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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 government of three rulers






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






3. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert






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






5. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians






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






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






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






9. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany






10. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility






11. An object shaped by humans






12. A greak city-state






13. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships






14. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan






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






16. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path






17. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613






18. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century






19. A German emperor






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






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






22. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority






23. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.






24. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British






25. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group






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






27. 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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28. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






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






30. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education






31. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan






32. The Muslim community of faithful






33. The study of humans as a species






34. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






35. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






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






37. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth






38. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian






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






40. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






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






42. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






43. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides






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






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






46. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






47. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine






48. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government






49. The german air force






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