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SAT Subject Test: World History

Subjects : sat, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()






2. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum






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






4. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world






5. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran






6. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings






7. The right of a dynasty to rule






8. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj






9. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals






10. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand






11. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses






12. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights






13. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940






14. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language






15. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome






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






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






18. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)






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






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






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






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






23. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.






24. 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






25. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society






26. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA






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






28. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service






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






30. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific






31. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil






32. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers






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






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






35. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies






36. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong






37. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa






38. The power to prevent the execution of law






39. The belief in one god






40. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain






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






42. A national legislature assembly






43. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome






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






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






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






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






48. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler






49. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain






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







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