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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -






2. 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






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






4. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers






5. 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






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






7. Marriage to more than one wife






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






9. A national legislature assembly






10. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time






11. 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






12. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






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






14. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age






15. 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






16. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work






17. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture






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






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






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






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






22. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior






23. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers






24. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members






25. A German emperor






26. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






28. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997






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






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






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






32. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






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






34. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God






35. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons






36. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots






37. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck






38. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law






39. 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






40. A sole ruler with absolute power






41. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific






42. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD






43. 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






44. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts






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






46. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia






47. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan






48. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare






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






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