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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Caused by dis - satisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones






2. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


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






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






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






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






7. The Christian Word of God






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi


17. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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






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






20. Emperor of the Byzantine empire that esetablished a new Rome in Constantinople






21. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






29. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






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






31. 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






32. The zenith of Athenian society and the hight of its democracy






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


34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. A Chinese philosophy based on the the idea of balance - one must strive to be aware of the order and harmony of all existence and live accordingly to it






39. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






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






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






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. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






48. Equal to a vassal or knight in feudal Japan






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






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