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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education






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






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






4. The study of humans as a species






5. An object shaped by humans






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






7. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






8. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies






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






10. Objects shaped by humans






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






12. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






13. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian






14. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce






15. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives






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






17. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials






18. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church






19. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland






20. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






21. Russian Parliament






22. 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






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






24. A German emperor






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






26. A greak city-state






27. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission






28. A member of the middle class in medieval England






29. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship






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






31. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






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






34. The Hebrew name for God






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






36. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land






37. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






38. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






39. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






41. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest






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






43. The worship of many gods






44. 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






45. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades






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






47. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans






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






49. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service






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