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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. An economy in which people leave the funding alone

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10. 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






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






12. Concept in scholasticism in which symbols or names for objects. Only perceived objects are real






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






14. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






15. The first great Christian philosopher






16. A congress consisting of representatives of the various European - speciifcally Britain - Russia - Prussia - France - and Austria - nullified by the Congress of Verona (1822) - which allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






17. 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






18. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






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






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






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






23. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






25. 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






26. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






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






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






30. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






31. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






32. 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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33. The Christian Word of God






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






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

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






37. 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






38. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi

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






40. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






41. Works by the Greek writer Homer






42. 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






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






44. A feudal king in feudal Japan






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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