CSET MULTIPLE SUBJECT SUBTEST
1: HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
WORLD HISTORY SET
Abbassides---ans-✔✔Overthrew-the-Umayyad-but-one-escaped
Absolutionism---ans-✔✔political-system-in-which-a-ruler-holds-total-power.-The-ruler-has-
total-control-and-final-say-over-their-people.
Achievements-of-the-Byzantine-Empire---ans-✔✔Greek-language-and-cultural-
accomplishments-preserved.-Center-for-world-trade-and-exchange-of-culture.-It-spread-
civilization-to-all-of-eastern-Europe.-It-preserved-the-Eastern-Church-which-converted-
Slavic-people-to-Christianity.-Its-economic-strength-was-based-on-the-stability-of-its-
money-economy.-New-focus-for-art;-glorification-of-Christianity.
Aegan---ans-✔✔a-center-for-civilizations-which-flourished-in-the-2nd-and-3rd-millenniums-
BC
African-Culture---ans-✔✔Made-up-of-art-and-culture,-music/dance,storytelling-and-very-
Religious
African-Desert---ans-✔✔An-extremely-dry-area-with-little-water-and-few-plants
African-Rivers---ans-✔✔Several-have-inland-as-well-as-coastal-deltas
Nile-flows-northward-.-Niger,-Nile,-Congo,-Zambezi-And-were-important-to-Africa's-
economic-history.
African-Savana---ans-✔✔A-flat,-dry-grassland-with-trees-and-bushes
Agarian---ans-✔✔concerning-farms,-farmers,-or-agriculture-and-the-use-of-land.
Akbar---ans-✔✔Most-illustrious-sultan-of-the-Mughal-Empire-in-India-(r.-1556-1605).-He-
expanded-the-empire-and-pursued-a-policy-of-conciliation-with-Hindus.-(p.-536)
Alexandar-the-Great---ans-✔✔The-conqueror-who-united-the-peoples-of-Greece,-Egypt,-
Persia-and-Indus-River-Valley-into-an-empire-by-conquering-them.
,Arab-Caliphs---ans-✔✔political-leaders-after-the-death-of-Muhammad
Arab-Conquests---ans-✔✔wars-which,-in-the-century-after-the-death-of-Muhammed-in-
632,-created-an-empire-stretching-from-Spain-to-the-Indus-Valley.
Ashikaga-Shogunate---ans-✔✔The-Ashikaga-Shogunate-is-the-weakest-of-the-three-
Japanese-bakufu-governments.-Unlike-its-predecessor,-the-Kamakura-Shogunate,-or-its-
successor,-the-,-when-Ashikaga-Takauji-established-his-bakufu-he-had-little-personal-
territories-with-which-to-support-his-rule.-The-Ashikaga-Shogunate-was-thus-heavily-
reliant-on-the-prestige-and-personal-authority-of-its-shoguns.
Athens---ans-✔✔Powerful-city-in-Ancient-Greece-that-was-a-leader-in-arts,-sciences,-
philosophy,-democracy-and-architecture.
Augustus---ans-✔✔First-emperor-of-the-Roman-Empire.-Julius-Caesar's-grand-nephew.
Baroque-Style---ans-✔✔17th-century-Europe,-elaborate-and-detailed-artwork,-drama,-
tension,-exuberance,-and-grandeur-in-sculpture,-painting,-literature,-and-music
Benin---ans-✔✔A-kingdom-of-the-West-African-rain-forest
Bourgeoisie---ans-✔✔the-middle-class,-including-merchants,-industrialists,-and-
professional-people
Brahman---ans-✔✔The-term-for-The-Univeral-Soul-in-Hinduism.
Byzantine-Empire---ans-✔✔Eastern-Roman-empire-after-the-fall-of-Rome.
Byzantine-Empire-Decline---ans-✔✔It's-geographic-proximity-to-the-Arabs,-Slave,-and-
Turks-all-of-whom-were-becoming-more-powerful.-The-loss-of-commercial-dominace-over-
the-Italians.-Reliogious-contraversy-with-west-and-a-split-with-the-Roman-Catholic-
Church.-The-sack-of-the-fourth-crusade.-The-fall-of-Constantinople
Byzantine-Empire-Success---ans-✔✔Domination-of-teh-commercial-trade-routes-
controlled-by-Constintanople-and-a-monopoly-on-the-silk-trade.-Excellant-use-of-
diplonmacy-to-avoid-invasions.-Geographically-distant-from-the-tribes-who-sacked-Rome.-
Codification-of-Roman-Law.-A-forstress-city-with-excellent-defensible-borders.
Calvinism---ans-✔✔Religious-movement-founded-by-John-Calvin,-based-on-the-doctrine-
of-predestination.
Cardinal-Richelieu---ans-✔✔King-Louis-XIII-was-a-weak-ruler-and-Richelieu-filled-the-
void,-more-or-less-running-the-empire-via-his-advice-to-the-king.-A-clever-politician-and-
strategist,-Richelieu-expanded-royal-power,-punished-dissent-harshly,-and-built-France-
into-a-great-European-power
, Causes-of-the-French-Revolution---ans-✔✔Englightenment,-unequal-tax-system,-bad-
harvests,-debt,-absolute-monarchy,-economic-issues,-inequitable-class-structure,-
disorganized-legal-system,-no-representation.
Causes-of-the-Industrial-Revolution---ans-✔✔-The-scientific-revolution-brought-about-new-
mechanical-inventions
-The-availability-of-investment-capital-and-the-rise-of-the-middle-class-provided-an-
economic-base
-Geographic-and-social-conditions-in-England-favored-industrialization:
---The-cotton-textile-industry-was-well-established
---Britain-was-a-colonial-and-maritime-power-and-was-able-to-easily-ship-products;-rivers-
provided-the-necessary-waterpower-to-run-machinery
---England-had-abundant-reserves-of-coal-and-iron
---The-necessary-labor-force-was-in-place-following-the-enclosure-movement-that-forced-
thousands-of-people-from-rural-land-to-cities
---Investment-capital-supplied-by-a-burgeoning-middle-class-provided-money-to-purchase-
equipment-for-the-emergent-factories
Ceasar---ans-✔✔Elected-consul-of-rome-in-59-bc.-Genius-with-military-strategy.-
Governed-as-an-absolute-ruler.-Was-assassinated-in-the-senate-chamber.
Charlemagne---ans-✔✔King-of-the-Franks-who-conquered-much-of-Western-Europe,-
great-patron-of-literature-and-learning
Charles-I---ans-✔✔King-of-England,-Scotland,-and-Ireland-(1625-1649).-His-power-
struggles-with-Parliament-resulted-in-the-English-Civil-War-(1642-1648)-in-which-Charles-
was-defeated.-He-was-tried-for-treason-and-beheaded-in-1649
Class-Division---ans-✔✔The-separation-of-people-into-different-social-groups-like-lower-
class,-upper-class.-Clergy-&-nobility-were-the-privileged-class,-peasants-and-artisans-wer-
the-work-force-and-serfs-were-tied-to-the-land.
Classical-Art---ans-✔✔the-art-of-ancient-Greece-and-Rome,-in-which-harmony,-order,-and-
proportion-were-emphasized
Commercial-Revival---ans-✔✔Renewal-in-trade/-growth-in-economy.-No-more-
manorialism.-Expanded-the-social-class-and-a-true-middle-class-emerged.-Introduced-
banking-and-the-Guild-system.
Confucianism---ans-✔✔The-system-of-ethics,-education,-and-statesmanship-taught-by-
Confucius-and-his-disciples,-stressing-love-for-humanity,-ancestor-worship,-reverence-for-
parents,-and-harmony-in-thought-and-conduct.
Confucius---ans-✔✔Western-name-for-the-Chinese-philosopher-Kongzi-(551-479-
B.C.E.).-His-doctrine-of-duty-and-public-service-had-a-great-influence-on-subsequent-
Chinese-thought-and-served-as-a-code-of-conduct-for-government-officials.
