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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness






2. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






3. 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






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






5. Following a battle with Carthage - Rome emerged as the dominant power in the mediterranean






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






7. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






8. Enlightenment philosophers who questioned the proper function of government and their ideas led to the American and French Revolutions






9. A family that united and ruled most of India and built The Taj Mahal






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


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






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






13. 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






14. Landowners in feudal Europe






15. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






16. The practice of worshipping one god






17. 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






18. Portuguese explorer who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe






19. The practice of state regulation and control fo the economy in an attempt to insure prosperity






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






21. Chinese philospher who built up concept of yin and yang to form Taoism






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






23. Proximity to arabs - Salvs - n and Turks - Constantinople sacked during the fourth Crusade


24. 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






25. The idea of total obedience to the sovereign because of their 'divine right'






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






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






28. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






29. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






31. Knights or military in feudal Europe






32. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






33. English pirate sailing for England became the second man to circumnavigate the globe






34. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






35. 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


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






37. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






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






40. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






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






42. Led to the destruction of early civilizations like the Egyptians - Assyrians and Babylonians through the development of iron weapons






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






44. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


45. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






47. Enlightenment aritsts who emphasized the classical era's symphonies - rhythms and melodies






48. Ancient Asian civilization that developed own language and system of writing - literature and poetry - Shinto religion






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






50. The first great Christian philosopher