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






2. A warrior for islam






3. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression






4. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people






5. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union






6. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam






7. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems






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






9. Large collective farm






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






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






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






13. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara






14. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI






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






16. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry






17. A 26 mile race






18. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings






19. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides






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






21. A Muslim ruler






22. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language






23. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism






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






25. 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






26. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself






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






28. A Latin American military dictator






29. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer






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






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






32. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism






33. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France






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






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






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






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






38. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






39. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good






40. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj


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






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






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






44. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government






45. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender






46. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






47. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain






48. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies






49. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone






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