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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. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another






2. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






3. A grant of land in medieval Europe






4. A Muslim ruler






5. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment






6. 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






7. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population






8. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan






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






10. 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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11. The worship of many gods






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






13. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country






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






15. 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






16. Member of elite class in ancient rome






17. 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






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






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






20. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas






21. The Muslim name for God






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






23. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






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






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






26. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good






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






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






29. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations






30. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






32. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






33. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US






34. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations






35. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people






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






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






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






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






40. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus






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






42. An advocate of gradual political change






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






44. A member of the middle class in medieval England






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






46. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997






47. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR






48. A government of three rulers






49. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






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