1: HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
WORLD HISTORY SET
Abbassides---ans-✔✔Overthrew-the-Umayyad-but-one-escaped
Absolutionism---ans-✔✔political-system-in-which-a-ruler-holds-total-power.-The-ruler-has-
total-control-and-final-say-over-their-people.
Achievements-of-the-Byzantine-Empire---ans-✔✔Greek-language-and-cultural-
accomplishments-preserved.-Center-for-world-trade-and-exchange-of-culture.-It-spread-
civilization-to-all-of-eastern-Europe.-It-preserved-the-Eastern-Church-which-converted-
Slavic-people-to-Christianity.-Its-economic-strength-was-based-on-the-stability-of-its-
money-economy.-New-focus-for-art;-glorification-of-Christianity.
Aegan---ans-✔✔a-center-for-civilizations-which-flourished-in-the-2nd-and-3rd-millenniums-
BC
African-Culture---ans-✔✔Made-up-of-art-and-culture,-music/dance,storytelling-and-very-
Religious
African-Desert---ans-✔✔An-extremely-dry-area-with-little-water-and-few-plants
African-Rivers---ans-✔✔Several-have-inland-as-well-as-coastal-deltas
Nile-flows-northward-.-Niger,-Nile,-Congo,-Zambezi-And-were-important-to-Africa's-
economic-history.
African-Savana---ans-✔✔A-flat,-dry-grassland-with-trees-and-bushes
Agarian---ans-✔✔concerning-farms,-farmers,-or-agriculture-and-the-use-of-land.
Akbar---ans-✔✔Most-illustrious-sultan-of-the-Mughal-Empire-in-India-(r.-1556-1605).-He-
expanded-the-empire-and-pursued-a-policy-of-conciliation-with-Hindus.-(p.-536)
Alexandar-the-Great---ans-✔✔The-conqueror-who-united-the-peoples-of-Greece,-Egypt,-
Persia-and-Indus-River-Valley-into-an-empire-by-conquering-them.
,Arab-Caliphs---ans-✔✔political-leaders-after-the-death-of-Muhammad
Arab-Conquests---ans-✔✔wars-which,-in-the-century-after-the-death-of-Muhammed-in-
632,-created-an-empire-stretching-from-Spain-to-the-Indus-Valley.
Ashikaga-Shogunate---ans-✔✔The-Ashikaga-Shogunate-is-the-weakest-of-the-three-
Japanese-bakufu-governments.-Unlike-its-predecessor,-the-Kamakura-Shogunate,-or-its-
successor,-the-,-when-Ashikaga-Takauji-established-his-bakufu-he-had-little-personal-
territories-with-which-to-support-his-rule.-The-Ashikaga-Shogunate-was-thus-heavily-
reliant-on-the-prestige-and-personal-authority-of-its-shoguns.
Athens---ans-✔✔Powerful-city-in-Ancient-Greece-that-was-a-leader-in-arts,-sciences,-
philosophy,-democracy-and-architecture.
Augustus---ans-✔✔First-emperor-of-the-Roman-Empire.-Julius-Caesar's-grand-nephew.
Baroque-Style---ans-✔✔17th-century-Europe,-elaborate-and-detailed-artwork,-drama,-
tension,-exuberance,-and-grandeur-in-sculpture,-painting,-literature,-and-music
Benin---ans-✔✔A-kingdom-of-the-West-African-rain-forest
Bourgeoisie---ans-✔✔the-middle-class,-including-merchants,-industrialists,-and-
professional-people
Brahman---ans-✔✔The-term-for-The-Univeral-Soul-in-Hinduism.
Byzantine-Empire---ans-✔✔Eastern-Roman-empire-after-the-fall-of-Rome.
