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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. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies






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






3. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality






4. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth






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






6. A Muslim ruler






7. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith






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






9. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers






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






11. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army






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






13. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe






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






15. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation






16. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia






17. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers






18. The belief in one god






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






20. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders






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






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






23. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army






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






25. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine






26. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith






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






28. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age






29. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets






30. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade






31. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops






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






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






38. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA






39. Israeli communal agricultural settlements






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






41. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks






42. 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






43. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict






44. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese






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






46. 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






47. The study of humans as a species






48. Hunting and gathering






49. A grant of land in medieval Europe






50. An antimalarial drug







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