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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The technology associated with the application of robots
mandate
robotics
ethnic cleansing
Deism
2. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
duma
dynasty
Neo- Confucianism
jazz
3. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
encomienda
pogram
Warsaw pact
people of the book
4. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
republic
Cyrillic alphabet
great lap forward
archaeology
5. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
impressionism
natural selection
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
6. The study of humans as a species
dowry death
Afrikaner
anthropology
time of troubles
7. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
pastoral nomadism
mercantilism
world health organization
mameduke
8. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
bushi
code of Hammurabi
mensheviks
Anabaptists
9. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
Bosporus Strait
benefice
impressionism
balance of power
10. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
euro
human cloning
junkers
civil rights movement
11. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
protectorate
imperialism
Zionism
guest workers
12. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
sakk
feudalism
Bolsheviks
Cyrillic alphabet
13. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
psychoanalysis
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
guomindang
Bolsheviks
14. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
nation-stae
imperialism
mensheviks
benefice
15. An object shaped by humans
artifact
mystery religion
Bolsheviks
European Union
16. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
urdu
apartheid
guild
existentialism
17. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
desalinization
illuminated manuscript
Bosporus Strait
strategic defense initiative
18. The Jewish day of atonement
final solution
neolithic age
geocentric theory
Yom Kippur
19. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
helot
Yom Kippur
scientific revolution
Bolsheviks
20. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
legitimacy
apostle
Palestine liberation organization
theocracy
21. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
hellenistic culture
consumerism
radical
economic imperialism
22. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
triple alliance
Taliban
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Manchaeism
23. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
space shuttle
estate
human cloning
Palestine liberation organization
24. One who disagrees; a dissenter
dissident
external migration
hijra
mandate
25. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
African National Congress
enlightenment
empire
ghetto
26. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
realpolitik
mercantilism
Bosporus Strait
nongovernmental organization
27. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
seppuku
truncated pyramid
Mongol Peace
guomindang
28. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
triumvirate
brinkmanship
treaty of Versailles
caravel
29. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
ziggurat
realism
civilization
neolithic age
30. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
mau mau
gospel
kibbutzim
entrepreneurship
31. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
Brahmin
manor
propaganda
steppe
32. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
sati
nirvana
feudalism
33. French Protestants
stupa
DNA dating
surrealism
Huguenots
34. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
totalitarian state
shia
Allah
nation-stae
35. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
Balfour Declaration
domestic system
extraterritorial rights
containment
36. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
astrolabe
Holocaust
Afrikaner
millet
37. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
stupa
pariah
kinship group
justification by faith
38. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
duma
laissez-faire
cubism
homeland
39. 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
manor
Manchaeism
four noble truths
consumerism
40. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
marshall plan
paleolithic age
world trade center
Utopian socialist
41. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
kaiser
usury
specialization of labor
chivalry
42. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china
apprenticeship
great lap forward
Reconquest
mandate of heaven
43. A member of the middle class in medieval England
burgess
specialization of labor
intifada
estate
44. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
time of troubles
capital
vassal
plebeian
45. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
Warsaw pact
vassal
capital
gospel
46. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
four noble truths
encomienda
external migration
mandate
47. The Hebrew name for God
fascism
multinational corporation
Yahweh
benefice
48. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
manor
four modernizations
czar (tsar)
paleontologists
49. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
consumerism
junkers
Neo- Confucianism
gospel
50. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
Sikhs
sati
civil disobedience
reparation