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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 guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






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






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






4. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives






5. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613






6. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine






7. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






8. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia






9. 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






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






11. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US






12. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an






13. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law






14. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives






15. Objects shaped by humans






16. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war






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






18. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets






19. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine






20. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location






21. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -






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






23. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education






24. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran






25. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated






26. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations






27. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland






28. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries






29. French Protestants






30. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age






31. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






32. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes






33. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents






34. A warrior for islam






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






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






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






38. A member of the middle class in medieval England






39. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology






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






41. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain






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






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






44. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






45. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century






46. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions






47. 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






48. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him






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






50. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()