CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS

CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE (ACTUAL / ) EXAM QUESTIONS

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Galileo Galilei - --answers---defended heliocentric theories of Copernicus and Kepler, discovered moon of Jupiter, died under house arrest for heresy

Isaac Newton - --answers---gravity, optics, calculus, physics

Rene Descartes - --answers---Enlightenment, "I think, therefore I am," logic and rules of observation

David Hume - --answers---Enlightenment, empiricism/skepticism, relied on direct experience for truth

Immanuel Kant - --answers---Enlightenment, self- examination and observation

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - --answers---Enlightenment, social contract (later influenced John Locke and Thomas Jefferson)

Russo-Japanese War - --answers---1904-1905, conditions worse for lower classes, led to protests outside Czar's Winter Palace

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October Manifesto - --answers---signed by Czar Nicholas II to establish constiutional monarchy and give legislative power to parliament; he violated it which led to Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

Black Death - --answers---aka bubonic plague, killed 1/3 of population, ended feudalism

countries with larger indigenous populations - --answers--- Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico

Potsdam Conference - --answers---1945, brought US-Soviet differences to light

Conference at Yalta - --answers---1945, divided Germany into Allied-controlled zones

Dumbarton Oaks conference - --answers---1944, established Security Council (US, England, Soviet Union, France, China as permanent members)

Tehran Conference - --answers---FDR's proposed replacement for League of Nations (later became UN)

The First Intifada - --answers---1988, uprising of Palestinians on West Bank, prompted Reagan to initiate peace talks with Yasser Arafat 2 / 4

Yellow River Valley - --answers---China, began to develop into a cultural center during the Neolithic Era (12,000-10,000 BCE)

Where can a filibuster take place? - --answers---The Senate (the House has strict rules that limit debate)

Government Accountability Office - --answers---Organization maintained by Congress to oversee the effectives of government spending

17th amendment - --answers---1913, allowed citizens to choose Senators by election and participating in a popular vote

hard money - --answers---campaign funds given directly to a candidate, regulated by Federal Election Commission

independent expenditure - --answers---a political campaign communication that expressly advocates for the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not made in cooperation, consultation or concert with or at the request or suggestion of a candidate, candidate's authorized committee or political party

soft money - --answers---money donated to political parties in a way that leaves the contribution unregulated

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Presidential candidates are eligible for public funding if they raise $5000 per state in how many states? - --answers---20

Which state does NOT have a bicameral legislature? - -- answers---Nebraska

What is the main difference between a primary election and a caucus? - --answers---Caucus= privately run by political parties, primary= indirect election run by state/local governments

Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEO) - --answers--- Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa delegates in the Democratic National Convention

intermediate directions - --answers---(4): northwest,

northeast, southwest, southeast

flow-line map - --answers---describes the movement of people, trends, or materials across a physical area

political map - --answers---depicts the man-made aspects of geography, such as borders and cities

qualitative map - --answers---uses lines, dots, and other symbols to illustrate a particular point (i.e. the expansion of an empire)

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