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






2. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan






3. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance






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






5. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes






6. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine






7. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas






8. A government of three rulers






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






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






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






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






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






14. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha






15. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






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






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






18. Russian Parliament






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






20. The german air force






21. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind






22. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome






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






24. 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






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






26. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas






27. 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






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






29. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers






30. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group






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






32. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






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






34. 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






35. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






36. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII






37. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism






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






39. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages






40. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






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






42. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies






43. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece






44. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century






45. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church






46. Muslim social and ethical law






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






48. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese






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






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