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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. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






2. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel






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






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






5. A greak city-state






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






7. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion






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






9. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives






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






11. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses






12. 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






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






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






15. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country






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






17. A member of the middle class in medieval England






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






19. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran






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






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






22. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong






23. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






24. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs






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






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






27. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






28. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising






29. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army






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






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






32. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






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






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






35. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce






36. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






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






38. A Persian king






39. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary






40. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships






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






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






43. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs






44. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes






45. 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






46. The worship of many gods






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






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






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. 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