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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment






2. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations






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






4. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)






5. The power to prevent the execution of law






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






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






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






9. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad






10. 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






11. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare






12. 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






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






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






15. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






16. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation






17. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay






18. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories






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






20. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara






21. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production






22. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union






23. Marriage to more than one wife






24. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings






31. A government of three rulers






32. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






33. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies






34. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior






35. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs






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






37. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries






38. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land






39. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties






40. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians






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






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






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






44. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation






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






46. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time






47. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity






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






49. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else






50. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing







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