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






2. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God






3. A sole ruler with absolute power






4. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies






12. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government






13. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative






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






15. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners






16. The Jewish day of atonement






17. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians






18. An antimalarial drug






19. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories






20. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






21. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents






22. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






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






25. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe






26. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam






27. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand






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






29. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry






30. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else






31. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage






32. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers






33. 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






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






35. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






36. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates






37. Studying fossil remains






38. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres






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






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






41. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets






42. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace






43. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society






44. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()






45. A person in favor of returning to the status quo






46. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets






47. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR






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






49. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union






50. The symbol used as part of a writing system