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CSET Multiple Subjects - History
and Social Science Vocabulary
(Newest 2025/2026 Update) Review
Questions and Verified Answers | Grade A
| 100 Correct.
Quiz_________________?
Aqueduct -
Answer☑️
A man-made channel constructed to convey water from one location to another
Quiz_________________?
Bear Flag Revolt -
Answer☑️
A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican-American War to establish an
independent California republic
Quiz_________________?
Bushido -
Answer☑️
The code of knights in feudal Japan, the equivalent of chivalry in Europe
Quiz_________________?
California's Mission System -
Answer☑️
A "sacred expedition" in which twenty-one Spanish Catholic missions were established,
spaced to be a single days travel apart on El Camino Real (the Royal Road)
Quiz_________________?
Californios -
Answer☑️
Residents of the rancho system in California just before the Mexican-American War,
mainly comprised of Mexican citizen who idetified more as Californios than Mesicans
Quiz_________________?
Capitalism -
,2 Answer☑️
An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of weath
and property by individuals
Quiz_________________?
Caste -
Answer☑️
A division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privledge,
profession, or occupation, not allowed to move from one caste to another
Quiz_________________?
Central Valley Project (CVP) -
Answer☑️
A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long-term
plan to effectively use water in California's central valley
Quiz_________________?
Check and Balances -
Answer☑️
Written into the Constitution, this concept is one of the cornerstones of our republic,
encompassing three branches of governement and a system for them to act as
watchdogs for the others
Quiz_________________?
Circumnavigate -
Answer☑️
To sail completely around the earth
Quiz_________________?
Code of Hammurabi -
Answer☑️
The first known written legal code, developed in ancient Babylong, predated the
justinian Code by about 2,000 years
Quiz_________________?
Communism -
Answer☑️
An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes
the profits
Quiz_________________?
Conquistadores -
Answer☑️
Spanish exploreres that sought the riches of Central and South America, establishing
colonies along the way
,3
Quiz_________________?
Daimyo -
Answer☑️
Japanese feudal lord
Quiz_________________?
Democratic-Republican Party -
Answer☑️
One of the first two political parties in the United States, led by Thomas Jefferson and
James Madison; opposed the Federalist party and was strongly in favor of individual
rights
Quiz_________________?
Economics -
Answer☑️
A social science deaing with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and
services
Quiz_________________?
Emancipation Proclamation -
Answer☑️
A proclamation made by President Lincoln in1863 freeing all slaves in regions still
fighting against the Union
Quiz_________________?
Executive Branch -
Answer☑️
A branch of the system of checks and balances that sees that the country's laws are
executed
Quiz_________________?
Federalism -
Answer☑️
A system of government consisting of self-regluating regions (states) united by a central
(federal) government
Quiz_________________?
Federalist Papers -
Answer☑️
A series of articles written in 1787 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John
Jay to gain popular support for the then-proposed Constitution
Quiz_________________?
Feudalism -
, 4 Answer☑️
A social economic, and political system in which power is decentralized, and a varying
number of lords hold land on which they allow others to live and work in return for
loyalty and service
Quiz_________________?
Fief -
Answer☑️
Land held by lorders under the feudal system
Quiz_________________?
Forty-niners -
Answer☑️
Nickname for the influx of people that arrived in California, staring in 1849, in search of
gold
Quiz_________________?
Free-soliders -
Answer☑️
A minor but influential political party int he pre-Civil War period that opposed the
extention of slavery into the western territories
Quiz_________________?
Gentleman's Agreement -
Answer☑️
A 1907 treaty with Japan that allowed wives to joing their husbands in the U.S. on the
condition that the Japanese government deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate
to the United States
Quiz_________________?
Great Awakening -
Answer☑️
A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century
Quiz_________________?
Great Compromise -
Answer☑️
A decision made by the Constitutional Congress splitting Congress into two houses, one
based on population (House of Rep) and the other based on equal representations
(Senate)
Quiz_________________?
Hunter/Gatherer Societies -
Answer☑️
CSET Multiple Subjects - History
and Social Science Vocabulary
(Newest 2025/2026 Update) Review
Questions and Verified Answers | Grade A
| 100 Correct.
Quiz_________________?
Aqueduct -
Answer☑️
A man-made channel constructed to convey water from one location to another
Quiz_________________?
Bear Flag Revolt -
Answer☑️
A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican-American War to establish an
independent California republic
Quiz_________________?
Bushido -
Answer☑️
The code of knights in feudal Japan, the equivalent of chivalry in Europe
Quiz_________________?
California's Mission System -
Answer☑️
A "sacred expedition" in which twenty-one Spanish Catholic missions were established,
spaced to be a single days travel apart on El Camino Real (the Royal Road)
Quiz_________________?
Californios -
Answer☑️
Residents of the rancho system in California just before the Mexican-American War,
mainly comprised of Mexican citizen who idetified more as Californios than Mesicans
Quiz_________________?
Capitalism -
,2 Answer☑️
An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of weath
and property by individuals
Quiz_________________?
Caste -
Answer☑️
A division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privledge,
profession, or occupation, not allowed to move from one caste to another
Quiz_________________?
Central Valley Project (CVP) -
Answer☑️
A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long-term
plan to effectively use water in California's central valley
Quiz_________________?
Check and Balances -
Answer☑️
Written into the Constitution, this concept is one of the cornerstones of our republic,
encompassing three branches of governement and a system for them to act as
watchdogs for the others
Quiz_________________?
Circumnavigate -
Answer☑️
To sail completely around the earth
Quiz_________________?
Code of Hammurabi -
Answer☑️
The first known written legal code, developed in ancient Babylong, predated the
justinian Code by about 2,000 years
Quiz_________________?
Communism -
Answer☑️
An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes
the profits
Quiz_________________?
Conquistadores -
Answer☑️
Spanish exploreres that sought the riches of Central and South America, establishing
colonies along the way
,3
Quiz_________________?
Daimyo -
Answer☑️
Japanese feudal lord
Quiz_________________?
Democratic-Republican Party -
Answer☑️
One of the first two political parties in the United States, led by Thomas Jefferson and
James Madison; opposed the Federalist party and was strongly in favor of individual
rights
Quiz_________________?
Economics -
Answer☑️
A social science deaing with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and
services
Quiz_________________?
Emancipation Proclamation -
Answer☑️
A proclamation made by President Lincoln in1863 freeing all slaves in regions still
fighting against the Union
Quiz_________________?
Executive Branch -
Answer☑️
A branch of the system of checks and balances that sees that the country's laws are
executed
Quiz_________________?
Federalism -
Answer☑️
A system of government consisting of self-regluating regions (states) united by a central
(federal) government
Quiz_________________?
Federalist Papers -
Answer☑️
A series of articles written in 1787 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John
Jay to gain popular support for the then-proposed Constitution
Quiz_________________?
Feudalism -
, 4 Answer☑️
A social economic, and political system in which power is decentralized, and a varying
number of lords hold land on which they allow others to live and work in return for
loyalty and service
Quiz_________________?
Fief -
Answer☑️
Land held by lorders under the feudal system
Quiz_________________?
Forty-niners -
Answer☑️
Nickname for the influx of people that arrived in California, staring in 1849, in search of
gold
Quiz_________________?
Free-soliders -
Answer☑️
A minor but influential political party int he pre-Civil War period that opposed the
extention of slavery into the western territories
Quiz_________________?
Gentleman's Agreement -
Answer☑️
A 1907 treaty with Japan that allowed wives to joing their husbands in the U.S. on the
condition that the Japanese government deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate
to the United States
Quiz_________________?
Great Awakening -
Answer☑️
A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century
Quiz_________________?
Great Compromise -
Answer☑️
A decision made by the Constitutional Congress splitting Congress into two houses, one
based on population (House of Rep) and the other based on equal representations
(Senate)
Quiz_________________?
Hunter/Gatherer Societies -
Answer☑️
