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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. 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






2. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






3. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Author of absolutist politics






15. 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






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






17. 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

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18. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






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






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






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

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22. The first great Christian philosopher






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






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






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






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






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






28. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






29. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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






31. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






32. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






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

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






36. The practice of worshipping one god






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






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






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

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41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






50. Important iron working center for African civilization