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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Early civilization that established hierogyphic writing system - had a basic agricultural system and polytheistic belief - and whose culture depended on the annual flooding of the Nile as the basis for a sustained economy






2. Knights or military in feudal Europe






3. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






4. Battle between Charles Martel and the Muslims prevented Islam from entering Europe






5. Spanish explorer who sailed west from Spain and landed in the Carribbean - thinking it was India






6. Primarily agricultural economy dependent upon the lord of the manor and control over the serfs






7. The first written form of law and came from the Babylonian times


8. Early civilizaion that was the first explorers - traders and colonizers of the anfcient world and develop the first alphabet






9. A period of cultural enlightenment that started in Italy during the 14th Century and spread over the next 200 year. It was spurted by the printing press






10. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


11. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






12. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






13. War that re - established Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492






14. Religious stories about gods and goddesses who had human - style weaknesses and disagreements






15. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






16. Peasants who work the land in exchange for protection that allow others to live and work in exchange for loyalty and services in feudal Europe






17. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






18. The way that a product is produced - in capitalism - it is ownedby the individual






19. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






20. Chinese philosophy with a focus on concept of respect to one's family - parents - government and rulers - supported tendency to respect authority






21. Encourages the accumulation of wealth and property by individuals but is regulated by the state






22. Emperor that called for the union of Germany and Italy under the Holy Empire






23. The state controls the means of production and distributes the profits for the beneficiary of the people


24. Landowners in feudal Europe






25. Concept in scholasticism in which reality consists of ideas (universals) that exist in the mind - independent of sensory powersof perception






26. A congress consisting of representatives of the various European - speciifcally Britain - Russia - Prussia - France - and Austria - nullified by the Congress of Verona (1822) - which allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






27. caused by inequitable class structure - bankruptcy of the French treasury - disorganized legal system - led to the Reign of Terror in which many of the aristocrats were beheaded






28. Continuous barbaric invatsion - political dinstsability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - decline of missionaries - rise of Christianity divided the empire - attacked by Germanic warriors from northern Europe


29. English government consists of the House of Lords (for the wealthy) and House of Commons






30. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness






31. The basic of justice systems used throughout the western world






32. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






33. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






34. Early civilization that conquered Sumeria and established the Code of Hammurabi was the first written code to regulate society - achieved central government and advancements in algebra and geomoetry






35. Nullified the Congress of Vienna and allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






36. Early civilization that encouraged material progress - including large - scale irrigation projects - an advancced system of mathematics and invention of the wheel






37. If supply is greater tahn demand - the value of a product is lower; if demand is greater than supply - the value of a product is higher






38. The beginnin of the English Reformation when the pope refused to annul the marriage of Henry VII to Catherine of Aragon - led ultimately to England to establish Protestantism and the Anglican Church






39. After the fall of Rome - Europe lacked strong poltiical and economic center - transitioning into the Medieval Ages






40. The civilization that embodied the east half of the Roman empire survived for a thousand of yars as the Byzantine Empire and preserved the Eastern Orhthodox Church






41. Caused by dis - satisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones






42. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






43. Ancient civilization that we owe our literary heritage - science - mathematics and democratic forms of governments






44. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels






45. The first ruler of the French Republic. Established a Code of Napoleon that modernized French law- was ultimately defeated in The Battle of Waterloo






46. Used what he learned in classic books and original insights to develop law of gravity and physics






47. War between most European powers and led to the devestation of Germany






48. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






49. The first great Christian philosopher






50. Ruler who dominated the political structure of the early Midle Ages - revived the Holy Roman Empire and included Germanic lands between the Rhine and Elbe Rivers