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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 greak city-state
theory of relativity
polis
guest workers
human cloning
2. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
Yom Kippur
seppuku
Swahili
socialism
3. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
artifact
enlightened despot
four noble truths
paleontologists
4. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
bourgeoisie
extraterritorial rights
senate
5. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
absolute monarch
council of Trent
stem cell research
code of Hammurabi
6. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
caravanserials
mandate of heaven
island-hopping
encomienda
7. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
people of the book
silk roads
vietnamization
Palestine liberation organization
8. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
Atlantic Charter
Renaissance
encomienda
checks and balances
9. 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
theory of relativity
Ka'aba
animism
estates-general
10. The belief in one god
patriarchal
monotheism
astrolabe
truncated pyramid
11. Hunting and gathering
theory of relativity
mandate of heaven
foraging
patriarchal
12. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
predestination
shah
animism
eightfold path
13. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
checks and balances
cubism
chlorofluorocarbons
operation Barbarossa
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
impressionism
hajj
Dar al- Islam
repartamiento
15. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
gulf of tonkin resolution
guest workers
stele
mandate of heaven
16. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
treaty of tordesillas
fourteen points
appeasement
urdu
17. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
treaty of tordesillas
Swahili
entrepreneurship
colony
18. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
astrolabe
peninsular
major domo
polis
19. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
archeology
seppuku
space probe
kibbutzim
20. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
Sepoys
plebeian
czar (tsar)
Zionism
21. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
Tarah
purdah
soviet
22. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
mandate
philosopher
four modernizations
brinkmanship
23. A grant of land in medieval Europe
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
triple alliance
geneva conference
fief
24. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
Huns
one-child policy
space probe
epicureanism
25. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
sati
fresco
impressionism
luftwaffe
26. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
Inquisition
soviet
pogram
27. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
external migration
society of Jesus
legion
Reconquest
28. The right of a dynasty to rule
nation-stae
stupa
shia
legitimacy
29. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
fascism
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
shi
economic imperialism
30. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
anthropology
veto
consumerism
usury
31. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
archaeology
apartheid
burqa
glasnost
32. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Atlantic Charter
guild
Manchaeism
Deism
33. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
Dar al- Islam
Nuremberg trials
covenant
Mongol Peace
34. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
Afrikaner
Inquisition
romanticism
world trade organization
35. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
new economic policy
multinational corporation
checks and balances
African National Congress
36. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
Utopian socialist
astrolabe
suffrage
jazz
37. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
Inquisition
operation overlord
helsinki accords
Dar al- Islam
38. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
karma
chivalry
triangular trade
suffrage
39. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
estate
Yalta Conference
macadam road
nicene creed
40. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
fief
internal migration
Brahmin
Neolithic Revolution
41. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
nationalism
Neolithic Revolution
republic
purdah
42. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
jainissary
pariah
space shuttle
caste
43. The Muslim community of faithful
umma
capital
human cloning
world trade organization
44. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
multinational corporation
domino theory
containment
human cloning
45. 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
harem
natural selection
mandate of heaven
enlightened despot
46. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
cynicism
internal migration
hijra
Bolsheviks
47. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
green revolution
Sepoys
Anabaptists
cubism
48. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
appeasement
stele
Tamils
burgher
49. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
consul
functionalism
creole
poliburo
50. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
helot
DNA dating
nationalism
burgess