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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is gained by whom and what is lost or sacrified






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






3. A feudal king in feudal Japan






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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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11. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






12. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






13. 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






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






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






16. Author of absolutist politics






17. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






18. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






19. 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






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






21. The practice of worshipping one god






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






23. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






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






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






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






28. English government consists of the House of Lords (for the wealthy) and House of Commons






29. The idea of total obedience to the sovereign because of their 'divine right'






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






31. 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






32. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






33. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






34. 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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35. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






36. 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






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






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






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






40. The Christian Word of God






41. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






43. 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






44. Used what he learned in classic books and original insights to develop law of gravity and physics






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






46. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






47. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






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

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50. 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