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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 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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. A humanlike creature that walks upright






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






9. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union






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






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






12. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay






13. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind






14. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials






15. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries






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






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






18. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice






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






20. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior






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






22. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






23. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)






24. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck






25. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions






26. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD






27. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain






28. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian






29. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






30. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj

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






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






33. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality






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






35. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome






36. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI






37. A government of three rulers






38. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()






39. The technology associated with the application of robots






40. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion






41. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer






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






43. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God






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






45. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war






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






47. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world






48. One who disagrees; a dissenter






49. A sole ruler with absolute power






50. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas