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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Russian emperor






2. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture






3. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia






4. Member of elite class in ancient rome






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






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






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






8. A 26 mile race






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






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






11. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war






12. 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






13. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian






14. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan






15. One who pursues the meaning of truth






16. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam






17. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms






18. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation






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. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China






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






22. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government






23. One who disagrees; a dissenter






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






25. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






26. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism






27. The study of humans as a species






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






29. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania






30. The german air force






31. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()






32. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions






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






34. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()






35. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev






36. The Muslim community of faithful






37. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes






38. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






39. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century






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






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






42. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions






43. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam






44. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries






45. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce






46. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA






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






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






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. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality