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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. 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


2. Knights or military in feudal Europe






3. 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






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






5. 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


6. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






7. 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






8. English pirate sailing for England became the second man to circumnavigate the globe






9. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. War between most European powers and led to the devestation of Germany






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


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






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






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






20. Ghana - Mali and Songhai






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Works by the Greek writer Homer






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






38. Important iron working center for African civilization






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






40. Profits are linked to the manufacturing of products






41. Deals with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services






42. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






43. The Christian Word of God






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






45. A feudal king in feudal Japan






46. Mongol leader who took over the Chinese






47. A feudal lord in feudal Japan






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






49. 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






50. Christian disciple responsible for the spread of Christian theology