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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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


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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. A growing interest in culture of learning and reading. Led to a questioning of Christianity and church dogma.






15. 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


16. 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






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






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






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






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


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






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


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






24. 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


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






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






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






28. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






30. The practice of worshipping one god






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






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






33. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






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






36. 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






37. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






39. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






41. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






42. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






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






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






45. French King who evoked absolutism with the palace of Versailles and lavishness






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






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






48. 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






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






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