CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST
most frequent source of conflict between church and state in Europe throughout the
middle ages - ANSWER the doctrine of papal supremacy
Latin American revolutionaries of the early nineteenth century drew intellectual
inspiration from - ANSWER political ideals of the Enlightenment
important consequence of western European industrialization during the first half of
the nineteenth century - ANSWER a division for families between home life and work
life
greatest influence on the outcome of World War II in Europe - ANSWER the
productive capacity of U.S. factories
steppe - ANSWER semiarid conditions and short grass vegetation, aka prairie
climate, inland, summers are hot and winters are cold, sparse rainfall
major physical feature of urban centers in the United States during the last quarter of
the nineteenth century - ANSWER the extension of mass transit systems (enabled
many urban dwellers to move to new suburbs)
biggest influence on public sentiment toward passage of the woman suffrage
amendment to the U.S. constitution in 1919 - ANSWER the organizational work of
women in the Progressive movement
most responsible for the economic and environmental disaster that struck the
southern Great Plains during the 1930s - ANSWER the removal of the natural grass
cover through plowing and cultivation
major difference between the foreign policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S.
Truman - ANSWER adopted a more aggressive stance toward the Soviet Union
main purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973 - ANSWER restrain the president's
ability to deploy forces outside the U.S.
focus of La Raza Unida since 1969 - ANSWER organizing Mexican Americans to
promote community development and preserve cultural traditions
creation of judicial review - ANSWER inferred from logic, structure, and theory of the
U.S. Constitution
the U.S. government's current relationship w/ American Indian tribal govts. is most
similar to its relations with - ANSWER U.S. states, since American Indian tribal
govts. have the right to assert jurisdiction over their members
what will most likely happen if fed govt. imposes a minimum wage that is below the
equilibrium - ANSWER wages in low-skill jobs will remain unchanged
,reasons for objection in 1930s to the United Automobile Workers of America -
ANSWER leaders of craft-based unions who opposed industrial unionism
3 major periods of prehistory - ANSWER lower paleolithic, upper paleolithic, neolithic
lower paleolithic - ANSWER humans used crude tools
upper paleolithic - ANSWER wider variety of tools, more specialized tools, clothing,
groups, art, caves
neolithic - ANSWER more complex social structures (family, religion, government),
domesticate animals and crops, build houses, fires, knit/spin/weave
2 types of anthropological research - ANSWER cross-cultural research and
comparative research
4 phases of human development - ANSWER lower paleolithic/old tone age, upper
paleolithic/new stone age, bronze age, iron age
upper paleolithic/new stone age - ANSWER 6000-8000 BCE
bronze age - ANSWER 3000 BCE
iron age - ANSWER 1200-1000 BCE
defined characteristics of a civilization - ANSWER use of metal to make weapons
and tools, written language, defined territorial state, calendar
earliest civilization - ANSWER Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates valley) between
4000-3000 BCE
modern day area of Fertile Crescent - ANSWER Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel/Palestine, Jordan
bordered by Arabian Desert (south), Mediterranean (west), Taurus Mountains
(north), Zagros Mountains (east)
trademarks of Egyptian civilization - ANSWER pyramids, hieroglyphics,
mummification, paper (from papyrus), decimal system, solar calendar, arithmetic and
geometry
trademarks of Sumerian civilization - ANSWER the wheel, irrigation, cuneiform
writing (simpler than hieroglyphs), timekeeping system (still used today), first library,
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Epic of Gilgamesh
trademarks of Babylonian civilization (part of Sumer) - ANSWER Code of
Hammurabi
, trademarks of Assyrian civilization - ANSWER horse-drawn chariots, organized
military
trademarks of Hebrew civilization - ANSWER monotheistic religion
trademarks of Persian civilization - ANSWER allows conquered people to keep laws,
customs, religion; an alphabet; Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Gnosticism
trademarks of Minoan civilization - ANSWER syllabic writing system, large palaces
(sewage systems, running water), linear script A, lots of earthquakes and volcanoes
lived on island of Crete (2700-1450 BCE)
trademarks of Mycenaean civilization - ANSWER Greek pantheon religion, linear
script B, replaced Minoan civilization after Greece invaded
trademarks of Phoenician civilization - ANSWER stars to navigate ships, purple dye,
glass/metals, phonetic alphabet
trademarks of Indus Valley civilization - ANSWER concept of zero, early form of
Hinduism, caste system
trademarks of ancient Chinese civilization - ANSWER Yangtze river, silk, millet,
pottery
major civilizations of Mesopotamia - ANSWER sumerians, amorites, hittites,
assyrians, chaldeans, persians
-all autocratic
trademarks of Kushite civilization - ANSWER settled rather than nomadic,
hunting/fishing/herding, cultivated grain, matrilineal descent of leadership
conquered by Nubia in 800 BCE
influences of ancient Indian civilization - ANSWER Hinduism and Buddhism, yoga,
Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Arthashastra, Vedas, Indo-European languages
earliest civilization in China - ANSWER oldest uninterrupted civilization, Neolithic age
10000 years ago, agriculture began 7000 years ago, writing starts 1500 BCE, Yellow
River was center, literature: Confucius, Tao Te Ching
Norte Chico civilization - ANSWER Peru, agricultural, 20 communities, 5000 years
ago, aka Caral-Supe, oldest known in Americas
Anasazi/Ancient Pueblo People - ANSWER SW US, 1200 BCE, complex adobe
dwellings, forerunners of Pueblo Indians
Maya - ANSWER southern Mexico/northern Central America, 2600 BCE, written
language, complex calendar