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






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






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






4. 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






5. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






7. 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






8. The beginnin of the English Reformation when the pope refused to annul the marriage of Henry VII to Catherine of Aragon - led ultimately to England to establish Protestantism and the Anglican Church






9. 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






10. English ruler who helped England emerge as a major European power






11. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






12. Encourages the accumulation of wealth and property by individuals but is regulated by the state






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






14. The concept of United States history as the mass migration of one group (Europeans) overwhelmed and put another group to extinction (Indians)


15. The first great Christian philosopher






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






17. A feudal king in feudal Japan






18. 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






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






20. Battle between Charles Martel and the Muslims prevented Islam from entering Europe






21. 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






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






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






24. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






25. The first ruler of the French Republic. Established a Code of Napoleon that modernized French law- was ultimately defeated in The Battle of Waterloo






26. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






27. Portuguese explorer who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe






28. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






29. Officially recognizes Lutheranism but allowed Catholicis princes to support Catholicism






30. 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






31. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






33. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Early civilization established as a new Babylonian empire under king Nebuchadnezzar - develop astronomy - astrology - advanced government bureaucracy and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






48. Early civilization that occupied the western Asia minor and were responsible for the first coinage of money






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. A religion against pre - destination - in which people are destined to go to heaven and hell no matter how they act