Byzantine-Empire-Decline---ans-✔✔It's-geographic-proximity-to-the-Arabs,-Slave,-and-
Turks-all-of-whom-were-becoming-more-powerful.-The-loss-of-commercial-dominace-over-
the-Italians.-Reliogious-contraversy-with-west-and-a-split-with-the-Roman-Catholic-
Church.-The-sack-of-the-fourth-crusade.-The-fall-of-Constantinople
Byzantine-Empire-Success---ans-✔✔Domination-of-teh-commercial-trade-routes-
controlled-by-Constintanople-and-a-monopoly-on-the-silk-trade.-Excellant-use-of-
diplonmacy-to-avoid-invasions.-Geographically-distant-from-the-tribes-who-sacked-Rome.-
Codification-of-Roman-Law.-A-forstress-city-with-excellent-defensible-borders.
Calvinism---ans-✔✔Religious-movement-founded-by-John-Calvin,-based-on-the-doctrine-
of-predestination.
Cardinal-Richelieu---ans-✔✔King-Louis-XIII-was-a-weak-ruler-and-Richelieu-filled-the-
void,-more-or-less-running-the-empire-via-his-advice-to-the-king.-A-clever-politician-and-
strategist,-Richelieu-expanded-royal-power,-punished-dissent-harshly,-and-built-France-
into-a-great-European-power
, Causes-of-the-French-Revolution---ans-✔✔Englightenment,-unequal-tax-system,-bad-
harvests,-debt,-absolute-monarchy,-economic-issues,-inequitable-class-structure,-
disorganized-legal-system,-no-representation.
Causes-of-the-Industrial-Revolution---ans-✔✔-The-scientific-revolution-brought-about-new-
mechanical-inventions
-The-availability-of-investment-capital-and-the-rise-of-the-middle-class-provided-an-
economic-base
-Geographic-and-social-conditions-in-England-favored-industrialization:
---The-cotton-textile-industry-was-well-established
---Britain-was-a-colonial-and-maritime-power-and-was-able-to-easily-ship-products;-rivers-
provided-the-necessary-waterpower-to-run-machinery
---England-had-abundant-reserves-of-coal-and-iron
---The-necessary-labor-force-was-in-place-following-the-enclosure-movement-that-forced-
thousands-of-people-from-rural-land-to-cities
---Investment-capital-supplied-by-a-burgeoning-middle-class-provided-money-to-purchase-
equipment-for-the-emergent-factories
Ceasar---ans-✔✔Elected-consul-of-rome-in-59-bc.-Genius-with-military-strategy.-
Governed-as-an-absolute-ruler.-Was-assassinated-in-the-senate-chamber.
Charlemagne---ans-✔✔King-of-the-Franks-who-conquered-much-of-Western-Europe,-
great-patron-of-literature-and-learning
Charles-I---ans-✔✔King-of-England,-Scotland,-and-Ireland-(1625-1649).-His-power-
struggles-with-Parliament-resulted-in-the-English-Civil-War-(1642-1648)-in-which-Charles-
was-defeated.-He-was-tried-for-treason-and-beheaded-in-1649
Class-Division---ans-✔✔The-separation-of-people-into-different-social-groups-like-lower-
class,-upper-class.-Clergy-&-nobility-were-the-privileged-class,-peasants-and-artisans-wer-
the-work-force-and-serfs-were-tied-to-the-land.
Classical-Art---ans-✔✔the-art-of-ancient-Greece-and-Rome,-in-which-harmony,-order,-and-
proportion-were-emphasized
Commercial-Revival---ans-✔✔Renewal-in-trade/-growth-in-economy.-No-more-
manorialism.-Expanded-the-social-class-and-a-true-middle-class-emerged.-Introduced-
banking-and-the-Guild-system.
Confucianism---ans-✔✔The-system-of-ethics,-education,-and-statesmanship-taught-by-
Confucius-and-his-disciples,-stressing-love-for-humanity,-ancestor-worship,-reverence-for-
parents,-and-harmony-in-thought-and-conduct.
Confucius---ans-✔✔Western-name-for-the-Chinese-philosopher-Kongzi-(551-479-
B.C.E.).-His-doctrine-of-duty-and-public-service-had-a-great-influence-on-subsequent-
Chinese-thought-and-served-as-a-code-of-conduct-for-government-officials.
