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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. 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






2. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






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


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






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






7. 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






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


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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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


16. Enlightenment philosophers who questioned the proper function of government and their ideas led to the American and French Revolutions






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. Important iron working center for African civilization






25. Knights or military in feudal Europe






26. 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






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






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






29. Author of 'Wealth of Nations' which advocates that manufacturing is truly the soruce of the nation's wealth






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






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






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






33. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






34. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






35. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






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






38. 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


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






40. 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






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






42. Early civilization that encouraged material progress - including large - scale irrigation projects - an advancced system of mathematics and invention of the wheel






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






44. 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






45. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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