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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 five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj






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






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






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






5. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world






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






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






8. A sole ruler with absolute power






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






10. French Protestants






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






12. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum






13. A grant of land in medieval Europe






14. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell






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






16. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties






17. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck






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






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






20. A person in favor of returning to the status quo






21. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america






22. The organized elimination of an entire population group






23. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






24. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






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






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






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






28. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents






29. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries






30. Territory under the dominion of the papacy






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






32. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States






33. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only






34. 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






35. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia






36. A 26 mile race






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






38. 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






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






40. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth






41. 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






42. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government






43. The termination of slavery






44. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations






45. A national legislature assembly






46. A greak city-state






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






48. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






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






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







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