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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 ceasefire agreement
thermoluminescent dating
serf
middle passage
armistice
2. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
cynicism
mandate
geocentric theory
Homo sapiens
3. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Inquisition
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Atlantic Charter
legion
4. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
mau mau
external migration
dynasty
bourgeoisie
5. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
mensheviks
commercial agriculture
pastoral nomadism
radiocarbon dating
6. An advocate of gradual political change
conservative
armistice
radical
laissez-faire
7. 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
mestizo
Tamils
postdam conference
Neolithic Revolution
8. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
Tarah
kinship group
truncated pyramid
world trade center
9. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
coalition
stream of consciousness
Yalta Conference
seppuku
10. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
operation overlord
apartheid
stoicism
divine right of kings
11. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
serf
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
world trade organization
lateen sail
12. A 26 mile race
estate
marathon
radical
paleolithic age
13. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
absolute monarch
Bolsheviks
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
pastoral nomadism
14. German submarines
specialization of labor
anthropology
enlightenment
u-boats
15. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
burgher
hajj
illuminated manuscript
commune
16. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
estate
triangular trade
suffrage
hubris
17. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage
mestizo
jazz
Cyrillic alphabet
Inquisition
18. A German emperor
hominid
caravel
civilization
kaiser
19. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
estate
artifacts
missi dominici
satrap
20. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
hajj
feminist
bushido
civil disobedience
21. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
Utopian socialist
appeasement
truncated pyramid
aristocracy
22. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
mystery religion
consumerism
liberal
23. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
griot
Cultural Revolution
mameduke
great lap forward
24. 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
city-state
five-year plans
British Commonwealth
Hagia Sophia
25. 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
polygamy
vietnamization
colony
geneva conference
26. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
satellite nation
helot
nation-stae
paleolithic age
27. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
urdu
dictator
absolute monarch
four tigers
28. The power to prevent the execution of law
dissident
veto
McDonaldization
Dadaism
29. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
postdam conference
triple entente
nationalism
Afrikaner
30. A grant of land in medieval Europe
marshall plan
fief
diocese
ayatollah
31. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
euro
Tamils
predestination
pogram
32. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
collective farming
karma
Shiva
epicureanism
33. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
Atlantic Charter
daimyo
estates-general
34. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
Sepoys
four modernizations
mandate
neolithic age
35. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
ayatollah
glasnost
burgess
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
36. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
missi dominici
Warsaw pact
glyph
enlightened despot
37. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Magyars
oracle bone
theory of relativity
38. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
vassal
economic imperialism
legion
iconoclastic controversy
39. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Dadaism
social Darwinism
stoicism
theory of relativity
40. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
tree-ring dating
apartheid
Hagia Sophia
czar (tsar)
41. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
eightfold path
philosopher
hubris
estates-general
42. The belief in one god
capital
monotheism
paleontologists
operation sea lion
43. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
Palestine liberation organization
democratization
triple alliance
44. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
enlightened despot
archaeology
dissident
McDonaldization
45. Member of elite class in ancient rome
pariah
shinto
postdam conference
patrician
46. 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
colony
mau mau
Anabaptists
quipu
47. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
patriarchal
Balkans
divine right of kings
jazz
48. A government of three rulers
millet
trench warfare
enlightenment
triumvirate
49. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
animism
civilization
poliburo
artifacts
50. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
Huns
operation Barbarossa
social Darwinism
benefice