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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
patriarch
third world
theory of evolution
Dar al- Islam
2. The german air force
luftwaffe
ethnic cleansing
stateless society
operation sea lion
3. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
ethnic cleansing
Cyrillic alphabet
proletariat
triangular trade
4. A grant of land in medieval Europe
sunni
cuneiform
city-state
fief
5. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
Lend- Lease Act
shogun
aristocracy
repartamiento
6. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Protestant Reformation
world health organization
serf
Tarah
7. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
burqa
daimyo
perestroika
yin and yang
8. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
space station
silk roads
diaspora
tree-ring dating
9. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
people of the book
veto
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
internal migration
10. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
capitalism
nonalignment
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
forbidden city
11. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
daimyo
messiah
peninsular
mandate of heaven
12. 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
truncated pyramid
enclosure movement
realism
socialism
13. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
absolute monarch
empire
mameduke
theory of relativity
14. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
treaty of Versailles
Yahweh
karma
15. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
postdam conference
silk roads
suffrage
natural selection
16. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
domestic system
chlorofluorocarbons
dissident
Palestine liberation organization
17. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
caste
theory of evolution
Tamils
ethnic cleansing
18. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
Homo sapiens
Protestant Reformation
sphere of influence
global village
19. One who disagrees; a dissenter
ghazi
dissident
scientific revolution
parliament
20. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
tribune
push-pull factors
economic imperialism
republic
21. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
pastoral nomadism
polytheism
multinational corporation
mercantilism
22. The organized elimination of an entire population group
sunni
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
genocide
British Commonwealth
23. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
steppe
Truman doctrine
communism
pastoral nomadism
24. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
repartamiento
five pillars
stele
hellenistic culture
25. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
civilization
burgess
guomindang
26. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
Catholic reformation
vietnamization
apprenticeship
external migration
27. An object shaped by humans
middle passage
artifact
realpolitik
romanticism
28. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
realpolitik
third reich
mestizo
specialization of labor
29. 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
intifada
Swahili
poliburo
jazz
30. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
domino theory
hominid
DNA dating
sunni
31. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
factors of production
guomindang
silk roads
psychoanalysis
32. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
philosopher
social Darwinism
DNA dating
burgher
33. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
civilization
global village
island-hopping
astrolabe
34. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
Catholic reformation
golden mean
world trade center
stele
35. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
patriarch
justification by faith
capital
nationalism
36. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
triangular trade
marshall plan
jazz
parallel descent
37. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
surrealism
intifada
balance of power
suffrage
38. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
brinkmanship
urdu
theocracy
Homo sapiens
39. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
third reich
great lap forward
duma
shi
40. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
nongovernmental organization
moderate
space shuttle
enclosure movement
41. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
stupa
triple entente
fresco
functionalism
42. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
chivalry
helot
caravel
caste
43. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
manga carta
city-state
Palestine liberation organization
encomienda
44. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
cubism
Afrikaner
thermoluminescnce dating
tribune
45. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
space probe
loess
purdah
thermoluminescent dating
46. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
polis
hajj
triangular trade
pasteurization
47. 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
four noble truths
astrolabe
nonalignment
loess
48. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
Kellogg-Briand Pact
shia
four modernizations
anthropology
49. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
scorched- earth policy
Truman doctrine
theory of evolution
new deal
50. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
space shuttle
city-state
hominid
mensheviks
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