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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
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1. Works by the Greek writer Homer






2. 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






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






4. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






5. 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






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






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






8. Encourages the accumulation of wealth and property by individuals but is regulated by the state






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


10. 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






11. Early civilization established as a new Babylonian empire under king Nebuchadnezzar - develop astronomy - astrology - advanced government bureaucracy and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon






12. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






13. 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






14. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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






16. 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






17. 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






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


19. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






21. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






22. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






24. 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






25. English ruler who helped England emerge as a major European power






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






39. 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


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






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






42. 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






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






44. The practice of worshipping one god






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






49. Emperor that called for the union of Germany and Italy under the Holy Empire






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