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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 power to prevent the execution of law






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






3. The german air force






4. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members






5. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer






6. The technology associated with the application of robots






7. 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






8. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court






9. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA






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






11. 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






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






13. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems






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






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






16. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident






17. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






18. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






19. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others






20. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






21. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism






29. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child






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






31. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland






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






33. Objects shaped by humans






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






35. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships






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






37. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches






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






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






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






41. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






42. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






43. A grant of land in medieval Europe






44. Russian emperor






45. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church






46. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran






47. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith






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






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






50. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership