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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. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living






2. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins






3. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert






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






5. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War






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






7. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army






8. The Muslim name for God






9. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur






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






11. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents






12. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age






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






14. A Latin American military dictator






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






16. An advocate of gradual political change






17. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world






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






19. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II






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






21. The symbol used as part of a writing system






22. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -






23. 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






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






25. Russian Parliament






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






27. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China






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






29. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group






30. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education






31. A humanlike creature that walks upright






32. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






33. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote






34. A Persian king






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






36. The Hebrew name for God






37. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation






38. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States






39. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






40. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev






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






42. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






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






44. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer






45. 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






46. A Muslim ruler






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






48. The right of a dynasty to rule






49. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers






50. Studying fossil remains