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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The river valleys near the Tigres and Euphrates and Nile Rivers - which were the cradle of civlization






2. The Christian Word of God






3. 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






4. War between most European powers and led to the devestation of Germany






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






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

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7. A Chinese philosophy based on the the idea of balance - one must strive to be aware of the order and harmony of all existence and live accordingly to it






8. Emperor of the Byzantine empire that esetablished a new Rome in Constantinople






9. Knights or military in feudal Europe






10. Was the most popwerful position and had a major landholder in feudal Europe. The Roman Catholic Church is extremely wealthy and powerful - left behind glorious looking churches and Cathedrals - Bibles were the most produced document






11. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






12. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






13. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






14. 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






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






16. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels






17. The practice of worshipping one god






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Caused by dis - satisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones






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






23. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






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






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






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






28. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






30. 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






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






32. Ancient civilization that we owe our literary heritage - science - mathematics and democratic forms of governments






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






34. What is gained by whom and what is lost or sacrified






35. A period of peace for two centuries without a major war






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

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37. The basic of justice systems used throughout the western world






38. An economy in which people leave the funding alone

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






40. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






41. Leaders in Islammic civilizations that improved farming methods and crop yields






42. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






43. An angry former priest distributed a protest called 'Ninety Five Theses' against the church and its practices in 1517 - which led to the creation of the Protestant Church






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






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






46. A feudal king in feudal Japan






47. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






48. Landowners in feudal Europe






49. A period of cultural enlightenment that started in Italy during the 14th Century and spread over the next 200 year. It was spurted by the printing press






50. 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