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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






2. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






3. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand






4. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)






5. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith






6. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender






7. A national legislature assembly






8. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe






9. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies






10. The study of humans as a species






11. An advocate of gradual political change






12. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production






13. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age






14. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






15. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work






16. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






17. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power






18. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers






19. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






20. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613






21. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan






22. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child






23. A government of three rulers






24. A Latin American military dictator






25. The organized elimination of an entire population group






26. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court






27. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa






28. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders






29. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God






30. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law






31. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






32. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare






33. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI






34. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals






35. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






36. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






37. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression






38. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






39. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain






40. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government






41. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany






42. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






43. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages






44. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus






45. A sole ruler with absolute power






46. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US






47. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe






48. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain






49. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated






50. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority