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






2. A growing interest in culture of learning and reading. Led to a questioning of Christianity and church dogma.






3. 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






4. Commercial trade routes - distance from tribes that sacked Rome


5. 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






6. 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


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






8. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






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






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






11. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






12. 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






13. War that re - established Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






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






20. 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






21. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






22. Promotes concept of balanced Europe as England gains power






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






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






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






26. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


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






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






29. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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


38. Knights or military in feudal Europe






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






40. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






42. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






44. The idea of total obedience to the sovereign because of their 'divine right'






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






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






47. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






48. 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






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






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