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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 Muslim name for God






2. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government






3. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






4. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture






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






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






7. 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






8. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific






9. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion






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






11. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology






12. An advocate of gradual political change






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






14. 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






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






16. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;






17. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain






18. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people






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






20. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck






21. Studying fossil remains






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






23. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders






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






25. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being






26. The study of humans as a species






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






28. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him






29. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings






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






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






32. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






33. Muslim social and ethical law






34. The german air force






35. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots






36. A national legislature assembly






37. The termination of slavery






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






39. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






40. 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






41. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()






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






43. Russian Parliament






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






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






46. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall






47. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations






48. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production






49. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell






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