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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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


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






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






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






5. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






6. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






7. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






8. Early civilization that encouraged material progress - including large - scale irrigation projects - an advancced system of mathematics and invention of the wheel






9. The first written form of law and came from the Babylonian times


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






11. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






12. A period of peace for two centuries without a major war






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






14. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






15. The Christian Word of God






16. A family that united and ruled most of India and built The Taj Mahal






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






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






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






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






21. The first great Christian philosopher






22. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






24. Works by the Greek writer Homer






25. Ancient Asian civilization that developed own language and system of writing - literature and poetry - Shinto religion






26. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






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






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


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






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






31. Landowners in feudal Europe






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






33. A feudal king in feudal Japan






34. 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






35. Author of absolutist politics






36. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






37. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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. 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






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






41. Fought between Catholics and Huguenots for control of france






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






43. Knights or military in feudal Europe






44. 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


45. 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






46. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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