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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA






2. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries






3. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government






4. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong






5. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China






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






7. 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






8. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders






9. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners






10. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres






11. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia






12. A Persian king






13. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






14. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid






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






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






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






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






19. Russian emperor






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






21. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace






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






23. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india






24. The study of humans as a species






25. The belief in one god






26. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers






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






28. 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






29. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain






30. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism






31. The symbol used as part of a writing system






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






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






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






35. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






36. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits






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






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






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






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






41. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India






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






43. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice






44. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries






45. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism






46. French Protestants






47. 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

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48. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States






49. A person in favor of returning to the status quo






50. A humanlike creature that walks upright