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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. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






4. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






6. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






7. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






8. The first great Christian philosopher






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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

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






16. Works by the Greek writer Homer






17. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






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






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






21. A religion against pre - destination - in which people are destined to go to heaven and hell no matter how they act






22. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






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






25. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






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






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






28. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






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






30. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






31. 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






32. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






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






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






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






37. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






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






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






41. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






42. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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

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






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