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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings






2. Ancient Egyptian picture writing






3. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






4. 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






5. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






6. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






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






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






9. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest






10. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being






11. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials






12. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






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






14. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler






15. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army






16. A national legislature assembly






17. Describes a male-dominated society






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






19. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






20. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world






21. Russian Parliament






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






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






24. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania






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






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






27. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation






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






29. The right to vote






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






31. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






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






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






34. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






35. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century






36. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary






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






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






39. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative






40. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another






41. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France






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






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






44. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe






45. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war






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






47. An object shaped by humans






48. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path






49. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism






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