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






2. 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






3. Important iron working center for African civilization






4. Peasants who work the land in exchange for protection that allow others to live and work in exchange for loyalty and services in feudal Europe






5. 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






6. The river valleys near the Tigres and Euphrates and Nile Rivers - which were the cradle of civlization






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






14. Early civilization that occupied the western Asia minor and were responsible for the first coinage of money






15. Author of absolutist politics






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






17. A feudal king in feudal Japan






18. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






19. Knights or military in feudal Europe






20. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






21. 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

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






23. 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






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






25. Started absolutism in Russia started with Ivan the Terrible






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






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






28. The Christian Word of God






29. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. The practice of worshipping one god






36. 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






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






38. Deals with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services






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






40. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






41. 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






42. The first ruler of the French Republic. Established a Code of Napoleon that modernized French law- was ultimately defeated in The Battle of Waterloo






43. 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






44. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






46. 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






47. Ancient civilization that we owe our literary heritage - science - mathematics and democratic forms of governments






48. 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






49. What is gained by whom and what is lost or sacrified






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