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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 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






2. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society






3. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising






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






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






6. 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






7. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression






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






9. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






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






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






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






13. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages






14. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US






15. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas






16. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions






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






18. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians






19. 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






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






21. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china






22. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia






23. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world






24. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat






25. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship






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






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






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






29. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries






30. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents






31. The organized elimination of an entire population group






32. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned






33. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia






34. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






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






36. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel






37. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD






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






39. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion






40. Russian emperor






41. 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






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






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






44. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj






45. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells






46. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies






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






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






49. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies






50. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army