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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
conservative
patriarchal
plebeian
four noble truths
2. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
lebnsraum
proletariat
world trade organization
daimyo
3. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
kibbutzim
shia
Yom Kippur
sunni
4. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
Renaissance
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
nonalignment
5. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
caravanserials
kowtow
Deism
divine right of kings
6. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
macadam road
age grade
chivalry
operation overlord
7. Large collective farm
Justinian Code
commune
cuneiform
u-boats
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
anthropology
Atlantic Charter
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Tamils
9. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
devshirme
appeasement
archeology
cuneiform
10. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
patriarch
millet
diaspora
human cloning
11. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
third world
kowtow
gospel
macadam road
12. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
nonalignment
global village
peace crops
tribune
13. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
Magyars
specialization of labor
shogun
concession
14. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
duma
Deism
guomindang
kinship group
15. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
quipu
civil rights movement
domino theory
Lend- Lease Act
16. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
Sepoys
oracle bone
archeology
poliburo
17. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
capital
mau mau
marathon
gospel
18. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
Dar al- Islam
space shuttle
time of troubles
19. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
world trade center
Yalta Conference
pogram
space shuttle
20. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
apostle
Atlantic Charter
harem
civil disobedience
21. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
Huns
hellenistic culture
nirvana
stem cell research
22. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
Allah
command economy
time of troubles
five-year plans
23. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
treaty of Versailles
thermoluminescnce dating
triple alliance
entrepreneurship
24. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
burqa
balance of power
third world
senate
25. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
geneva conference
humanism
glasnost
Sikhs
26. 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
people of the book
commune
cubism
blitzkrieg
27. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
Balkans
imperialism
tyrant
laissez-faire
28. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
truncated pyramid
appeasement
papal states
Boers
29. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
sunni
people of the book
operation overlord
fresco
30. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
manga carta
covenant
middle passage
icon
31. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
harem
monsoon
nationalism
caudillo
32. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
caravanserials
ayatollah
Mongol Peace
green revolution
33. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
tree-ring dating
proletariat
griot
civilization
34. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
Tarah
Truman doctrine
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
league of nations
35. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
tree-ring dating
fourteen points
propaganda
archaeology
36. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
blitzkrieg
feudalism
messiah
czar (tsar)
37. A ceasefire agreement
thermoluminescent dating
enlightenment
armistice
burgess
38. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
people of the book
geocentric theory
devshirme
mercantilism
39. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
Columbian exchange
collective bargaining
council of Trent
40. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
world health organization
sphere of influence
world trade organization
enclosure movement
41. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
bushido
four tigers
blitzkrieg
intifada
42. 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
Justinian Code
Tamils
Catholic reformation
43. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
shi
natural selection
kowtow
mameduke
44. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
karma
island-hopping
nongovernmental organization
treaty of tordesillas
45. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
chinampa
Palestine liberation organization
tribune
collective bargaining
46. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
Sikhs
diaspora
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
DNA dating
47. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
truncated pyramid
parliament
Renaissance
48. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
emir
patrician
glasnost
domestic system
49. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
chinampa
European Union
truncated pyramid
diocese
50. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
reactionary
Balkans
dynasty
serf
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