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






2. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material






3. Marriage to more than one wife






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






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






6. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






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






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






10. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil






11. 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






12. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology






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






14. The symbol used as part of a writing system






15. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality






16. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population






17. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine






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






19. A grant of land in medieval Europe






20. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings






21. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






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






23. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






24. A humanlike creature that walks upright






25. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy






26. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband






27. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties






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






29. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants






30. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority






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






32. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






33. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs






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






35. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights






36. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






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






38. A member of the middle class in medieval England






39. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany






40. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries






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






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






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






44. A deep sense of pride in one's nation






45. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer






46. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler






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






48. 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






49. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century






50. The termination of slavery