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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. To maintain self - sufficient agricultural economy that produced a food surplus






2. Isolating the South






3. Capitol of the South






4. Greatest Real Estate Purchase in U.S. history (1803)






5. Placed limitations on the Crown






6. English Mercantile policy discouraged economic independence - Colonial concepts of political and economic freedom - Colonies used boycotts and other measures - Declaration of Independence stated the purposes for the Colonial break with England






7. Europes Renaissance - Age of Discovery - Copernican Revolution






8. A minor but influential political party int he pre - Civil War period that opposed the extention of slavery into the western territories






9. Caused the Protestant Reformation






10. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization






11. 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.






12. Central Valley and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada






13. Credited with first implementation of democracy into government (citizens held public meetings - pass law - choose officials) No slaves - women or foreigners






14. Created an oil embargo






15. Greatest effect on the growing political - economic and social cohesion of the US during the last half of the 19th century






16. General who commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War






17. Extends socialistic redistribution of wealth by the state to include government control in social and political areans as well






18. California's two major mountain ranges are the Coast Ranges and...






19. Feather art in the form of a war bonnet






20. Reaction of the British Government to the Boston Tea Party






21. Constitutes legitimate government and under what conditions men were justified in resorting to armed revolution to change it






22. New methods of production (assembly line - mass production); inventions; Expanding markets at home and abroad; Development of steel - mining - electrical - petrolium - textile and food processing industries






23. Most common religion of Arabian civilization






24. The concept of religious freedom






25. A division of society based on differences of wealth - inherited rank or privledge - profession - or occupation - not allowed to move from one caste to another






26. Introduction of new math concepts such as algebra and calculus






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






28. Egyptian Civilation began






29. Suprmeme court outlawed racial segragation - overrulled seperate but equal.






30. The Roman Empire






31. Development of new weaving and ironworking techniques - vast expansion and improvement in the roads and waterways - greatly increased prosperity and political power for middle class






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






33. After Mexico defeated the Spanish and gained control of California - the Mexican goverment....






34. Stamp - Declatory - Townshend - Boston Massacre






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






36. The branch of the system of checks and balances that makes Congressional laws






37. Military conquest and trade incentives






38. Soviet Union was desolved in






39. The GDP dropped. Unemployment increased. The 'Big Three' automakers posted record losses. Bankruptcies increased. The Fed lowered interest rates in an attempt to stimulate the economy






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






41. Establishment of a colony to create a Bible commonwealth






42. Federal troops were withdrawn from the South - ending Reconstruction






43. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






44. Manmade lakes






45. Gave 18 year olds the right to vote






46. Group that historically experienced the most discrimination (California Constitution statutes)






47. The United States obtained posession of this region in an 1846 treaty with Great Britian






48. No taxation without representation






49. Powers assigned the National Government






50. An 1845 phrase encapsulating the American version of the Western Expansion