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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Constantinople controlled both the Mediterranan Sea and the Black Sea trade routes






2. Yellow river






3. California to Alaska - dense woodlands of redwoods. Great rainfall - social status dertmined by objects - Rich men led - tribes include Yurok - Hupa and Shasta






4. This ideology encouraged U.S. expansion to the Pacific






5. Soviet Union was desolved in






6. Defined the Northwest Territory and the way the US would be set up






7. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






8. Created Great Wall of China - use of currency - weight and measure standardized - tomb of terra - cotta army






9. Natural lake that has been threatened by the water needs of L.A.






10. General who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War






11. Ended Feb 2 - 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo






12. Initial control of Mississippi River - Louisiana Territory - Great Lakes - Canada






13. Northern and Western Europe






14. (1765) The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies - it required that all newspapers - pamphlets - legal documents - commercial bills - advertisements - and other papers issued in the colonies bear a stamp. The act was denounced in the






15. Allows congress to make laws on issues not mentioned in the Constitution






16. In Feudal Japan - the equivalent of a medieval Eupopean king






17. Law of supply and demand






18. The south asked these two countries for help during the Civil War






19. An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes the profits






20. The Cold War officially ended at the Bush - Gorbachev Summits in






21. The equivilent of a knight in the feudal system






22. Congressional (Radical) plan emphasized the use of military force in treating the South like a conquered territory (congress won over presidential plan)






23. Responsible for writing most of the Declaration of Independence






24. A system of government consisting of self - regluating regions (states) united by a central (federal) government






25. 1820 Limited the spread of slavery






26. Dissolved the government of all the Confederate States except Tennessee and divided the remaining Southern States into five districts






27. Catholic churches influenced development in medieval Europe






28. Manmade lakes






29. A process that gives individual citizens - or groups of citizens - the power to place a proposed law on the ballot






30. Three fourths of white population was middle class - more social equality than in England - hired farmhands and indentured servants were in lower class - lawyers and merchants were upper class.






31. British acquired Florida as a result






32. Southern whites who allied with the radicals






33. Gain permanent access to the Mediterranean Sea

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34. Noriega was removed from Panama through the use of U.S. force in






35. Driving force of explorations of Americas






36. Ancient Civiliation that Confucianism originated






37. Consdiered to be the basis for the justice system in use throughout much of the Western world - including the United States






38. Period of European hisotry that produced advances in science that revolutionalized of Earths's place wtihin the universe






39. The worship of only one god






40. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts






41. AD 250 - 900






42. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






43. Enacted the 'malice' standard allowed free reporting






44. Common reason given for the development of Feudalism






45. Division of defined classes - merchant middle class






46. Coasts (trading - transportation - Presidio military protection); Mountains: Smaller Valleys: Vast Lands (huge cattle ranches large game in over 1/2 state); Many streams and Rivers (fish were abundent - fertile for crops)






47. Turning point of the war






48. Voyage of exploration commanded by John Cabot - Jacques Cartier - and Henry Hudson






49. Known for first explorers (1000 BC) - traders - colonizers - first alphabet - dominated Mediteranean commerce - exported glass and purple dye






50. Most restricted Japanes immigration to US

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