Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

Subject : cset
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






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






3. (1774) Britain attempts to gain control of the colonies in response to Boston Tea Party by closing the Boston Harbor - enforcing quartering - closing town meetings and trying British citizens in Britain






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






5. Practiced primarily in India and very little in China






6. Mining - cattle - and grain. Farmers and ranchers settled the Great Plains






7. WPA Central Valley Project irrigated large portions of the central valley at expense of wetlands to the north - US government response to which event






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






9. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






10. Scope and authority of Supreme Court - The Era of good feelings (political success of the Republican party) - The Monroe Doctrine - development of a new American culture






11. Led by a headman or timiwal. Appointed by council and served for life. Primary counselor - arbritator. Diet of acorns - six differenct species of oaks and pinon nuts. Gathereed from eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada. Small seeds and berries were gather






12. Little Napoleon - suffered several defeats - replaced - put back in command - and replaced again






13. A statute or amendment that has passed the state legislature - which is then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate - allows the California electorate to rescind legislatin that has already become law






14. Manmade lakes






15. Aerospace






16. Epics of Illiad and Odyssey come from






17. Homestead Act (1862); Transcontinental Railroad (1869)






18. A revival of learning based on classical sources - development of highly realistic linear perspective in art - discarding of the Aristolean 'final cause' in favor of scientific method






19. The equivilent of a knight in the feudal system






20. Some of most popular tribes in CA - villags along the souther coast - sustained by sea life - as many as two thousand redisents each. Tribes are Kumeyaay (Diegueno) - Cahuilla - Tongva - (Gabrielino) and Chumash






21. The New Nation - Alexander Hamilton was part of this era






22. Economic and social units of life in early Middle Ages






23. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






24. Most lands along the eastern border of the state. Food and water scacre - tribes had to move frequently in search of food like rats and rabbits. Tribes include - Tubatulabal - and the Owens Valley Paiute.






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






26. Vetoed numerous Radical Republican congressional acts

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


27. Best known as CA basketmakers - twined and coilded ware in many shapes. Otlined with brightly colored feathers - plumes - beads - and shells.






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






29. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life






30. Adding amendments to the CA constitution to protect workers rights - passage of initiative - referendum - and recall - establishing a railroad commision






31. It ruined Gerald Ford's political future






32. Social rank on basis of wealth. Retained privledges passing fortunes to next generations. Salmon and acorn diet. Rituals like White Deerskins and Jumping Dances. Dance done to ward off disease and famin. Recite long narratives and display wealthy obj






33. Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - increase in international trade and commerce - end of the Greek city - state system as a major political setting






34. A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican - American War to establish an independent California republic






35. Chinese philosophical system that emphasizes living in balance with the natural world - everything has its place yin and yang






36. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit






37. Economic philosophy espoused by Karl Marx that distributes wealth to the workers that produce it






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






39. Attempt to change base metals into gold






40. An early colonial attempt at representative self - government (1619) - first legislative assembly of the colonies






41. Leader of the movement towards Independence - very outspoken






42. Gave people the right to stand up to Government






43. Solved the problem of isolation in California 1969






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






45. President Lincoln's first priority after the Civil War to reconcile the warring sides and rebuild areas affected by the war






46. An early society in which men hunted for meat and women gathered more readily available food






47. Used tar to waterproof their canoes






48. Cluster of three to five small villages around a centraly village. Lands were held in common. Each tribe servered as part of a political organization. the Leader played a fairly minor role exept during time of war or talk of peace.






49. A 1907 treaty with Japan that allowed wives to joing their husbands in the U.S. on the condition that the Japanese government deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


50. British colony founded by puritans seeking to create a new - pure church in the americas