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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. Caused by availability of investment capital and rise of the middle class - established cotton textile industry - Britain's great miaritime power - availability of coal - iron and cheap labor was available


2. 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






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






4. Prince who was born in India who went ona mission to discover the sources of human suffering - taught that suffering is the fiailure to control one's own desires - foudner of buddhism






5. Indian culture that developed in Southwest and were skilled builders






6. A feudal king in feudal Japan






7. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






9. 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






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






11. Nullified the Congress of Vienna and allowed the european powers to be guided by their own interests






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






18. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






27. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


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






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






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






31. Early civililzation that developed the first lasting monotheism






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


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






34. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






37. The first great Christian philosopher






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


39. caused by inequitable class structure - bankruptcy of the French treasury - disorganized legal system - led to the Reign of Terror in which many of the aristocrats were beheaded






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






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






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






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






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