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






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






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






4. The german air force






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






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






7. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






8. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government






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






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






11. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean






12. Muslim social and ethical law






13. 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






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






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






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






17. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems






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






19. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;






20. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA






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






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






23. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism






24. 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






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






26. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith






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






28. The right of a dynasty to rule






29. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society






30. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan






31. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism






32. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






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






34. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe






35. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class






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






37. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






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






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






40. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism






41. The Muslim name for God






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






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






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






45. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools






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






47. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders






48. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs






49. Describes a male-dominated society






50. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers