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CSET World History
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1. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
The Roman Republic: decline
Galileo Galilei
Mythology
The (Protestant) Reformation
2. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Greece: geography
John Calvin
Laissez faire
3. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Mesopotamia: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Johannes Kepler
4. 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
The Roman Republic: decline
Power loom
The Renaissance
The forest states
5. Writing - Commerce - Government
China: developments
Greece: geography
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Power loom
6. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Alexander the Great
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Babylonians
7. 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
The forest states
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Adam Smith
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
8. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Napoleon and the First Empire
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
9. Lineage was the basis of tribal organization - Religion - politics - and law became the focus of African culture - Art and sculpture were emphasized
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10. 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
France during the later Middle Ages
Flying shuttle
Napoleon and the First Empire
Four key beliefs of Hindus
11. The Muslim empire was ruled by Arab caliphs - Arabs conquered much of the Byzantine and Persian empires (including North Africa) and Spain - The Battle of Tours (A.D. 732) resulted in the Franks halting Muslim expansion in Europe - Muslim Spain laste
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Development of the Renaissance
Arabs
The Roman Empire
12. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Minoan civilization
Renaissance
The Dorians
13. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Division of the Muslim Empire
The topography of Africa
The Counter Reformation
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
14. 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
Hinduism
Development of the Renaissance
Turk Dominance
Islam
15. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Egypt
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Renaissance
16. Immediate cause: continuous barbaric invasion - Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military - including the use of mercenaries - The rise of Christian
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Fall of Rome
Water frame
Johannes Kepler
17. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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18. 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
Pepin the Short
The Babylonians
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
19. 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 Hellenistic Age
Johannes Kepler
The Age of Pericles
Ganges River
20. 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
American Indian culture
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Feudalism: outcomes
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
21. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
India: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Pepin the Short
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
22. 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.
Adam Smith
The Dorians
The Napoleonic Code
Mongul rule in China
23. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
The Israelites
Darwin
Alfred the Great
Power loom
24. 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 Counter Reformation
The Peloponnesian War
North American Indians
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
25. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
The East African Coast
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Turk Dominance
26. 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 intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: political
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The Mayas
27. The most important city - states in ancient Greece; both developed a unique culture and distinct political structure - Established the world's first democracy (c. 507 B.C.) - developed democratic institutions - Developed philosophy as represented by
The ziggurat
Athens and Sparta
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Lydians
28. Conquered Sumeria and established a new empire (2300-1750 B.C.) - The code of Hammurabi was the first universal written codification of laws in recorded history (c. 1750 B.C.) - Ahievements included a centralized government and advancements in algebr
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Effects of the Reformation
The Babylonians
Iona
29. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Isaac Newton
Egypt: developments
The East African Coast
Manorialism
30. In 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) - theorized that evolution is a continuous process in which successful species adapt to their environment in order to survive
Athens and Sparta
Christianity: basic doctrines
Darwin
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
31. 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
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Early Middle Ages
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
32. 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
Origins of people in America
The Dorians
Myths
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
33. 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.
Jesus of Nazareth
Mesopotamia
Africa's geological diversity
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
34. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
The Counter Reformation
Indus River
Nicolaus Copernicus
Minoan civilization
35. Warrior nation; created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Empire origniated in the highland region of the upper Tigris River but grew to encompass the entire area of the Fertile Crescent - Military te
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The ancient Near East: geography
The Assyrians
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
36. 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.
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Contributions of the Greek World
Persian War
The Mayas
37. 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
The 'continental system'
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Martin Luther
38. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
The topography of Africa
Iona
American Indian culture
The Hellenistic Age
39. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Division of the Muslim Empire
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
40. 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 Counter Reformation
Reasons for the Reformation
The Roman Republic
John Calvin
41. Began as an attempt by the leaders of the industrial and commercial classes to end the injustices of the French monarchy - a Reign of Terror against the aristocracy - The fall of the Bastille on July 14 marks France's 4th of July - Napoleon Bonaparte
The French Revolution
Renaissance
Cotton gin
Alexander the Great
42. There were three periods of feudal government
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
43. 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 spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Power loom
The caste system
44. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Contributions of the Greek World
Ottoman Empire
Saul
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
45. An inequitable class structure - A disorganized legal system and no representative assembly - Enlightenment philosophy influenced the middle class - The bankruptcy of the French treasury was the immediate cause - The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man
Spartan way of life
Background to the French Revolution
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
China: developments
46. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Steamboat
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Spinning jenny
Origins of people in America
47. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The Sumerians
Early Japanese civilization
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Alexander the Great
48. 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
The Roman Empire
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Capitalism
Mesopotamia
49. 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
The Napoleonic Code
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Mycenaean civilization
50. 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 English Reformation
Steamboat
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture