CSET Multiple Subjects History and Social Science
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Vocabulary exam with correct answers
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Aqueduct |- |correct |answer | |A |man-made |channel |constructed |to |convey |water |from |one |location |to |
another
Bear |Flag |Revolt |- |correct |answer | |A |brief |attempt |at |the |beginning |of |the |Mexican-American |War |to |
establish |an |independent |California |republic
Bushido |- |correct |answer | |The |code |of |knights |in |feudal |Japan, |the |equivalent |of |chivalry |in |Europe
California's |Mission |System |- |correct |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)
Californios |- |correct |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
Capitalism |- |correct |answer | |An |economic |system |regulated |by |the |state |that |encourages |the |
accumulation |of |weath |and |property |by |individuals
Caste |- |correct |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
Central |Valley |Project |(CVP) |- |correct |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
Check |and |Balances |- |correct |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
,Circumnavigate |- |correct |answer | |To |sail |completely |around |the |earth
Code |of |Hammurabi |- |correct |answer | |The |first |known |written |legal |code, |developed |in |ancient |
Babylong, |predated |the |justinian |Code |by |about |2,000 |years
Communism |- |correct |answer | |An |economic |system |in |which |the |state |controls |the |means |of |
production |and |distributes |the |profits
Conquistadores |- |correct |answer | |Spanish |exploreres |that |sought |the |riches |of |Central |and |South |
America, |establishing |colonies |along |the |way
Daimyo |- |correct |answer | |Japanese |feudal |lord
Democratic-Republican |Party |- |correct |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
Economics |- |correct |answer | |A |social |science |deaing |with |the |production, |distribution, |and |
consumption |of |goods |and |services
Emancipation |Proclamation |- |correct |answer | |A |proclamation |made |by |President |Lincoln |in1863 |
freeing |all |slaves |in |regions |still |fighting |against |the |Union
Executive |Branch |- |correct |answer | |A |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |sees |that |the |
country's |laws |are |executed
Federalism |- |correct |answer | |A |system |of |government |consisting |of |self-regluating |regions |(states) |
united |by |a |central |(federal) |government
Federalist |Papers |- |correct |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
,Feudalism |- |correct |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
Fief |- |correct |answer | |Land |held |by |lorders |under |the |feudal |system
Forty-niners |- |correct |answer | |Nickname |for |the |influx |of |people |that |arrived |in |California, |staring |in |
1849, |in |search |of |gold
Free-soliders |- |correct |answer | |A |minor |but |influential |political |party |int |he |pre-Civil |War |period |that |
opposed |the |extention |of |slavery |into |the |western |territories
Gentleman's |Agreement |- |correct |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
Great |Awakening |- |correct |answer | |A |religious |revival |in |the |colonies |during |the |first |part |of |the |18th |
century
Great |Compromise |- |correct |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)
Hunter/Gatherer |Societies |- |correct |answer | |An |early |society |in |which |men |hunted |for |meat |and |
women |gathered |more |readily |available |food
Initiative |- |correct |answer | |A |process |that |gives |individual |citizens, |or |groups |of |citizens, |the |power |to
|place |a |proposed |law |on |the |ballot
Intolerable |Acts |(Coercive |Acts) |- |correct |answer | |British |reaction |to |the |Boston |Tea |Party, |including |
more |rigid |restrictions |on |colonial |town |meetins |and |other |harsh |penalties
, Judicial |Branch |- |correct |answer | |A |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |interprets |
Congressional |laws
Justinian |Code |- |correct |answer | |Consdiered |to |be |the |basis |for |the |justice |system |in |use |throughout |
much |of |the |Western |world, |including |the |United |States
Land |Commission |- |correct |answer | |Established |to |settle |the |Californio's |land |claims |during |the |first |
few |years |of |California's |statehood
Law |of |Supply |and |Demand |- |correct |answer | |The |basic |economic |principle |stating |that |is |suppply |is |
greater |than |demand, |the |value |of |the |product |is |lower, |if |demand |is |greater |than |supply, |the |value |
is |higher
Legislative |Branch |- |correct |answer | |The |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |makes |
Congressional |laws
Louisiana |Purchase |- |correct |answer | |The |1803 |purchase |made |by |President |Thomas |Jefferson |that |
essentially |doubled |the |United |States |territory
Manifest |Destiny |- |correct |answer | |An |1845 |phrase |encapsulating |the |American |version |of |the |
Western |Expansion
Mercantilism |- |correct |answer | |The |practice |of |state |regulation |and |control |of |an |economy
Missouri |Compromise |- |correct |answer | |The |1820 |legislation |that |tried |to |resolve |the |conflicts |reaised
|by |the |addition |of |new |territories |as |either |slave |or |non-slave |owning |areas
Monotheism |- |correct |answer | |The |worship |of |only |one |god
Nullification |- |correct |answer | |A |concept |espoused |by |southerners |following |the |Missouri |Compromise
|that |would |have |given |southern |states |the |right |to |refuse |to |obey |laws |that |they |did |not |agree |with
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Vocabulary exam with correct answers
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Aqueduct |- |correct |answer | |A |man-made |channel |constructed |to |convey |water |from |one |location |to |
another
Bear |Flag |Revolt |- |correct |answer | |A |brief |attempt |at |the |beginning |of |the |Mexican-American |War |to |
establish |an |independent |California |republic
Bushido |- |correct |answer | |The |code |of |knights |in |feudal |Japan, |the |equivalent |of |chivalry |in |Europe
California's |Mission |System |- |correct |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)
Californios |- |correct |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
Capitalism |- |correct |answer | |An |economic |system |regulated |by |the |state |that |encourages |the |
accumulation |of |weath |and |property |by |individuals
Caste |- |correct |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
Central |Valley |Project |(CVP) |- |correct |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
Check |and |Balances |- |correct |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
,Circumnavigate |- |correct |answer | |To |sail |completely |around |the |earth
Code |of |Hammurabi |- |correct |answer | |The |first |known |written |legal |code, |developed |in |ancient |
Babylong, |predated |the |justinian |Code |by |about |2,000 |years
Communism |- |correct |answer | |An |economic |system |in |which |the |state |controls |the |means |of |
production |and |distributes |the |profits
Conquistadores |- |correct |answer | |Spanish |exploreres |that |sought |the |riches |of |Central |and |South |
America, |establishing |colonies |along |the |way
Daimyo |- |correct |answer | |Japanese |feudal |lord
Democratic-Republican |Party |- |correct |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
Economics |- |correct |answer | |A |social |science |deaing |with |the |production, |distribution, |and |
consumption |of |goods |and |services
Emancipation |Proclamation |- |correct |answer | |A |proclamation |made |by |President |Lincoln |in1863 |
freeing |all |slaves |in |regions |still |fighting |against |the |Union
Executive |Branch |- |correct |answer | |A |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |sees |that |the |
country's |laws |are |executed
Federalism |- |correct |answer | |A |system |of |government |consisting |of |self-regluating |regions |(states) |
united |by |a |central |(federal) |government
Federalist |Papers |- |correct |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
,Feudalism |- |correct |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
Fief |- |correct |answer | |Land |held |by |lorders |under |the |feudal |system
Forty-niners |- |correct |answer | |Nickname |for |the |influx |of |people |that |arrived |in |California, |staring |in |
1849, |in |search |of |gold
Free-soliders |- |correct |answer | |A |minor |but |influential |political |party |int |he |pre-Civil |War |period |that |
opposed |the |extention |of |slavery |into |the |western |territories
Gentleman's |Agreement |- |correct |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
Great |Awakening |- |correct |answer | |A |religious |revival |in |the |colonies |during |the |first |part |of |the |18th |
century
Great |Compromise |- |correct |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)
Hunter/Gatherer |Societies |- |correct |answer | |An |early |society |in |which |men |hunted |for |meat |and |
women |gathered |more |readily |available |food
Initiative |- |correct |answer | |A |process |that |gives |individual |citizens, |or |groups |of |citizens, |the |power |to
|place |a |proposed |law |on |the |ballot
Intolerable |Acts |(Coercive |Acts) |- |correct |answer | |British |reaction |to |the |Boston |Tea |Party, |including |
more |rigid |restrictions |on |colonial |town |meetins |and |other |harsh |penalties
, Judicial |Branch |- |correct |answer | |A |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |interprets |
Congressional |laws
Justinian |Code |- |correct |answer | |Consdiered |to |be |the |basis |for |the |justice |system |in |use |throughout |
much |of |the |Western |world, |including |the |United |States
Land |Commission |- |correct |answer | |Established |to |settle |the |Californio's |land |claims |during |the |first |
few |years |of |California's |statehood
Law |of |Supply |and |Demand |- |correct |answer | |The |basic |economic |principle |stating |that |is |suppply |is |
greater |than |demand, |the |value |of |the |product |is |lower, |if |demand |is |greater |than |supply, |the |value |
is |higher
Legislative |Branch |- |correct |answer | |The |branch |of |the |system |of |checks |and |balances |that |makes |
Congressional |laws
Louisiana |Purchase |- |correct |answer | |The |1803 |purchase |made |by |President |Thomas |Jefferson |that |
essentially |doubled |the |United |States |territory
Manifest |Destiny |- |correct |answer | |An |1845 |phrase |encapsulating |the |American |version |of |the |
Western |Expansion
Mercantilism |- |correct |answer | |The |practice |of |state |regulation |and |control |of |an |economy
Missouri |Compromise |- |correct |answer | |The |1820 |legislation |that |tried |to |resolve |the |conflicts |reaised
|by |the |addition |of |new |territories |as |either |slave |or |non-slave |owning |areas
Monotheism |- |correct |answer | |The |worship |of |only |one |god
Nullification |- |correct |answer | |A |concept |espoused |by |southerners |following |the |Missouri |Compromise
|that |would |have |given |southern |states |the |right |to |refuse |to |obey |laws |that |they |did |not |agree |with
