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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enlightenment aritsts who emphasized the classical era's symphonies - rhythms and melodies






2. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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






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






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






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






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






8. Author of 'Wealth of Nations' which advocates that manufacturing is truly the soruce of the nation's wealth






9. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






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






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






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






14. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






15. 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

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16. Officially recognizes Lutheranism but allowed Catholicis princes to support Catholicism






17. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






18. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






19. Landowners in feudal Europe






20. A social - economic and poltiical system with de - centralized power






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






22. An angry former priest distributed a protest called 'Ninety Five Theses' against the church and its practices in 1517 - which led to the creation of the Protestant Church






23. Deals with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services






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

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25. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






26. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






27. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






28. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






29. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






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






32. 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






33. A Chinese philosophy based on the the idea of balance - one must strive to be aware of the order and harmony of all existence and live accordingly to it






34. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






37. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






38. The concept of United States history as the mass migration of one group (Europeans) overwhelmed and put another group to extinction (Indians)

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






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






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






42. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






44. A growing interest in culture of learning and reading. Led to a questioning of Christianity and church dogma.






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

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46. Greek leader who conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and egypt to establish a world empire






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






48. 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






49. Before human can turn their attention to finer things in life - humans need to focus on their primary needs - physiological - they must have enough to eat or drink and a warm place to sleep - security and safety - river settlements were the easiest t






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