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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. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies






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






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






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






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






6. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth






7. 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






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






9. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






10. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






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






13. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations






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






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






16. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks






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






18. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy






19. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






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






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






22. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing






23. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals






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






25. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war






26. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France






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






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






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






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






31. A 26 mile race






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






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






34. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust






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






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






37. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an






38. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament






39. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






40. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories






41. 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






42. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only






43. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country






44. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall






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






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






47. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights






48. German submarines






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






50. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society