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






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






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






4. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States






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






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






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






8. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan






9. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband






10. 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






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






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






13. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits






14. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






15. A greak city-state






16. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology






17. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy






18. An advocate of gradual political change






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






20. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat






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






22. Russian emperor






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






24. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary






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






26. A sole ruler with absolute power






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






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






29. 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






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






31. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






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






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






34. The study of humans as a species






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






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






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






38. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs






39. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives






40. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law






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






42. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain






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






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






45. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders






46. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






47. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity






48. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents






49. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures






50. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres







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