton
The Age of Pericles
43. 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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44. (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
Charlemagne
Power loom
The Aztecs
Absolutism
45. Writing - Commerce - Government
China: developments
Neoclassicism
Feudalism: economic
The Viking (Norse) invaders
46. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Babylonians
Jesus of Nazareth
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
47. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Confucius
The English Reformation
Flying shuttle
48. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
North American Indians
Islam in Africa
The Dorians
The Hellenistic Age
49. 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
Martin Luther
Contributions of the Greek World
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Coke smelting
50. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Background to the French Revolution
The Hittites
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)