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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. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization






2. Aztecs are from this period in Mesoamerican History






3. River valley villages - families owned their hunting and fishing ground - tobacco plots and oak trees. Real estate passed on through the males. Money was clamshell disks and dentalia.






4. (1775) - Paul Revere - 'British are coming...' - 'Shots heard around the world'. The Revolution had begun






5. British acquired Florida as a result






6. Turning point in England's domination over North America (1756- 1763)






7. Presidential plan emphasized tolerance for the defeated South (congress won with radical plan)






8. Temprary resolution to the free/slave state controversey






9. Stamp - Declatory - Townshend - Boston Massacre






10. Trade gap widened. Japan and Germany surpassed the U.S. in automobiles and airlines






11. A French word meaning - rebirth - the name given to the flowering of European culture at the end of the medieval period






12. Without evidence of disloyalty it demonstrated that constitutional safeguards could be rendered ineffective in wartime






13. Granting land use within a fief - ceremonies of homage and fealty - vassals commitment to provide military service to a lord






14. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






15. River Valleys where there was an abudance of fertile soil and fresh water






16. George Mason in objections to the constituion represented which group






17. 1911 new California State Legislation inspired by the national progressive movement






18. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






19. Isolating the South






20. Greatest contribution of ancient Hebrew civilation to modern western civilation






21. Political instability and use of mercenary armies undermined the security of the empire






22. Absolutism

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23. 'We hold these truths to be self - evident; that all men and women are created equal.....'






24. Nathanial Bacon lead this colony in a rebellion against the colonial government protesting the Government's Indian policy






25. A branch of the system of checks and balances that sees that the country's laws are executed






26. California's 'Ellis Island' entry point for many European immigrants to US






27. The colonists strongest weapon against the unpopular British Tax measures






28. The worship of only one god






29. Catholic churches influenced development in medieval Europe






30. California 1821 - 1846 dominant institutions were






31. Kushite Religion - Egyptian Religion






32. Great advances in the field of metal making






33. Background of immigrants had same identifying factors that were associated with the immigration to Ellis Island in the early 20th century

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34. 1898 - Resulted in the ceding of Puerto Rico - Guam - and the Phillipines to the United States






35. Earliest form of Capitalism






36. Shared by geographically seperated native California people in pre - columbian times






37. Philosopher - inventor - politician who had great influence over many years






38. 1964 - It attempted to continue New Deal type programs. Aims were ending poverty - reducing pollution - regenerating urban life - and pursuing Civil Rights legislation

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39. Initial control of Southwest of N. America and Florida






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






41. The New York City Riots were protest against






42. Tobacco - cotton and slavery






43. To sail completely around the earth






44. The colonist gained a sense of independence because they challenged church beliefs - they felt unified because of a common religion - ties between church and state weakened - a greater sense of equality because preachers stressed equality of all






45. Stopped merchant ships and demanded tolls without authorization (12th & 13th centuries); businessman amasssing huge fortunes through unfair business practice (19th century)






46. The concept of religious freedom






47. A plan created by President Lincoln before his assassination - and carried out by the successor - Andrew Johnson - stating that a state could be readmitted to the Union if ten percent of the former Confederates in the state who had voted in the 1860






48. I provided for a strong central government and federal taxation






49. First European explorer to reach coastal California (1542)






50. Interment camps that held people of Japanese descent durin World War II