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CSET Social Science Subtest I
Exam Questions And Verified
Answers
\Q\.What is the main function of monumental architecture in early
Mesopotamia and ancient coastal Peru? - ANSWERS✔-To provide a site
for the performance of religious rituals.
\Q\.What assumption about ancient peoples and cultures is the basis
for archaeologists' understanding of prehistory? - ANSWERS✔-Material
remains reflect important aspects of human behavior.
\Q\.What was the main source of wealth and power among the empires
of West Africa between A.D. 400 and 1500? - ANSWERS✔-Control of the
trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
\Q\.What do the arrows on the map of Europe between the ninth and
eleventh centuries illustrate? - ANSWERS✔-Major paths of population
migration.
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\Q\.What was the most frequent source of conflict between church and
state in Europe throughout the Middle Ages? - ANSWERS✔-The
doctrine of divine right monarchy.
\Q\.What intellectual inspiration did the Latin American revolutionaries
of the early nineteenth century draw from? - ANSWERS✔-Political ideals
of the Enlightenment.
\Q\.What is an important consequence of western European
industrialization during the first half of the nineteenth century? -
ANSWERS✔-A decline in the average number of children in working-
class families.
\Q\.Which breakthrough of the Scientific Revolution presented a major
challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe? - ANSWERS✔-
The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved around the
sun.
\Q\.What had the greatest influence on the outcome of World War II in
Europe? - ANSWERS✔-The productive capacity of U.S. factories.
\Q\.What most influenced nation-building efforts on the Indian
subcontinent after the establishment of Indian independence in 1947? -
ANSWERS✔-Religious differences between Hindus and Muslims.
CSET Social Science Subtest I
Exam Questions And Verified
Answers
\Q\.What is the main function of monumental architecture in early
Mesopotamia and ancient coastal Peru? - ANSWERS✔-To provide a site
for the performance of religious rituals.
\Q\.What assumption about ancient peoples and cultures is the basis
for archaeologists' understanding of prehistory? - ANSWERS✔-Material
remains reflect important aspects of human behavior.
\Q\.What was the main source of wealth and power among the empires
of West Africa between A.D. 400 and 1500? - ANSWERS✔-Control of the
trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
\Q\.What do the arrows on the map of Europe between the ninth and
eleventh centuries illustrate? - ANSWERS✔-Major paths of population
migration.
, 2|Page
\Q\.What was the most frequent source of conflict between church and
state in Europe throughout the Middle Ages? - ANSWERS✔-The
doctrine of divine right monarchy.
\Q\.What intellectual inspiration did the Latin American revolutionaries
of the early nineteenth century draw from? - ANSWERS✔-Political ideals
of the Enlightenment.
\Q\.What is an important consequence of western European
industrialization during the first half of the nineteenth century? -
ANSWERS✔-A decline in the average number of children in working-
class families.
\Q\.Which breakthrough of the Scientific Revolution presented a major
challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe? - ANSWERS✔-
The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved around the
sun.
\Q\.What had the greatest influence on the outcome of World War II in
Europe? - ANSWERS✔-The productive capacity of U.S. factories.
\Q\.What most influenced nation-building efforts on the Indian
subcontinent after the establishment of Indian independence in 1947? -
ANSWERS✔-Religious differences between Hindus and Muslims.
