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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. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






2. Studying fossil remains






3. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice






4. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband






5. The study of humans as a species






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






7. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain






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






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






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






11. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture






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






13. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers






14. The right to vote






15. 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






16. Ancient Egyptian picture writing






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






18. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself






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






20. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.






21. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism






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






23. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry






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






25. The Muslim name for God






26. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat






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






28. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()






29. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






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






31. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest






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






33. A ceasefire agreement






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






35. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit






36. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe






37. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev






38. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society






39. Ancient Chinese class of scholars






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






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






42. An object shaped by humans






43. Russian emperor






44. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century






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






46. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry






47. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church






48. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan






49. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans






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