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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine






2. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery






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






4. 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






5. A warrior for islam






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






7. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work






8. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war






9. 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






10. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe






11. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -






12. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him






13. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility






14. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives






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






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






17. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997






18. 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






19. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population






20. 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






21. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam






22. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland






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






24. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location






25. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer






26. The termination of slavery






27. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world






28. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union






29. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism






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






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






32. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






33. An antimalarial drug






34. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons






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






36. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees






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






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






39. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government






40. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church






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






42. The movement of people from rural to urban areas






43. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor






44. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia






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






46. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages






47. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest






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






49. 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






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