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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. Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambizi

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






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






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






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






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






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

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8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Buddhist idea that fate is earned






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






16. Ended the Anglo - Saxon rule in England






17. Skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






18. Author of 'Wealth of Nations' which advocates that manufacturing is truly the soruce of the nation's wealth






19. Chinese philosopher who developed the idea of Confucianism






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Concept in scholasticism in which reality consists of ideas (universals) that exist in the mind - independent of sensory powersof perception






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






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






27. Buddhist idea of re - birth after death






28. 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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29. Land owned by the lords of feudal Europe






30. 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






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






32. 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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33. Works by the Greek writer Homer






34. 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






35. An African empire the developed out of an iron working stettlement and eswasbasd on gold trade






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Religious stories about gods and goddesses who had human - style weaknesses and disagreements






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






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






43. 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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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