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CSET Subtest 1: History 4
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chinese philospher who built up concept of yin and yang to form Taoism
Economics
Karl Marx - who saw capitalism as 'feudal serfdom' develops the idea of communism
Lao - tzu
manoralism
2. 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
Martin Luther
Economics
Napoleon -
serfs
3. 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
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4. Peasants who work the land in exchange for protection that allow others to live and work in exchange for loyalty and services in feudal Europe
modern capitalism
Israelites
serfs
Age of Pericles
5. The practice of state regulation and control fo the economy in an attempt to insure prosperity
romanticism
hiearchy of needs
Holy bible
mercantilism
6. Provided new political boundaries and established Calvinism - Germany divided into Protestant and Catholic areas
Alexander the Great
Byzantine Empire
Peace of Westphalia
Constantine
7. 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
French Revolution
Cardinal Richelieu
Alexander the Great
reasosn for Byzantine's decline decline
8. A religion against pre - destination - in which people are destined to go to heaven and hell no matter how they act
The Crusades
The Justinian Code
Assyria
Protestantism
9. Used what he learned in classic books and original insights to develop law of gravity and physics
reasons for Byzantine's successs
Isaac Newton
Rome
manoralism
10. War that re - established Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492
defeat of Spanish Armanda
Society of Jesus
The Reconquista
realism
11. 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
absolutism
nominalism
Cardinal Richelieu
Ancient Egypt
12. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
karma
the Pueblo Indians
The Renaissance
Martin Luther
13. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe
fiefs
karma
Rome
mercantilism
14. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts
Society of Jesus
the four characteristics of civilization
Taoism
Byzantine Empire
15. Portuguese explorer who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe
hunter/gatherer societies
Lao - tzu
Ferdinand Magellan
fiefs
16. 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
The War of Roses
Africa's four rivers
Punic Wars
church
17. Buddhist idea that fate is earned
karma
Confucius
Edict of Nantes
Martin Luther
18. A period of peace for two centuries without a major war
Islam
Elizabeth I
vassals
Pax Romana
19. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom
the Peace of Augsburg
The Age of Exploration
Protestantism
Edict of Nantes
20. The way that a product is produced - in capitalism - it is ownedby the individual
Persians
means of productions
Rome
feudalism
21. Primarily agricultural economy dependent upon the lord of the manor and control over the serfs
French religious wars (1562-1598)
realism
The Dark Ages
manoralism
22. The zenith of Athenian society and the hight of its democracy
Assyria
Age of Pericles
ancient Greek
absolutism
23. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness
Magna Carta
reasosn for Byzantine's decline decline
mercantilism
Louis XIV
24. Landowners in feudal Europe
lords
French Revolution
Taoism
Genghis Khan
25. 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
Romanov dynasty -
'The Grand Experiment'
Henry VII
Hinduism
26. A feudal lord in feudal Japan
ancient Greek
Punic Wars
daimyo
mercantilism
27. Ruled as dictator and abolished the moarchy - after his death - the monarchy was restored
Cardinal Richelieu
Oliver Cromwell
Sumeria
Illiad and Odyssey
28. A way of thinking that inspired the nationalistic philosophy and the idea of self - determination
romanticism
Rome
St. Augustine
the Act of supremacy
29. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason
Lao - tzu
caliphs
scholasticism
absolutism
30. The state controls the means of production and distributes the profits for the beneficiary of the people
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31. English government consists of the House of Lords (for the wealthy) and House of Commons
Hammurabi's Code
Sir Francis Drake
English parliament
Pax Romana
32. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology
Phonecians
lords
Three famous African empires
Paul the Apostle
33. 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
Mississippian culture
scholasticism
Muslims
hiearchy of needs
34. The first great Christian philosopher
Magna Carta
The Justinian Code
Alexander the Great
St. Augustine
35. A social - economic and poltiical system with de - centralized power
feudalism
Frederick Barbarosa
Isaac Newton
Paul the Apostle
36. Battle between Charles Martel and the Muslims prevented Islam from entering Europe
Punic Wars
vassals
The Battle of Tours (732 AD)
St. Augustine
37. Works by the Greek writer Homer
Illiad and Odyssey
Sumeria
Hinduism
Genghis Khan
38. Chinese dynasty that ousted the Mongols and then limited contact with the West through isolationism
feudalism
the Ming Dynasty
Chaldeans
ancient Greek
39. Greek leader who conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and egypt to establish a world empire
Romanov dynasty -
Anasazi culture
Alexander the Great
the Iron Age
40. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism
feudalism
Sir Francis Drake
Cardinal Richelieu
Israelites
41. Early civilization that encouraged material progress - including large - scale irrigation projects - an advancced system of mathematics and invention of the wheel
Lao - tzu
Age of Enlightenment
Sumeria
karma
42. Religious stories about gods and goddesses who had human - style weaknesses and disagreements
mythology
'laissez faire' economy
vassals
lords
43. A family that united and ruled most of India and built The Taj Mahal
The Age of Exploration
English parliament
Confucianism
Mughuls
44. Mongol ruler that first opened China to the West through explorer Marco Polo
Magna Carta
Kublai Khan
Charlemagne
Muslims
45. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders
Feudal Japan
The Battle of Tours (732 AD)
Anasazi culture
Age of Pericles
46. Officially recognizes Lutheranism but allowed Catholicis princes to support Catholicism
the Peace of Augsburg
Sir Francis Drake
Karl Marx - who saw capitalism as 'feudal serfdom' develops the idea of communism
The Justinian Code
47. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power
Africa's four rivers
Henry VII
the Fertile Crescent
Lao - tzu
48. 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
The Reformation
Charlemagne
Pope Leo IX
the four characteristics of civilization
49. Societies in which men started to hunt and women gathered readily available foods
Magna Carta
feudalism
hunter/gatherer societies
caliphs
50. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England
the Act of supremacy
Ferdinand Magellan
Israelites
defeat of Spanish Armanda