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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






4. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






5. War between most European powers and led to the devestation of Germany






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






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






8. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Landowners in feudal Europe






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

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






19. 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






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

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21. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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






23. 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






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






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






26. The practice of worshipping one god






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






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

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29. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






31. 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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32. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Knights or military in feudal Europe