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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 third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






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






3. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion






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






5. A ceasefire agreement






6. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work






7. A Persian king






8. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another






9. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe






10. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father






11. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






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






13. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






14. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






15. A sole ruler with absolute power






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






17. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara






18. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth






19. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility






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






21. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes






22. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world






23. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land






24. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum






25. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance






26. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay






27. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






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






29. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






30. The belief in one god






31. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work






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






33. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece






34. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles






35. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country






36. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants






37. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany






38. A 26 mile race






39. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks






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






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






42. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






43. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism






44. A government of three rulers






45. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler






46. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function






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






48. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR






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






50. A grant of land in medieval Europe