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






2. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government






3. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father






4. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






5. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia






6. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy






7. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan






8. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country






9. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents






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






11. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






12. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts






13. Large collective farm






14. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty






15. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()






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






17. 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






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






19. The Muslim community of faithful






20. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation






21. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth






22. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






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






24. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






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






26. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome






27. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994






28. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature






29. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership






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






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






32. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work






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






34. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions






35. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA






36. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






37. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India






38. 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






39. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers






40. A national legislature assembly






41. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






43. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being






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






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






46. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine






47. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe






48. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism






49. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum






50. The study of humans as a species