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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america






2. The Muslim community of faithful






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






4. 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






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






6. A government of three rulers






7. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function






8. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china






9. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power






10. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs






11. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law






12. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war






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






14. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA






15. The german air force






16. Member of elite class in ancient rome






17. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan






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






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






20. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court






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






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






23. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature






24. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people






25. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids






26. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order






27. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust






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






29. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers






30. The technology associated with the application of robots






31. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War






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






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






34. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor






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






36. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God






37. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






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






39. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan






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






41. A sole ruler with absolute power






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






43. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society






44. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations






45. Provincial governor in the Persian empire






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






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






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






49. The right to vote






50. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran