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HISTORY PART I OF THE MULTIPLE SUBJECT CSET

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Communism   Workers control the means of production and share in the profits of their labor  
Capitalism   Encourages the accumulation of wealth and property by individuals. Individual not the state control the means of production and the workers recieved waes for their work  
Mercantilism   the practice of state regulation and control of the economy in an attempt to insure and increase prosperity  
Economics   Deals with production, distribution and consuptions of goods and services  
Crusades   Series of invasions by Europeans. The pope try to capture the city of Jerusalem with what he calleed the holy warriors.  
Vassalage   One who was granted land from a feudal lord in return for homeage and military service  
Feudalism   A medievil European political and economic system basedon vassalage  
The Magna Carta   The king consented to be restrained by rule of law. Signed by King John  
Daimyo   Feudal lord  
Shogun   Equivalent of a medievil king  
Samurai   Knight  
Bushido   Code of the Samurai  
Hinduism   Karma cause people to be born into a particular social status or caste  
Buddhism   Spread all over Asia. Beliefs in Karma, reincarnation, rebirth and spiritual Enlightenment which freed from they cycle of rebirth  
Gautama Buddha   Taught that the primary cource of suffering is failure to contol one's desire  
Confucius   principles of older chinese tradition "respect" one's parents and family plus rulers must be fair  
Lao-tzu   Ying and Yang" philosophy of Taoism which is balance. Only in balance and harmony can one live a sucessful life  
Aztec Empire   Conquered by Hernando cortes around 1521. Mocteuzma made the mistake of allowing the spaniars to enter the city of TENOCHTITLAN  
Inca Empire   Inca empire extended from the equator to chile. It was centered in Peru.  
Francisco Pizzarro   conquered the Inca empire since they were weaken by smallpox epidemic and civil war  
Mayflower Compact   The first declaration of self-goverment in the New Word  
Proclamation of 1763   Colonist could not move west of the appalachian mountain  
Sugar Act 1764   To pay for the men power of obeying the proclamation of 1763, the sugar act combined new taxes on many imports  
Quatering Act   Colonist were force to provide housing for the British soldiers  
Stamp Tax 1765   Taxed all legal documents  
Townshed Act 1767   Further tightened the taxation and regulatory noose  
French and Indian War 1756 (Seven Year War)   French and Indians allied against the British  
Treaty of Paris   It ordered for all French to be completely removed from North America  
Revolutionary War   Started at Lexington and Concord, connecticut becuase colonist did not want to pay taxes w/o representation in the parliment  
Renaissance Era   Printing Press most important discovery  
Contribution from the Greeks   OUR SCIENCE APPROACH TO MEDICINE, OUR PHYLOSOPHY, OUR MATH AND OUR DEMOCRATIC APPROACH AS WELL AS LITERACY  
ROMANS   They incorporated much of the Greek culture  
Justinian Code   Consider the basic for justice system  
Maya Empire   Extended from the Yucatan Peninsula to higland of Guatemala. They had alot in common wiht the Aztecs  
Mayryland Toleration Act   Reduce instances of religion discrimination  
William Penn   Negotiated treaties with the native people, gave equal rights toa ll religons and to women, this is why Pennsylvania was the first ture Enlightement /first state to abolish slavery  
Declaration of Independence   Signed by Thomas Jefferson 1776  
Constitutional Convention   It was called to revise the article of confederation but came up with a totally new laws called the Constituation of the US  
House of Representative   Based on Population 435 total  
Senate   Based on equal representation 2 per state  
Sumerians   FIRST WRITTEN LANGUAGE  
BABYLONIANS   FIRST WRITTEN CODE OF LAWS  
EGYPTIANS   SYSTEM OF WRITING CALLED hieroglyphics  
Phoenicians   trade with the Mediterranean  
SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS OF THE WORLD   EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS  
ANCIENT RIVERS   GANGES RIVER-INDIA  
AZTECS BELIVES   hey believed the sun fought darkness every night and rose to save mankind. They believed the earth was flat. They believed that if they fed the sun blood, it would rise. They also believed in 13 heavens and 9 hells.  


   


 

 

 
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