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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. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself






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






3. 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






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






5. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries






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






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






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






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






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






11. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells






12. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world






13. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam






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






15. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






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






17. A greak city-state






18. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer






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






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






21. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work






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






23. Large collective farm






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






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






26. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand






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






28. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles






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






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






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






32. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants






33. One who pursues the meaning of truth






34. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613






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






36. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US






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






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






39. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






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






41. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






42. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR






50. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA