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


2. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






3. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






4. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






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






7. The Christian Word of God






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






9. Ancient Asian civilization that developed own language and system of writing - literature and poetry - Shinto religion






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






16. 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






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






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






19. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. A Chinese philosophy based on the the idea of balance - one must strive to be aware of the order and harmony of all existence and live accordingly to it






27. 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






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






29. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






30. A way of thinking that inspired the nationalistic philosophy and the idea of self - determination






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






32. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






35. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






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






38. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






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






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






42. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






44. 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






45. 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


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






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


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






49. Author of absolutist politics






50. 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