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CSET World History
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1. 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 Babylonians
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Ganges River
Effects of the Reformation
2. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Minoan civilization
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Athens and Sparta
Results of the Industrial Revolution
3. (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
Watt steam engine
'The Communist Manifesto'
Charles Martel
The Persians
4. The medieval political unity of Europe was replaced by the spirit of modern nationalism - The authority of the state was strengthened - The middle class was strengthened - Calvinism gave capitalism its psychological base - Religious wars reflected th
Effects of the Reformation
Adam Smith
American Indian culture
The English Reformation
5. A traditional or legendary story - usually concerning some being or hero or event - with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation - especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice - rite -
Early Japanese civilization
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Myths
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
Steam locomotive
Greece: geography
Alexander the Great
North American Indians
7. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Grooved rollers
India: developments
8. 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
Manorialism
Napoleon and the First Empire
John Locke
The Scientific Revolution
9. 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
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Contributions of the Greek World
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The Hittites
10. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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11. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Israelites
Napoleon and the First Empire
12. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Mongul rule in China
Isaac Newton
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Phoenicians
13. 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
Hinduism
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
The Roman Republic
North American Indians
14. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
The ancient Near East: geography
Africa's geological diversity
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The Later Middle Ages
15. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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16. 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
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Steamboat
Muslim contributions
The Punic Wars with Carthage
17. 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
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Manorialism
The Peloponnesian War
18. 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
Martin Luther's beliefs
English Parliament
England during the later Middle Ages
Isaac Newton
19. Refers to the absolute rule of monarchs with unlimited power - The theory of absolute monarchs and the divine right of kings (rule by God's will) - Evolved from the limited power of the ruling class during the Middle Ages to the Age of Absolutism in
Absolutism
Arabs
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Islam
20. 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 Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Hittites
Islamic civilization: government and religion
The Fall of Rome
21. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Spinning mule
Spartan way of life
Athens and Sparta
22. (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
India under Muslim rule
Africa's geological diversity
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Feudalism: political
23. Writing - Commerce - Government
China: developments
The Incas
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Power loom
24. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
Pepin the Short
The Napoleonic Code
American Indian culture
The Olmec
25. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Jesus of Nazareth
The Magna Carta
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
26. 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 Incas
Watt steam engine
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
27. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
The Olmec
Spartan way of life
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
28. 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
Charles Martel
The caste system
The Roman Republic: decline
American Indian culture
29. 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
Myths
Constantinople
The Carolingians
30. Works of Greeks and Romans reconnected Europeans with their ancient heritage
Constantine
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Renaissance
31. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Assyrians
Development of the Renaissance
32. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Constantine
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
33. 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
John Calvin
Myths
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Christianity: basic doctrines
34. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
The Peloponnesian War
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Hinduism
35. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Watt steam engine
Mohammed
36. 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
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37. 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
Early Japanese civilization
Jesus of Nazareth
Alexander the Great
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
38. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
The ziggurat
Jesus of Nazareth
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
39. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Absolutism
The Chaldeans
Hindus
Ganges River
40. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
Coke smelting
Spartan way of life
Contributions of the Greek World
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
41. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
Mythology
Contributions of the Greek World
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Constantine
42. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Ganges River
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The East African Coast
Spinning jenny
43. 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
The Franks
The Napoleonic Code
The ziggurat
The Roman Republic
44. 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
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Sumerians
Muslim contributions
Origins of people in America
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
Background to the French Revolution
Sumeria
The Scientific Revolution
River Valley Civilizations
46. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Capitalism
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Enlightened despotism
Absolutism
47. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Alexander the Great
Background to the French Revolution
Mythology
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
48. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
China: developments
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
England during the later Middle Ages
The topography of Africa
49. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Zoroastrianism
Ibn Battuta
Islam
50. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Jesus of Nazareth
Egypt: developments
Martin Luther's beliefs
Neolithic or New Stone Age