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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Peasants who work the land in exchange for protection that allow others to live and work in exchange for loyalty and services in feudal Europe






2. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






3. 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


4. Early civilizaion that was the first explorers - traders and colonizers of the anfcient world and develop the first alphabet






5. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






6. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






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






8. 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


9. Spanish explorer who sailed west from Spain and landed in the Carribbean - thinking it was India






10. Battle over the succession of thet hrone in England. The House of Lancaster crushes the House of York and Henry VII establishes the infamous Tudor dynasty






11. Landowners in feudal Europe






12. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






13. The idea of total obedience to the sovereign because of their 'divine right'






14. Emperor that called for the union of Germany and Italy under the Holy Empire






15. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






17. 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






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






19. One of the most important developments in Europoean history in which the king consented to the rule of law as opposed to 'divine right.' It is considered the foundation for the English Common Law system and the American Constitution






20. Author of absolutist politics






21. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






22. Greek leader who conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and egypt to establish a world empire






23. After the fall of Rome - Europe lacked strong poltiical and economic center - transitioning into the Medieval Ages






24. The civilization that embodied the east half of the Roman empire survived for a thousand of yars as the Byzantine Empire and preserved the Eastern Orhthodox Church






25. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






26. A belief develoepd that an individual's karma caused their birth in one of four social groups - or castes - from the Brahmins to the Untouchables - modern India outlawed the caste system after the Mahatma Gandhi






27. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






29. Important iron working center for African civilization






30. The first written form of law and came from the Babylonian times


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






32. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






33. Time when European countries focused attention outward because they were attracted to spices and other goods that were part of that world and wanted to find an overland routes to Asia were expensive and took very long






34. War that re - established Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492






35. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






36. A congress consisting of representatives of the various European - speciifcally Britain - Russia - Prussia - France - and Austria - nullified by the Congress of Verona (1822) - which allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






37. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






38. Commercial trade routes - distance from tribes that sacked Rome


39. 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






40. The first great Christian philosopher






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






42. Concept in scholasticism in which symbols or names for objects. Only perceived objects are real






43. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






44. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






46. Early civilization that attempt to unify the near East under zoroastrianism zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on the concepts of good and evil






47. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness






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






49. Chinese philospher who built up concept of yin and yang to form Taoism






50. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities