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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Writing - mathematics - sicence - philosophy and arts






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


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






9. 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






10. Officially recognizes Lutheranism but allowed Catholicis princes to support Catholicism






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






12. Ancient civilization that we owe our literary heritage - science - mathematics and democratic forms of governments






13. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






14. Enlightenment aritsts who emphasized the classical era's symphonies - rhythms and melodies






15. 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


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






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






18. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






20. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






21. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






22. An economy in which people leave the funding alone


23. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






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






25. Greek leader who conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and egypt to establish a world empire






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






36. The practice of worshipping one god






37. English moarch to begin colonization of North America






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Philosophy that deals with theconsistency of faith and reason






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


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






48. The Christian Word of God






49. A feudal king in feudal Japan






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