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CSET Subtest 1: History 4
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. English government consists of the House of Lords (for the wealthy) and House of Commons
English parliament
The War of Roses
Three famous African empires
The Justinian Code
2. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese
Holy bible
Louis XIV
Byzantine Empire
Genghis Khan
3. 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
Hinduism
Christopher Columbus
lords
Guatama Buddha
4. 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
ancient Greek
Karl Marx - who saw capitalism as 'feudal serfdom' develops the idea of communism
The Justinian Code
the Act of supremacy
5. Primarily agricultural economy dependent upon the lord of the manor and control over the serfs
fiefs
Hammurabi's Code
Byzantine Empire
manoralism
6. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible
Romanov dynasty -
Causes of Rome's fall
Kush
Napoleon -
7. An economy in which people leave the funding alone
8. 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
Phonecians
law of supply and demand
Ferdinand Magellan
Louis XIV
9. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe
Guatama Buddha
fiefs
Mughuls
Hadyn - Mozart and Beethoven
10. Inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
realism
the Pueblo Indians
Guatama Buddha
James I
11. Chinese philosophy with a focus on concept of respect to one's family - parents - government and rulers - supported tendency to respect authority
reasons for Byzantine's successs
Confucianism
Persians
Africa's four rivers
12. 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
Elizabeth I
Chaldeans
nominalism
the Peace of Augsburg
13. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts
Peace of Westphalia
the four characteristics of civilization
hunter/gatherer societies
defeat of Spanish Armanda
14. A way of thinking that inspired the nationalistic philosophy and the idea of self - determination
romanticism
Taoism
feudalism
law of supply and demand
15. The state controls the means of production and distributes the profits for the beneficiary of the people
16. War between England and France that led to France rising as a nation
English parliament
mythology
The Hundred Years War
Edict of Nantes
17. 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
Babylonians
absolutism
reincarnation
The Age of Exploration
18. 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
Muslims
Magna Carta
Chaldeans
St. Augustine
19. Emperor that called for the union of Germany and Italy under the Holy Empire
Alexander the Great
Frederick Barbarosa
Cardinal Richelieu
realism
20. Used what he learned in classic books and original insights to develop law of gravity and physics
Persians
manoralism
Frederick Barbarosa
Isaac Newton
21. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
the Pueblo Indians
Israelites
Hopewell people
Oliver Cromwell
22. An African empire the developed out of an iron working stettlement and eswasbasd on gold trade
hiearchy of needs
nominalism
Punic Wars
Zimbabwe
23. The first ruler of the French Republic. Established a Code of Napoleon that modernized French law- was ultimately defeated in The Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon -
Ancient Egypt
manoralism
Lao - tzu
24. 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
The War of Roses
Anasazi culture
French religious wars (1562-1598)
The Age of Exploration
25. 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
reincarnation
scholasticism
Taoism
capitalism
26. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism
Confucius
Three famous African empires
Hadyn - Mozart and Beethoven
serfs
27. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death
Constantine
Ferdinand Magellan
reincarnation
cost - benefit analysis
28. Following a battle with Carthage - Rome emerged as the dominant power in the mediterranean
defeat of Spanish Armanda
ancient Greek
lords
Punic Wars
29. 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
lords
church
Assyria
Feudal Japan
30. The church's holy war to recapture the Holy Land - the Pope called for holy warriors to liberate the holy land from the infidels
Hammurabi's Code
The Crusades
Pax Romana
Kush
31. A feudal lord in feudal Japan
mercantilism
daimyo
lords
reasosn for Byzantine's decline decline
32. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Kublai Khan
Holy bible
Three famous African empires
Thirty Years War
33. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism
English parliament
Henry VII
Elizabeth I
Israelites
34. Portuguese explorer who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe
Chaldeans
reasons for Byzantine's successs
Ferdinand Magellan
The War of Roses
35. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason
Mississippian culture
scholasticism
defeat of Spanish Armanda
St. Augustine
36. The first great Christian philosopher
St. Augustine
romanticism
cost - benefit analysis
Assyria
37. 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
St. Augustine
mythology
Constantine
hiearchy of needs
38. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England
Peace of Westphalia
Battle of Hastings (1066)
reasons for Byzantine's successs
nominalism
39. Ruled as dictator and abolished the moarchy - after his death - the monarchy was restored
'laissez faire' economy
Genghis Khan
Oliver Cromwell
hunter/gatherer societies
40. Ancient Asian civilization that developed own language and system of writing - literature and poetry - Shinto religion
Persians
Lao - tzu
law of supply and demand
Feudal Japan
41. After the fall of Rome - Europe lacked strong poltiical and economic center - transitioning into the Medieval Ages
Congress of Verona (1822)
The Dark Ages
absolutism
caliphs
42. Author of absolutist politics
Hammurabi's Code
Cardinal Richelieu
mercantilism
romanticism
43. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products
daimyo
modern capitalism
James I
Ancient Egypt
44. A growing interest in culture of learning and reading. Led to a questioning of Christianity and church dogma.
karma
the Iron Age
Age of Enlightenment
Karl Marx - who saw capitalism as 'feudal serfdom' develops the idea of communism
45. The zenith of Athenian society and the hight of its democracy
Punic Wars
Age of Pericles
realism
defeat of Spanish Armanda
46. Author of 'Wealth of Nations' which advocates that manufacturing is truly the soruce of the nation's wealth
Babylonians
Adam Smith
means of productions
lords
47. Deals with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Economics
Persians
Constantine
English parliament
48. The practice of state regulation and control fo the economy in an attempt to insure prosperity
Africa's four rivers
Rome
The Renaissance
mercantilism
49. A religion against pre - destination - in which people are destined to go to heaven and hell no matter how they act
Israelites
Protestantism
law of supply and demand
Guatama Buddha
50. Knights or military in feudal Europe
vassals
Mughuls
romanticism
caliphs