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






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






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






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






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


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






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






8. Landowners in feudal Europe






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






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






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






12. 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






13. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels






14. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






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






17. 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






18. A period of peace for two centuries without a major war






19. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






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






22. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






24. Early civilization established as a new Babylonian empire under king Nebuchadnezzar - develop astronomy - astrology - advanced government bureaucracy and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon






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






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






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






28. Early civilization that developed military techniques and iron weapons - also had postal service - extensive library and system of highways






29. 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






30. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






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






33. 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






34. 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


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






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






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






38. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






39. 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






40. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






41. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






42. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






43. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






44. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






45. A feudal king in feudal Japan






46. 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






47. 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






48. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






50. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation