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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






2. Caused by availability of investment capital and rise of the middle class - established cotton textile industry - Britain's great miaritime power - availability of coal - iron and cheap labor was available


3. 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






4. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






5. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






6. Based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed in the holy book known as the Koran






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






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






9. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






10. Early civilization that occupied the western Asia minor and were responsible for the first coinage of money






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






12. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






13. Italian religious leader that established the independency of the papacy through the Vatican






14. 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






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






16. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






17. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






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






19. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


20. Leaders in Islammic civilizations that improved farming methods and crop yields






21. Commercial trade routes - distance from tribes that sacked Rome


22. The Christian Word of God






23. Societies in which men started to hunt and women gathered readily available foods






24. A belief develoepd that an individual's karma caused their birth in one of four social groups - or castes - from the Brahmins to the Untouchables - modern India outlawed the caste system after the Mahatma Gandhi






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






26. Prince who was born in India who went ona mission to discover the sources of human suffering - taught that suffering is the fiailure to control one's own desires - foudner of buddhism






27. 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






28. 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






29. Chinese dynasty that ousted the Mongols and then limited contact with the West through isolationism






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






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






32. Important iron working center for African civilization






33. The zenith of Athenian society and the hight of its democracy






34. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






35. An African empire the developed out of an iron working stettlement and eswasbasd on gold trade






36. 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






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






38. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






39. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






40. Mongol ruler that first opened China to the West through explorer Marco Polo






41. 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






42. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






43. One of the most important developments in Europoean history in which the king consented to the rule of law as opposed to 'divine right.' It is considered the foundation for the English Common Law system and the American Constitution






44. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






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


46. Emperor of the Byzantine empire that esetablished a new Rome in Constantinople






47. 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






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






49. What is gained by whom and what is lost or sacrified






50. English ruler who helped England emerge as a major European power