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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






2. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






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






5. English government consists of the House of Lords (for the wealthy) and House of Commons






6. Early civilization that developed military techniques and iron weapons - also had postal service - extensive library and system of highways






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






8. Chinese dynasty that ousted the Mongols and then limited contact with the West through isolationism






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






13. The state controls the means of production and distributes the profits for the beneficiary of the people


14. Group that took over the Byzantine and Persian Empires and worked on medicine - a stronomy - mathematics - architecture and literature






15. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






16. Author of absolutist politics






17. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






18. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






19. Led to the destruction of early civilizations like the Egyptians - Assyrians and Babylonians through the development of iron weapons






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






21. Works by the Greek writer Homer






22. Italian religious leader that established the independency of the papacy through the Vatican






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






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


25. The practice of state regulation and control fo the economy in an attempt to insure prosperity






26. The way that a product is produced - in capitalism - it is ownedby the individual






27. Caused by availability of investment capital and rise of the middle class - established cotton textile industry - Britain's great miaritime power - availability of coal - iron and cheap labor was available


28. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






29. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






30. Early civilization that encouraged material progress - including large - scale irrigation projects - an advancced system of mathematics and invention of the wheel






31. 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


32. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






34. 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






35. Based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed in the holy book known as the Koran






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






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






38. The Christian Word of God






39. Ruler who dominated the political structure of the early Midle Ages - revived the Holy Roman Empire and included Germanic lands between the Rhine and Elbe Rivers






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






41. caused by inequitable class structure - bankruptcy of the French treasury - disorganized legal system - led to the Reign of Terror in which many of the aristocrats were beheaded






42. Early civilization that established hierogyphic writing system - had a basic agricultural system and polytheistic belief - and whose culture depended on the annual flooding of the Nile as the basis for a sustained economy






43. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






44. A family that united and ruled most of India and built The Taj Mahal






45. Enlightenment aritsts who emphasized the classical era's symphonies - rhythms and melodies






46. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






47. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






48. The zenith of Athenian society and the hight of its democracy






49. Ancient Asian civilization that developed own language and system of writing - literature and poetry - Shinto religion






50. English pirate sailing for England became the second man to circumnavigate the globe