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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
collective bargaining
civilization
great lap forward
silk roads
2. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
Neolithic Revolution
coalition
mandate
containment
3. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
hubris
human cloning
ghazi
entrepreneurship
4. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
Ka'aba
astrolabe
monsoon
ghazi
5. A German emperor
vietnamization
kaiser
apartheid
one-child policy
6. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
papal states
feudalism
major domo
estate
7. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
divine right of kings
Allah
estate
Taliban
8. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
vietnamization
pariah
space shuttle
suffrage
9. A member of the middle class in medieval England
imperialism
perestroika
sphere of influence
burgess
10. A sole ruler with absolute power
satrap
divine right of kings
dictator
diocese
11. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
scientific revolution
silk roads
Homo sapiens
hajj
12. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
chlorofluorocarbons
hajj
Australopithecus
guest workers
13. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
European Union
legitimacy
psychoanalysis
hellenistic culture
14. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
burgess
robotics
consul
guest workers
15. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
geocentric theory
Bolsheviks
guild
mestizo
16. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
Huns
homeland
Renaissance
triple entente
17. The organized elimination of an entire population group
junkers
dynasty
desalinization
genocide
18. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
abolition
hijra
burqa
comedy
19. A warrior for islam
ghazi
collective bargaining
nirvana
caravel
20. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
kaiser
caravel
fourteen points
seppuku
21. The worship of many gods
caravel
patriarch
polytheism
green revolution
22. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
commercial revolution
Huguenots
marshall plan
mandate of heaven
23. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
poliburo
Huguenots
laissez-faire
Warsaw pact
24. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
guild
Deism
trench warfare
DNA dating
25. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
romanticism
capital
nicene creed
democratization
26. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
DNA dating
third reich
stem cell research
geneva conference
27. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
commune
pastoral nomadism
external migration
capital
28. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
British Commonwealth
repartamiento
dowry death
29. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
Renaissance
steppe
Sikhs
comedy
30. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
papal states
cubism
middle passage
jazz
31. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
commune
veto
feminist
luftwaffe
32. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
strategic defense initiative
hellenistic culture
hieroglyphics
benefice
33. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
pasteurization
concession
one-child policy
eightfold path
34. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
chinampa
stoicism
papal states
griot
35. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece
tragedy
socialism
Dadaism
hellenistic culture
36. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
one-child policy
usury
parallel descent
karma
37. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
helsinki accords
blitzkrieg
green revolution
emir
38. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Inquisition
latifundia
operation sea lion
utilitarian
39. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
enlightenment
civil service system
tragedy
existentialism
40. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
separation of powers
soviet
Neo- Confucianism
hubris
41. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
Tamils
terra cotta
civil service system
triangular trade
42. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
pogram
abolition
harem
bushi
43. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
mobilization
paleolithic age
jazz
estate
44. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
militarism
lebnsraum
benefice
serf
45. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
African National Congress
radiocarbon dating
hajj
purdah
46. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
theory of relativity
sati
manga carta
dharma
47. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
new deal
third world
Allah
civilization
48. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
armistice
specialization of labor
ghetto
age grade
49. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
Dadaism
nirvana
satellite nation
detente
50. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
push-pull factors
collective farming
propaganda
DNA dating