SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET World History
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
Rome's political problems
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Hittites
2. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
The Phoenicians
Martin Luther's beliefs
The ancient Near East: geography
Modern influence of Magna Carta
3. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Early Japanese civilization
The Aztecs
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
4. Four rivers (Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambezi) were important to Africa's economic history - Egyptian civilization developed in the Nile Valley - Africa above the Sahara (Northern Africa) is often associated with Arab influence - The irregular coas
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
5. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Ibn Battuta
Alfred the Great
Development of the Renaissance
6. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire - Thomas Malthus (1776-1834) theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production - The revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx advocated a violent overthrow of the present eco
Effects of the Reformation
Absolutism
The caste system
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
7. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
The Dorians
The Later Middle Ages
John Locke
Martin Luther
8. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
Adam Smith
Calvinism
India: developments
Rome's political problems
9. Astronomer - Challenged the Church doctrine of a geocentric (earth - centered) theory of the universe (Ptolemy's theory; was the prevailing thought for more than 1000 years) - Believed that the sun was the center of the solar system - and the earth m
Myths
Nicolaus Copernicus
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Constantine
10. Warrior nation; created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Empire origniated in the highland region of the upper Tigris River but grew to encompass the entire area of the Fertile Crescent - Military te
The Assyrians
Zoroastrianism
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The forest states
11. In 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) - theorized that evolution is a continuous process in which successful species adapt to their environment in order to survive
The Hittites
Ottoman Empire
The ziggurat
Darwin
12. Established at Byzantium by Emperor Constantine as a 'New Rome' in the East in A.D. 330 - Strategically located (where Europe and Asia meet) - had excellent defensible borders - and was a crossroads of world trade - With the fall of Rome/collapse of
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Jesus of Nazareth
The Magna Carta
Constantinople
13. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Iona
Water frame
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Sumeria
14. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
The Hellenistic Age
India: developments
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Ottoman Empire
15. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Charlemagne
Watt steam engine
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Muslim contributions
16. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
The feudal system
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Lydians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
17. Called for a free and open economic system was needed - Expanded Darwin's theory of evolution to include society as a whole - viewed society as a 'struggle for existence'; only the 'fittest' members of society would survive - The accumulation of weal
Early Japanese civilization
The Peloponnesian War
Social Darwinism
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
18. 356-323 B.C. - Of Macedonia - Established the Hellenistic Age - Conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and Egypt; established a world empire - Bureaucracy replaced the city - state as the form of government - Following his death - dynasties were established
The (Protestant) Reformation
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
North American Indians
Alexander the Great
19. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Mesopotamian civilizations
The Hellenistic Age
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages
20. A.D. 960-1279 - The Chinese Empire lost much territory after the fall of the Tang rulers - Advances in education - art - and science contributed to an improved way of life
Rome's economic problems
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Greece: geography
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
21. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.) - Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine - Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens
'The Communist Manifesto'
Watt steam engine
The Chaldeans
The ancient Near East: geography
22. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Mongul rule in China
Mohammed
Saul
23. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
China: developments
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Minoan civilization
Modern influence of Magna Carta
24. The First Act of Supremacy (1534) marked the beginning of the English Reformation. - The king of England - Henry VIII - became the head of the church - The pope's refusal to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon initiated the break
Steam locomotive
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The English Reformation
25. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved - Center for world trade and exchange of culture - It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe - Codification of Roman law ('Justinian Code') - It preserved the Eastern Church ('Greek Orthodox
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Grooved rollers
The Carolingians
26. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Mayas
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Neolithic or New Stone Age
27. Its geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slavs - and Seljuk Turks - all of whom were becoming more powerful - The loss of commercial dominance of the Italians - Religious controversy with the West and a subsequent split with the Roman Catholic Church
The East African Coast
Laissez faire
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
28. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The Assyrians
The Sumerians
River Valley Civilizations
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
29. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates rivers; southwest Asia/modern - day Iraq) - floods were unpredictable and destructive; flat plains invited invasion - Egypt (banks of Nile River - Mediterranean and Red Seas; Northeastern Africa) - India (Indus and G
France during the later Middle Ages
River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia
The Assyrians
30. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Egypt: developments
Development of the Renaissance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Spartan way of life
31. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Feudalism: economic
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Turk Dominance
32. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Renaissance
Steam locomotive
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Mesopotamia
33. Mathematician - physicist - astronomer - With a telescope - provided the first observational evidence in support of Copernicus - Observed the phases of Venus; discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter; observed and analyzed sunspots - Was question
The Babylonians
Galileo Galilei
Mythology
Division of the Muslim Empire
34. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The Carolingians
Feudalism: political
Napoleon and the First Empire
35. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
Mesopotamian civilizations
Hinduism
The Aztecs
Athens and Sparta
36. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Persian War
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Mohammed
37. Dissatisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones - Humanism emphasized man's needs and concerns - The printing press allowed mass communication (Luther's 95 Theses were translated - widely copied - distributed throughout Europe) - Luther's exco
Reasons for the Reformation
Sumeria
John Locke
Feudalism: economic
38. Born around 6 B.C. in the Roman province of Judea - Became an influential rabbi - His death by crucifixion and resurrection as the Christ (Greek for messiah) were writings in the Gospels
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Jesus of Nazareth
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Galileo Galilei
39. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
Johannes Kepler
India: developments
Rome's economic problems
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
40. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Minoan civilization
The Napoleonic Code
Constantine
Neoclassicism
41. That each person is born into a caste or social group - Reincarnation: after death all people will be reborn in either human or animal form; nothing truly dies and the spirit in death passes from one living thing to another - The cow is considered sa
The ziggurat
Mesopotamia: developments
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
42. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Adam Smith
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Hindus
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
43. Dominated the culture of the 18th century - There was an attempt to revive the classic style and form of ancient Greece and Rome - In literature - the novel was the outcome; in architecture - the Rococo style was dominant - In music - Haydn and Mozar
Classical Greece
Africa's geological diversity
Constantine
Neoclassicism
44. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
Mesopotamian civilizations
Rome's political problems
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Cotton gin
45. Society was based on a strict class division: clergy and nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans were the work force - and serfs were tied to the land
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The feudal system
Rome's political problems
46. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
Ibn Battuta
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Napoleonic Code
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
47. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Persian War
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
48. 509-27 B.C. Started after Etruscan control was overthrown - Society was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves - Government was based on consuls - the Senate - and the Centurial Assembly -
Pepin the Short
The Roman Republic
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Japan's geography
49. Hastened by the Frankish system of inheritance - The Treaty of Verdun (A.D. 843) divided Charlemagne's empire among his three grandsons - Carolingian rule ended in the 10th century because of the decline in central authority and the invasions of the
England during the later Middle Ages
The Roman Empire
The Babylonians
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
50. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Cotton gin
Galileo Galilei
Sorry!:) No result found.
Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?
Let me suggest you:
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests
Major Subjects
Tests & Exams
AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT
Certifications
CISSP go to https://www.isc2.org/
PMP
ITIL
RHCE
MCTS
More...
IT Skills
Android Programming
Data Modeling
Objective C Programming
Basic Python Programming
Adobe Illustrator
More...
Business Skills
Advertising Techniques
Business Accounting Basics
Business Strategy
Human Resource Management
Marketing Basics
More...
Soft Skills
Body Language
People Skills
Public Speaking
Persuasion
Job Hunting And Resumes
More...
Vocabulary
GRE Vocab
SAT Vocab
TOEFL Essential Vocab
Basic English Words For All
Global Words You Should Know
Business English
More...
Languages
AP German Vocab
AP Latin Vocab
SAT Subject Test: French
Italian Survival
Norwegian Survival
More...
Engineering
Audio Engineering
Computer Science Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Structural Engineering
More...
Health Sciences
Basic Nursing Skills
Health Science Language Fundamentals
Veterinary Technology Medical Language
Cardiology
Clinical Surgery
More...
English
Grammar Fundamentals
Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
Elements Of Style Vocab
Introduction To English Major
Complete Advanced Sentences
Literature
Homonyms
More...
Math
Algebra Formulas
Basic Arithmetic: Measurements
Metric Conversions
Geometric Properties
Important Math Facts
Number Sense Vocab
Business Math
More...
Other Major Subjects
Science
Economics
History
Law
Performing-arts
Cooking
Logic & Reasoning
Trivia
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests