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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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1. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment






2. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam






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






4. The study of humans as a species






5. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






6. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries






7. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck






8. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans






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






10. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies






11. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe






12. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






13. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function






14. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy






15. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand






16. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()






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






18. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






19. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer






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






21. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()






22. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






23. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






24. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat






25. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds






26. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms






27. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes






28. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another






29. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china






30. French Protestants






31. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war






32. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA






33. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay






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






35. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations






36. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors






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






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






39. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations






40. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion






41. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific






42. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles






43. 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






44. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time






45. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries






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






47. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






48. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US






49. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion






50. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia