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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer






2. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion






3. Marriage to more than one wife






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






5. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






6. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






7. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power






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






9. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament






10. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI






11. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits






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






13. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government






14. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class






15. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission






16. French Protestants






17. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God






18. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.






19. The study of humans as a species






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






21. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






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






23. German submarines






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






25. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself






31. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone






32. A ceasefire agreement






33. The Muslim name for God






34. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army






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






36. A Muslim ruler






37. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation






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






39. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind






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






41. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II






42. A warrior for islam






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






44. A grant of land in medieval Europe






45. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor






46. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand






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






48. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers






49. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994






50. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry