CSET Social Science subtest 1 Questions and
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Causes of Age of Exploration • rise and spread of Islam→Crusades→silks, spices and
new food brought back to W. Europe
• new ideas, inventions, and methods introduced to W. Europe→Renaissance→printing press
pushed spread of knowledge and start of exploration
• increased curiosity and seeking of more knowledge
• trade routes between Europe and Asia were difficult
• Increased mapmaking and technology (astrolabe and compass) enabled exploration
V.I.P. Age of Exploration Let's talk about Prince Henry, let's talk about discovery
Let's talk about all the people that made the New World be- lets talk about it.
Vasco de Gama goes to Asia by sea
B. Diaz sailed - Africa's t.i.p.
Columbus claims to discover a nation
Magellan got that first circumnavigation
Vivaldo Bros and Marco Polo
,wrote of their travels, as they go solo
Important impacts-Age of Exploration • Discovery and colonization of the New World-
place for refuge
• Better maps and technology
• Increased knowledge and wealth
• New food in Europe
• Growth of cities , city governments developed
Cause of French Revolution • Extreme taxation, inflation, lack of food, disregard of
unacceptable conditions by rulers, nobility, and Church
• Extravagent spending of upper class
nobility and church exempt from taxation-only the poor taxed
crop failure added fuel to fire
• Lower class not granted equal representation
Encouraged by american revolution and enlightenment
What is the French Revolution? Revolt of middle and lower classes against political and
economic excess of rulers
, Details of French Revolution • Lower class forms National Assembly and publishes
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
• Storming of the Bastille
Effects of French Revolution • Establishment of the first in series of French Republics
• Napoleon as emperor
Similarities: French & American Revolution • Liberated the people from unwanted
government
• Installed a different kind of government
• Fought for liberty of common people
• Built on writings and (Enlightenment) ideas that embraced change
• Proved that self-determination is worth fighting for
• Turning points in history
Differences:French & American Revolution • Americans revolting unwanted taxation and
"govt. interference"
-- French revolting starvation and autocrats that did not care.
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Causes of Age of Exploration • rise and spread of Islam→Crusades→silks, spices and
new food brought back to W. Europe
• new ideas, inventions, and methods introduced to W. Europe→Renaissance→printing press
pushed spread of knowledge and start of exploration
• increased curiosity and seeking of more knowledge
• trade routes between Europe and Asia were difficult
• Increased mapmaking and technology (astrolabe and compass) enabled exploration
V.I.P. Age of Exploration Let's talk about Prince Henry, let's talk about discovery
Let's talk about all the people that made the New World be- lets talk about it.
Vasco de Gama goes to Asia by sea
B. Diaz sailed - Africa's t.i.p.
Columbus claims to discover a nation
Magellan got that first circumnavigation
Vivaldo Bros and Marco Polo
,wrote of their travels, as they go solo
Important impacts-Age of Exploration • Discovery and colonization of the New World-
place for refuge
• Better maps and technology
• Increased knowledge and wealth
• New food in Europe
• Growth of cities , city governments developed
Cause of French Revolution • Extreme taxation, inflation, lack of food, disregard of
unacceptable conditions by rulers, nobility, and Church
• Extravagent spending of upper class
nobility and church exempt from taxation-only the poor taxed
crop failure added fuel to fire
• Lower class not granted equal representation
Encouraged by american revolution and enlightenment
What is the French Revolution? Revolt of middle and lower classes against political and
economic excess of rulers
, Details of French Revolution • Lower class forms National Assembly and publishes
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
• Storming of the Bastille
Effects of French Revolution • Establishment of the first in series of French Republics
• Napoleon as emperor
Similarities: French & American Revolution • Liberated the people from unwanted
government
• Installed a different kind of government
• Fought for liberty of common people
• Built on writings and (Enlightenment) ideas that embraced change
• Proved that self-determination is worth fighting for
• Turning points in history
Differences:French & American Revolution • Americans revolting unwanted taxation and
"govt. interference"
-- French revolting starvation and autocrats that did not care.
