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CSET World History
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1. 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
The 'continental system'
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Minoan civilization
2. (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 Chaldeans
China: developments
Spinning mule
Charlemagne
3. 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
Indus River
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The topography of Africa
4. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Iona
Steamboat
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
5. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Steamboat
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Ottoman Empire
Adam Smith
6. 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
Rome's political problems
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
7. 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
Ottoman Empire
English Parliament
Japan's geography
Myths
8. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Alfred the Great
Confucius
Islam in Africa
England during the later Middle Ages
9. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Flying shuttle
Ottoman Empire
10. 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
Constantine
The caste system
Capitalism
Martin Luther
11. A.D. 960-1279 - The Chinese Empire lost much territory after the fall of the Tang rulers - Advances in education - art - and science contributed to an improved way of life
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Coke smelting
12. c. 1000-1500
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Later Middle Ages
Sumeria
The Roman Republic
13. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
China: developments
Islam in Africa
The 'continental system'
14. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Mythology
Mesoamerica
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Enlightened despotism
15. 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 Counter Reformation
Egypt
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
General characteristics of the Renaissance
16. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
The ziggurat
Hindus
The Hellenistic Age
Modern influence of Magna Carta
17. 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)
Classical Greece
Calvinism
English Parliament
Ibn Battuta
18. 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
The Olmec
The Peloponnesian War
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Greece: geography
19. 1760 - Improved production of iron
Coke smelting
Confucius
France during the later Middle Ages
Neoclassicism
20. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Arabs
The French Revolution
Results of the Industrial Revolution
21. 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.
Mesopotamia
The Persians
Minoan civilization
Four key beliefs of Hindus
22. 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
The Assyrians
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Islam in Africa
The English Reformation
23. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Mongul rule in China
Mesoamerica
Flying shuttle
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
24. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
The topography of Africa
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Nicolaus Copernicus
25. In 1215 - King John was forced by the nobles to sing the Magna Carta - Limited the power of the king and increased the power of the nobles
Ottoman Empire
The Magna Carta
Mohammed
Myths
26. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
The Dorians
The Israelites
Laissez faire
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
27. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
The Roman Republic
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Ganges River
Feudalism: political
28. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
River Valley Civilizations
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
29. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Egypt
Charlemagne
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
30. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
Alexander the Great
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Effects of the Reformation
31. Hastened by the Frankish system of inheritance - The Treaty of Verdun (A.D. 843) divided Charlemagne's empire among his three grandsons - Carolingian rule ended in the 10th century because of the decline in central authority and the invasions of the
Pepin the Short
The Chaldeans
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The ancient Near East: geography
32. 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
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Rome's economic problems
England during the later Middle Ages
Egypt
33. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The Napoleonic Code
Mythology
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
34. 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
Background to the French Revolution
The English Reformation
Constantinople
Confucius
35. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Reasons for the Reformation
Rome's political problems
36. 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 -
The Roman Republic
Hindus
Feudalism: economic
Modern influence of Magna Carta
37. 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)
The topography of Africa
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Martin Luther
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
38. 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
The Persians
Darwin
The Scientific Revolution
North American Indians
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
The Scientific Revolution
Early Japanese civilization
Jesus of Nazareth
40. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Muslim contributions
The Scientific Revolution
The Sumerians
41. 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
Water frame
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Islamic civilization: government and religion
The Olmec
42. 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)
India under Muslim rule
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The East African Coast
Flying shuttle
43. 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
The Later Middle Ages
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Classical Greece
Islam in Africa
44. Began with the death of Alexander the Great - 323-30 B.C. - Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - A time of great economic growth and expansion; an increase in international trade and commerce - Rise of cities; Rhodes - Alexandria - and Antioch repl
The Babylonians
Background to the French Revolution
The Phoenicians
The Hellenistic Age
45. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Division of the Muslim Empire
Power loom
Japan's geography
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
46. 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
Islam
Africa's geological diversity
English Parliament
The Phoenicians
47. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
Napoleon and the First Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Myths
The (Protestant) Reformation
48. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Jesus of Nazareth
Origins of people in America
Charles Martel
49. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
The Roman Republic
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Early Middle Ages
50. 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)
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
China: developments
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The Viking (Norse) invaders