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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 economy in which people leave the funding alone

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2. 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






3. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






5. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






7. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






9. A feudal king in feudal Japan






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. Leaders in Islammic civilizations that improved farming methods and crop yields






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






25. After the fall of Rome - Europe lacked strong poltiical and economic center - transitioning into the Medieval Ages






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






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






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






29. Enlightenment aritsts who emphasized the classical era's symphonies - rhythms and melodies






30. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






32. The first great Christian philosopher






33. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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






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






36. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






37. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






38. 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






39. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






40. 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






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






42. Ruler who dominated the political structure of the early Midle Ages - revived the Holy Roman Empire and included Germanic lands between the Rhine and Elbe Rivers






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






44. 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






45. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






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

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48. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






50. 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