Test your basic knowledge |

SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor






3. Muslim social and ethical law






4. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty






5. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties






6. The symbol used as part of a writing system






7. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest






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






9. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain






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






11. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation






12. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil






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






14. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers






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






16. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members






17. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives






18. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940






19. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation






20. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






21. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






22. Describes a male-dominated society






23. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need






24. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






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






26. The study of humans as a species






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






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






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






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






31. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china






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






33. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust






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






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






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






37. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland






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






39. A greak city-state






40. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time






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






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. Russian Parliament






44. One who disagrees; a dissenter






45. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets






46. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government






47. The worship of many gods






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






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






50. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam