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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. Hunting and gathering






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






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






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






5. A 26 mile race






6. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries






7. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






8. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe






16. Russian Parliament






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






18. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan






19. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






20. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people






21. A Muslim ruler






22. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain






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






24. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world






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






26. 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






27. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas






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






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






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






31. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth






32. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine






33. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world






34. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






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






36. The organized elimination of an entire population group






37. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids






38. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries






39. Studying fossil remains






40. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe






41. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation






42. The Muslim name for God






43. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994






44. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity






45. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






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






47. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel






48. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor






49. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary






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