CSET Practice Test Questions & Answers. Rated A+

CSET Practice Test Questions & Answers. Rated A+ By the early 1500s, Spain had developed a foothold in the New World. In a period of fewer than four decades following Columbus's first voyage of discovery, the Spanish defeated both the Aztec and Incas empires. Which of the following best illustrates the primary factor that led to the collapse of the Aztec and Inca empires? - -The lack of resistance to European disease disseminted the Aztec and Inca populations Which of the following factors best describes the impact of geography on the development of early civilizations in Mesopotamia? - -Central irrigation project in the barren southern plains resulted in agricultural advances and surplus of food. The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century led to major changes in Western countries. Which of the following bests describes a primary result of the Industrial Revolutions impact on the economic and social structure of Europe? - -The division of defined classes, including a merchant middle class, was a direct result of changing economic conditions. The Silk Road was an extensive network of maritime and overland trade routes that connected Asia with Mediterranean World, North Africa, and Europe. Which of the following religions became established in China as a result of the cross-fultural contact assocaited with the Silk Road? - -Judaism, Zoroastraniam, and Hinduism. In the age of of Constintine, Rome was divided into the Western and Eastern Roman empires. The Western Roman Empire was destroyed by the end of the fifth century A.D. However, Byzamtium survived. What geographical factors accounted for the emergence of Byzantium as a powerful trading empire? - -Constantinople controlled the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea trade routes. Which of the following best illustrates the influence of Islamic scholarship on the development of European civilizations during the Middle Ages? - -The introduction of new mathmatical concepts, such as algebra and calculus Following the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey of discovery to the newly acquired lands. Which of the following was the central focus of the Lewis and Clark expedition. - -To discover an all-water route to the Pacific The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a logical extension of which of the following politial philosophies? - -The doctrine of Manifest Destina The Northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery north and west of the Ohio river. What was the primary factor that allowed Missouri to become a slave state in 1821? - -The admission of Maine as a free state preserved the slave state/free state balance in the Senate. The Imperial Valley is one of California's important agricultural regions. The California water distribution system that supplies