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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. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings






2. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated






3. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote






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






5. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev






6. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations






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






8. 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






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






10. A sole ruler with absolute power






11. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






12. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court






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






14. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






15. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives






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






17. The Hebrew name for God






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






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






27. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons






28. 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






29. Objects shaped by humans






30. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -






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






32. A deep sense of pride in one's nation






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






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






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






36. One who disagrees; a dissenter






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






38. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid






39. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






40. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative






41. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome






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






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






44. The power to prevent the execution of law






45. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies






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






47. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets






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






49. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer






50. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur