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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 ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court






2. A ceasefire agreement






3. The technology associated with the application of robots






4. The Jewish day of atonement






5. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi






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






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






8. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






9. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members






10. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God






11. The Muslim community of faithful






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






13. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government






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






15. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome






16. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions






17. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb






18. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government






19. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government






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






21. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania






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






23. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam






24. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need






25. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell






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






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






28. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






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






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






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






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






33. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






34. 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






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






36. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine






37. One who disagrees; a dissenter






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






39. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






40. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






41. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI






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






43. The belief in one god






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






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






46. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia






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






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






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






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