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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
stateless society
edict of Nantes
helsinki accords
lebnsraum
2. 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
mensheviks
helsinki accords
vietnamization
vassal
3. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
lebnsraum
romanticism
four modernizations
scientific revolution
4. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
millet
neolithic age
justification by faith
constitutional monarchy
5. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
existentialism
world trade center
four modernizations
missi dominici
6. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
fourteen points
parallel descent
hijra
middle passage
7. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
tyrant
Bell Act
foraging
democratization
8. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
junkers
Balkans
kowtow
European Union
9. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
new deal
nonalignment
animism
reactionary
10. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
mandate of heaven
final solution
functionalism
chivalry
11. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Huns
Dadaism
Protestant Reformation
soviet
12. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
junkers
mandate of heaven
Taliban
astrolabe
13. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
harem
iconoclastic controversy
human cloning
mameduke
14. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
Deism
glyph
capitalism
quipu
15. The right to vote
Dar al- Islam
enclosure movement
patrician
suffrage
16. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
desalinization
geocentric theory
ghazi
caravanserials
17. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
astrolabe
Royal Road
Manhattan project
patrician
18. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
Dar al- Islam
European Union
legitimacy
soviet
19. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
burqa
plebeian
Boers
absolute monarch
20. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
consul
legion
Bosporus Strait
guomindang
21. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
caravel
brinkmanship
harem
jainissary
22. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
bushi
treaty of Versailles
monsoon
senate
23. 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
stream of consciousness
vassal
treaty of Versailles
entrepreneurship
24. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
scientific revolution
qanat
four modernizations
Balkans
25. Objects shaped by humans
euro
artifacts
mensheviks
domestic system
26. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
existentialism
nation-stae
Zionism
polis
27. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
Bosporus Strait
Holocaust
mestizo
senate
28. Large collective farm
republic
Homo sapiens
commune
romanticism
29. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
eightfold path
five pillars
treaty of Versailles
Yalta Conference
30. An object shaped by humans
daimyo
major domo
mensheviks
artifact
31. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
major domo
dictator
four noble truths
command economy
32. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
Yalta Conference
empire
bushido
radical
33. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
abolition
feminist
militarism
radiocarbon dating
34. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
reparation
monsoon
iconoclastic controversy
space station
35. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
paleontologists
enclosure movement
commune
stateless society
36. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
social contract
oracle bone
perestroika
marathon
37. Hunting and gathering
senate
foraging
Protestant Reformation
four modernizations
38. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
Taliban
people of the book
eightfold path
conservative
39. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
repartamiento
justification by faith
satellite nation
urdu
40. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
ethnic cleansing
hubris
Dadaism
seppuku
41. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
Neo- Confucianism
jazz
operation Barbarossa
estate
42. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
genocide
devshirme
43. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
triple alliance
forbidden city
joint-stock company
republic
44. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
enlightened despot
latifundia
Reconquest
45. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
caravel
karma
quipu
Bell Act
46. A member of the middle class in medieval England
burgess
jainissary
operation overlord
legitimacy
47. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
usury
socialism
factors of production
capital
48. A German emperor
kamikaze
kaiser
patrician
Ka'aba
49. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
shinto
Palestine liberation organization
oracle bone
civil disobedience
50. Russian Parliament
civilization
estate
peninsular
duma