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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 organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production






2. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -






3. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools






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






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






6. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome






7. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies






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






9. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth






10. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights






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






12. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






13. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British






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






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. Muslim social and ethical law






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






18. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






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






20. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition






21. A grant of land in medieval Europe






22. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






23. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad






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






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






26. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia






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






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






29. The right to vote






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






31. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order






32. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america






33. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union






34. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits






35. Russian emperor






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






37. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land






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






39. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture






40. A 26 mile race






41. Objects shaped by humans






42. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan






43. 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






44. The symbol used as part of a writing system






45. Studying fossil remains






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






47. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another






48. 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






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






50. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -