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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. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust






2. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture






3. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance






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






5. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers






6. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain






7. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






8. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






9. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need






10. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -






11. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






12. A Latin American military dictator






13. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies






14. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






15. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women






16. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






17. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice






18. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings






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






20. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith






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






22. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia






23. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament






24. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland






25. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






26. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British






27. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone






28. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service






29. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism






30. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries






31. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria






32. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






33. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers






34. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland






35. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()






36. A Persian king






37. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






38. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons






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






40. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only






41. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools






42. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi






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






44. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations






45. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident






46. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






47. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997






48. Studying fossil remains






49. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india






50. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others