Test your basic knowledge |

SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War






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






8. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia






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






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






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






12. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






13. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






14. Large estate in ancient Rome






15. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions






16. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents






17. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong






18. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power






19. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor






20. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband






21. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army






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






23. A German emperor






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






25. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia






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






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






28. Describes a male-dominated society






29. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education






30. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries






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






32. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia






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






34. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland






35. The Muslim name for God






36. The belief in one god






37. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj






38. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI






39. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology






40. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation






41. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china






42. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function






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






44. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land






45. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america






46. 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






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






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






49. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age






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