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CSET Subtest 1: History 4

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Following a battle with Carthage - Rome emerged as the dominant power in the mediterranean






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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

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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Gave Hugenots political and religious freedom






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






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






15. The Christian Word of God






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






17. 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






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






19. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






27. 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






28. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






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






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






31. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






32. 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






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

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

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35. Jesuits were the official Catholic response to the reformation






36. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






37. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi

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38. 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






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






40. If supply is greater tahn demand - the value of a product is lower; if demand is greater than supply - the value of a product is higher






41. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology






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






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

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






45. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






47. The first great Christian philosopher






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






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