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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. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






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






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






12. 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


13. 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






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






15. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






17. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






22. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






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






25. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






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


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






29. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






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


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






32. 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






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






34. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






35. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






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






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






39. Before human can turn their attention to finer things in life - humans need to focus on their primary needs - physiological - they must have enough to eat or drink and a warm place to sleep - security and safety - river settlements were the easiest t






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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






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






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






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






49. The Christian Word of God






50. 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