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






2. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






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






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






6. Proximity to arabs - Salvs - n and Turks - Constantinople sacked during the fourth Crusade

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7. 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






8. Spanish explorer who sailed west from Spain and landed in the Carribbean - thinking it was India






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






10. 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






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






12. Ends Spanish attempts to invade England






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






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






17. Knights or military in feudal Europe






18. Primarily agricultural economy dependent upon the lord of the manor and control over the serfs






19. 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






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






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






22. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






23. 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






24. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi

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25. An economy in which people leave the funding alone

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






27. 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






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






29. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






32. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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






34. 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






35. The Christian Word of God






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

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

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38. 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






39. 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

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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Landowners in feudal Europe






50. 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