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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam






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






3. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone






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






5. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders






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






7. 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






8. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()






9. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state






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






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






12. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation






13. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army






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






15. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






17. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material






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






19. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






20. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility






21. 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






22. 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






23. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union






24. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British






25. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






26. 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






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






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






29. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people






30. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident






31. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism






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






33. 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






34. The right of a dynasty to rule






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






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






37. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian






38. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe






39. Objects shaped by humans






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






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






42. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






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






44. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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