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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






12. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






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

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






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






16. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






17. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness






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






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






20. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






22. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






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






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






26. The practice of worshipping one god






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






35. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






36. 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






37. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






39. 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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40. An African empire the developed out of an iron working stettlement and eswasbasd on gold trade






41. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






42. 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






43. 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






44. The practice of state regulation and control fo the economy in an attempt to insure prosperity






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






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






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






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






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






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