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






2. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994






3. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing






4. Objects shaped by humans






5. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology






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






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






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






9. A ceasefire agreement






10. A humanlike creature that walks upright






11. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation






12. 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






13. Muslim social and ethical law






14. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome






15. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time






16. A Latin American military dictator






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






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






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






20. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII






21. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






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






23. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha






24. A member of the middle class in medieval England






25. A grant of land in medieval Europe






26. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries






27. 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






28. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War






29. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj


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






31. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. A sole ruler with absolute power






39. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






40. The german air force






41. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers






42. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI






43. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas






44. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia






45. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies






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






47. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature






48. A 26 mile race






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






50. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil