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






2. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert






3. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






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






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






6. Hunting and gathering






7. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






8. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






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






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






11. 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






12. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants






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






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






15. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -






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






17. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government






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






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






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






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






22. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy






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






24. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi






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






26. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()






27. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members






28. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century






29. A grant of land in medieval Europe






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






31. Describes a male-dominated society






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






33. The organized elimination of an entire population group






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






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






36. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer






37. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran






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






39. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid






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






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






42. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings






43. 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






44. A humanlike creature that walks upright






45. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates






46. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI






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






48. A greak city-state






49. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights






50. Objects shaped by humans