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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






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






4. Group that took over the Byzantine and Persian Empires and worked on medicine - a stronomy - mathematics - architecture and literature






5. 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






6. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






7. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


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






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






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






11. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






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


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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. Was the most popwerful position and had a major landholder in feudal Europe. The Roman Catholic Church is extremely wealthy and powerful - left behind glorious looking churches and Cathedrals - Bibles were the most produced document






21. A feudal king in feudal Japan






22. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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


25. Time when European countries focused attention outward because they were attracted to spices and other goods that were part of that world and wanted to find an overland routes to Asia were expensive and took very long






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






27. The river valleys near the Tigres and Euphrates and Nile Rivers - which were the cradle of civlization






28. Ruled as dictator and abolished the moarchy - after his death - the monarchy was restored






29. 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


30. The Christian Word of God






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






32. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






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






34. 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






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






36. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






37. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






39. 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






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






41. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






43. Concept in scholasticism in which symbols or names for objects. Only perceived objects are real






44. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






46. Important iron working center for African civilization






47. Works by the Greek writer Homer






48. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






50. War between England and France that led to France rising as a nation