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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. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






2. A religion against pre - destination - in which people are destined to go to heaven and hell no matter how they act






3. Battle over the succession of thet hrone in England. The House of Lancaster crushes the House of York and Henry VII establishes the infamous Tudor dynasty






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


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






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






7. Landowners in feudal Europe






8. 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






9. Settled in the Mississippi Valley developed in 880 AD and built large religious mound structures






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


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






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






13. Provided new political boundaries and established Calvinism - Germany divided into Protestant and Catholic areas






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






15. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






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






18. 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






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






20. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






21. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






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






24. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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


26. Early civilization that attempt to unify the near East under zoroastrianism zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on the concepts of good and evil






27. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






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






30. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






31. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






32. Ancient empire that conquered Greece about 500 years after the founding of Rome. at its heydey - it took over most of Europe - Middle East and Mid Africa






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






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






35. The first great Christian philosopher






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






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






42. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






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






44. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






45. 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


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






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






48. Works by the Greek writer Homer






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






50. 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