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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

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






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






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






4. An economy in which people leave the funding alone

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5. 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






6. The Christian Word of God






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






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






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






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






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






12. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels






13. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Works by the Greek writer Homer






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Primarily agricultural economy dependent upon the lord of the manor and control over the serfs






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






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






33. Greek leader who conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and egypt to establish a world empire






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






35. An African empire the developed out of an iron working stettlement and eswasbasd on gold trade






36. 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






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






38. The practice of worshipping one god






39. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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

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42. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






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

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44. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






45. Used what he learned in classic books and original insights to develop law of gravity and physics






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

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47. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






48. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






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