SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Subject Test: World History
Start Test
Study First
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. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
nongovernmental organization
manga carta
human cloning
u-boats
2. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
civilization
Homo sapiens
encomienda
triumvirate
3. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
new deal
four noble truths
European Union
sati
4. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
shia
mensheviks
forbidden city
dharma
5. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
surrealism
feudalism
imperialism
domestic system
6. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
council of Trent
guild
external migration
7. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
chivalry
bourgeoisie
nationalism
dynasty
8. A sole ruler with absolute power
dictator
covenant
psychoanalysis
kibbutzim
9. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
edict of Nantes
fascism
nicene creed
Truman doctrine
10. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
capitalism
caste
shinto
totalitarian state
11. The Muslim name for God
shariah
Allah
new deal
quipu
12. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
major domo
third world
stoicism
13. The german air force
luftwaffe
abolition
Mongol Peace
devshirme
14. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
fief
civil service system
four modernizations
lateen sail
15. Hunting and gathering
stoicism
nicene creed
foraging
comedy
16. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
world trade organization
brinkmanship
Bell Act
17. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
forbidden city
legion
mau mau
commune
18. The termination of slavery
abolition
jazz
theory of evolution
satrap
19. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
samurai
truncated pyramid
separation of powers
nicene creed
20. Large collective farm
czar (tsar)
usury
commune
guild
21. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
mestizo
four modernizations
daimyo
eightfold path
22. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
conservative
mensheviks
trench warfare
joint-stock company
23. Russian Parliament
duma
theory of relativity
commercial revolution
armistice
24. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
triangular trade
tragedy
Dar al- Islam
25. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
blitzkrieg
absolute monarch
indulgence
Brahmin
26. An antimalarial drug
quinine
geneva conference
coalition
illuminated manuscript
27. A Muslim ruler
u-boats
emir
shia
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
28. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
qanat
cynicism
patriarchal
marshall plan
29. The power to prevent the execution of law
veto
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
theocracy
final solution
30. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
zen Buddhism
radical
usury
democratization
31. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
enlightenment
Yalta Conference
benefice
nationalism
32. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
fresco
serf
mercantilism
foraging
33. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
space station
green revolution
enclosure movement
satrap
34. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
gulf of tonkin resolution
four modernizations
forbidden city
protectorate
35. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
Balfour Declaration
Cultural Revolution
feudalism
functionalism
36. A Persian king
zen Buddhism
shah
humanism
loess
37. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
Holocaust
Balkans
urdu
armistice
38. 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
imperialism
bushido
Kellogg-Briand Pact
kamikaze
39. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
five pillars
cuneiform
consumerism
concession
40. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
mystery religion
enlightened despot
umma
surrealism
41. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
desalinization
duma
radical
republic
42. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
abolition
satrap
plebeian
patriarchal
43. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
African National Congress
animism
socialism
gulf of tonkin resolution
44. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
tragedy
radiocarbon dating
Balfour Declaration
great lap forward
45. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
Manchaeism
nonalignment
hieroglyphics
fourteen points
46. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
burgess
Palestine liberation organization
astrolabe
zen Buddhism
47. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
Australopithecus
dissident
Yalta Conference
guest workers
48. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
icon
propaganda
intifada
sakk
49. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
tribune
diocese
Swahili
mandate
50. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
patriarch
extraterritorial rights
global village
justification by faith