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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels






2. 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






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






4. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






5. Chinese philosophy with a focus on concept of respect to one's family - parents - government and rulers - supported tendency to respect authority






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






7. 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


8. 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






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






11. 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






12. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






14. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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






16. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






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


18. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






19. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






21. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






22. Religious stories about gods and goddesses who had human - style weaknesses and disagreements






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






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


25. The first great Christian philosopher






26. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






27. Ruled as dictator and abolished the moarchy - after his death - the monarchy was restored






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






29. 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






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


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






32. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






34. 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


35. 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






36. 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






37. Early civilization that conquered Sumeria and established the Code of Hammurabi was the first written code to regulate society - achieved central government and advancements in algebra and geomoetry






38. Mongol ruler that first opened China to the West through explorer Marco Polo






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






40. Author of absolutist politics






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






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


43. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






44. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






46. Settled in the Mississippi Valley developed in 880 AD and built large religious mound structures






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






48. 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






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






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