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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 philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path






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






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






4. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






5. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism






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






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






8. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain






9. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being






10. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors






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






12. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






13. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain






14. 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






15. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






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






17. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






18. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas






19. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages






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






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






22. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers






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






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






25. The german air force






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






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






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






29. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings






30. Russian Parliament






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






32. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women






33. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad






34. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents






35. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia






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






37. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits






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






39. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia






40. 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






41. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living






42. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe






43. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms






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






45. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world






46. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government






47. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






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






49. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()






50. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe