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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Author of absolutist politics






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






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






4. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






5. Early civilizaion that was the first explorers - traders and colonizers of the anfcient world and develop the first alphabet






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






7. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






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






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






11. Battle between Charles Martel and the Muslims prevented Islam from entering Europe






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






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






14. 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






15. The concept of United States history as the mass migration of one group (Europeans) overwhelmed and put another group to extinction (Indians)


16. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






18. 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






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






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


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






22. Ancient civilization that we owe our literary heritage - science - mathematics and democratic forms of governments






23. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






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


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






27. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






29. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






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






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






33. The state controls the means of production and distributes the profits for the beneficiary of the people


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






35. 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






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






37. 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


38. Following a battle with Carthage - Rome emerged as the dominant power in the mediterranean






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






40. 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






41. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






42. 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






43. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






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






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






46. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






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






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






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