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






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






3. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language






4. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi






5. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location






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






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






8. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell






9. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government






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






11. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






12. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order






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






14. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds






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






16. 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






17. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






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






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






20. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






21. The Muslim community of faithful






22. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another






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






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






25. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church






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






27. 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






28. A Persian king






29. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships






30. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population






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






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






33. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs






34. 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






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






36. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century






37. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA






38. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






39. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






41. 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






42. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






43. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.






44. A grant of land in medieval Europe






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






46. 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






47. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another






48. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry






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






50. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany