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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 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






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






3. The power to prevent the execution of law






4. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur






5. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment






6. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia






7. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories






8. A government of three rulers






9. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith






10. A ceasefire agreement






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






12. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria






13. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war






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






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






16. The Hebrew name for God






17. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome






18. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government






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






20. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries






29. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child






30. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam






31. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned






32. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






33. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD






34. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work






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






36. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam






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






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






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






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






41. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






42. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen






43. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy






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






45. 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






46. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army






47. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church






48. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe






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






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