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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. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






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






4. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






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






7. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






9. 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






10. Nullified the Congress of Vienna and allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






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






12. 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






13. Author of absolutist politics






14. Landowners in feudal Europe






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






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






17. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






18. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


19. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






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






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


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






23. 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






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


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






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






27. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






28. 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


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






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






31. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






42. A way of thinking that inspired the nationalistic philosophy and the idea of self - determination






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






44. The first great Christian philosopher






45. 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






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






47. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






49. 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






50. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism