SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET World History
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 356-323 B.C. - Of Macedonia - Established the Hellenistic Age - Conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and Egypt; established a world empire - Bureaucracy replaced the city - state as the form of government - Following his death - dynasties were established
Zoroastrianism
The Peloponnesian War
Cotton gin
Alexander the Great
2. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Early Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Power loom
3. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Isaac Newton
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Zoroastrianism
4. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
North American Indians
Spinning jenny
The English Reformation
The ancient Near East: geography
5. 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
The Persians
Islamic civilization: government and religion
River Valley Civilizations
Pepin the Short
6. 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
The Magna Carta
North American Indians
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Neoclassicism
7. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire - Thomas Malthus (1776-1834) theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production - The revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx advocated a violent overthrow of the present eco
The Napoleonic Code
Ganges River
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Muslim contributions
8. 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.
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Ganges River
9. 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 importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The 'continental system'
Adam Smith
The Peloponnesian War
10. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
The Counter Reformation
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Galileo Galilei
The Persians
11. 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.
Contributions of the Greek World
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Persian War
Water frame
12. 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
Cotton gin
The Roman Empire
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The topography of Africa
13. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Steam locomotive
Rome's economic problems
14. 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
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Mesopotamia: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Arabs
15. 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
16. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Enlightened despotism
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
17. 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 Renaissance
Mesoamerica
Constantine
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
18. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Ibn Battuta
Classical Greece
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Constantine
19. 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
North American Indians
The 'continental system'
Manorialism
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
20. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
England during the later Middle Ages
Cotton gin
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Constantinople
21. 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
Islam in Africa
The Franks
Steamboat
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
22. No formal system in place to choose Roman emperors; some chosen directly by the emperor - others were heirs to the throne - others were able to buy the throne - Informal and corrupt process of succession resulted in weak and ineffective rulers and ma
23. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
The feudal system
Cotton gin
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
24. 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
Christianity: basic doctrines
Calvinism
Neoclassicism
25. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Spartan way of life
Division of the Muslim Empire
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
26. 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 Reformation
Mesoamerica
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Chaldeans
27. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Manorialism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Egypt: developments
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
28. 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
29. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Israelites
Mesopotamia
The Punic Wars with Carthage
30. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
Feudalism: economic
Mongul rule in China
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
31. 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
Social Darwinism
The Scientific Revolution
Mesoamerica
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
32. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
33. 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.)
Charles Martel
India under Muslim rule
The Roman Republic: decline
Manorialism
34. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
American Indian culture
Steam locomotive
The Scientific Revolution
Saul
35. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
36. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Feudalism: economic
The feudal system
Islam in Africa
The Age of Pericles
37. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Development of the Renaissance
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Grooved rollers
Power loom
38. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
The Lydians
Mycenaean civilization
The Assyrians
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
39. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
40. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Zoroastrianism
41. 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'
Feudalism: economic
The Roman Empire
Johannes Kepler
Iona
42. 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
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Neoclassicism
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
43. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Roman Republic
River Valley Civilizations
44. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The (Protestant) Reformation
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
45. Mathematician - physicist - and astronomer - The most influential scientist of the Enlightenment - Described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion - which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centurie
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Isaac Newton
North American Indians
46. 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
The Counter Reformation
The Age of Pericles
England during the later Middle Ages
The Hittites
47. 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
India: developments
Rome's political problems
Early Japanese civilization
Cotton gin
48. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Confucius
Napoleon and the First Empire
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
49. 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 topography of Africa
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Japan's geography
Results of the Industrial Revolution
50. 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
Alexander the Great
The French Revolution
Egypt: developments
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion