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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. Studying fossil remains






2. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler






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






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






5. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China






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






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






8. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture






9. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






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






11. A Latin American military dictator






12. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj






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






14. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids






15. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel






16. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






17. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells






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






19. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






20. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him






21. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades






22. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies






23. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others






24. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe






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






26. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome






27. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services






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






29. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary






30. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age






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






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






33. A greak city-state






34. The belief in one god






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






36. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






37. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam






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






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






40. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences






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






42. An antimalarial drug






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






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






45. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations






46. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india






47. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA






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






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






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