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






2. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






3. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons






4. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state






5. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare






6. Large collective farm






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






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






9. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need






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






11. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith






12. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government






13. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas






14. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)






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






16. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population






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






18. A national legislature assembly






19. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers






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






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






22. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese






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






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






25. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam






26. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






27. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service






28. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean






29. A grant of land in medieval Europe






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






31. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids






32. French Protestants






33. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age






34. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament






35. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






36. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa






37. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character






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






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






40. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust






41. 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






42. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only






43. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand






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






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






46. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy






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






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






49. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles






50. A government of three rulers