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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 series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland






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






3. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality






4. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds






5. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty






6. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






7. One who pursues the meaning of truth






8. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors






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






10. The technology associated with the application of robots






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






12. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()






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






14. 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






15. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another






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






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






18. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades






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






20. The termination of slavery






21. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI






22. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan






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






24. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts






25. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance






26. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994






27. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.






28. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe






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






30. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()






31. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles






32. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






33. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






34. 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






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






36. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






37. An advocate of gradual political change






38. The Muslim community of faithful






39. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority






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






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






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






43. A Persian king






44. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself






45. The power to prevent the execution of law






46. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






47. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta






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






49. 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






50. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev