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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome






2. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships






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






4. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand






5. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian






6. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes






7. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers






8. A member of the middle class in medieval England






9. 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






10. One who disagrees; a dissenter






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






12. Member of elite class in ancient rome






13. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior






14. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan






15. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land






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






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






18. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas






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






20. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses






21. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group






22. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers






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






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






25. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides






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






27. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union






28. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






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

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30. A humanlike creature that walks upright






31. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation






32. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father






33. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece






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






35. The german air force






36. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






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






38. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






39. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






40. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans






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






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






43. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country






44. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war






45. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce






46. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus






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






48. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan






49. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union






50. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good