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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Objects shaped by humans
Truman doctrine
zen Buddhism
artifacts
external migration
2. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
stupa
burgess
radiocarbon dating
Sepoys
3. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
Palestine liberation organization
hellenistic culture
archaeology
Allah
4. 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
stream of consciousness
kamikaze
enlightenment
apostle
5. 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
Tarah
devshirme
human cloning
nirvana
6. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
Afrikaner
hieroglyphics
steppe
nirvana
7. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
liberal
junkers
world health organization
Protestant Reformation
8. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
collective farming
socialism
triangular trade
encomienda
9. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
Dar al- Islam
terra cotta
council of Trent
hijra
10. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
hubris
artifact
checks and balances
aristocracy
11. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
new economic policy
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
marathon
iconoclastic controversy
12. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
shinto
code of Hammurabi
nationalism
protectorate
13. One who disagrees; a dissenter
dissident
seppuku
sunni
radiocarbon dating
14. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
social Darwinism
stoicism
manor
radiocarbon dating
15. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
reactionary
collective bargaining
dynasty
apprenticeship
16. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
dowry death
illuminated manuscript
nation-stae
zen Buddhism
17. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
multinational corporation
Mongol Peace
oracle bone
anthropology
18. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
shia
urdu
parallel descent
proletariat
19. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
McDonaldization
imperialism
guest workers
cuneiform
20. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
city-state
utilitarian
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
time of troubles
21. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
tribune
yin and yang
trench warfare
multinational corporation
22. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Brahmin
reparation
vassal
balance of power
23. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
estates-general
feminist
luftwaffe
harem
24. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
shia
middle passage
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
geocentric theory
25. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
island-hopping
epicureanism
civil disobedience
Inquisition
26. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
island-hopping
balance of power
DNA dating
tribune
27. 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
vietnamization
quinine
five-year plans
economic imperialism
28. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
totalitarian state
kaiser
plebeian
communism
29. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
fourteen points
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
code of Hammurabi
30. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
four noble truths
appeasement
golden mean
chivalry
31. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
Afrikaner
diocese
feudalism
missi dominici
32. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
mameduke
glyph
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
33. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
polytheism
age grade
world health organization
surrealism
34. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
repartamiento
collective farming
tribune
burqa
35. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
archaeology
soviet
icon
36. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
operation sea lion
containment
joint-stock company
Manhattan project
37. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
romanticism
perestroika
realism
treaty of tordesillas
38. Russian Parliament
creole
theocracy
predestination
duma
39. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
trench warfare
qanat
reparation
Royal Road
40. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
operation overlord
Balkans
push-pull factors
divine right of kings
41. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
operation sea lion
radiocarbon dating
four modernizations
Hagia Sophia
42. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
intifada
caste
trench warfare
four modernizations
43. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
Huguenots
extraterritorial rights
Manhattan project
caravanserials
44. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
archeology
theocracy
seppuku
Tamils
45. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
African National Congress
Ka'aba
city-state
republic
46. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
civilization
Brahmin
propaganda
chlorofluorocarbons
47. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
enlightened despot
civil disobedience
triple alliance
48. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
psychoanalysis
cubism
island-hopping
comedy
49. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
Renaissance
council of Trent
sati
strategic defense initiative
50. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
glyph
functionalism
green revolution
Swahili