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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
paleolithic age
scientific revolution
papal states
purdah
2. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
civil rights movement
colony
strategic defense initiative
Inquisition
3. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
proletariat
sunni
multinational corporation
legitimacy
4. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
ziggurat
realpolitik
mandate
time of troubles
5. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
guomindang
liberal
empire
truncated pyramid
6. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
umma
estates-general
radical
euro
7. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States
Bell Act
burgher
stele
radiocarbon dating
8. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
commercial agriculture
terra cotta
operation sea lion
apartheid
9. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations
extraterritorial rights
gulf of tonkin resolution
totalitarian state
postdam conference
10. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
umma
samurai
code of Hammurabi
Hagia Sophia
11. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
aristocracy
domestic system
society of Jesus
Cyrillic alphabet
12. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
social contract
dictator
duma
mystery religion
13. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
social Darwinism
final solution
millet
sati
14. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
predestination
missi dominici
griot
realpolitik
15. The Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
reactionary
creole
council of Trent
16. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
militarism
harem
parliament
stem cell research
17. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
satrap
satellite nation
diaspora
utilitarian
18. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
pastoral nomadism
covenant
Truman doctrine
patriarch
19. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
caravel
stream of consciousness
new economic policy
predestination
20. Marriage to more than one wife
stem cell research
polygamy
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
four noble truths
21. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
urdu
hominid
functionalism
helsinki accords
22. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
Manhattan project
space probe
justification by faith
commercial agriculture
23. The right to vote
suffrage
great lap forward
Columbian exchange
Allah
24. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
Anabaptists
robotics
four tigers
polis
25. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
soviet
laissez-faire
sphere of influence
homeland
26. Russian Parliament
caravel
truncated pyramid
duma
empire
27. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
cynicism
shogun
seppuku
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
28. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
diaspora
operation overlord
mau mau
triangular trade
29. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
neolithic age
fascism
Lend- Lease Act
emir
30. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
missi dominici
liberal
operation sea lion
specialization of labor
31. 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
poliburo
Columbian exchange
hellenistic culture
feminist
32. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
world health organization
pariah
peace crops
mandate of heaven
33. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
constitutional monarchy
civil service system
Shiva
pasteurization
34. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
tribune
green revolution
people of the book
luftwaffe
35. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
external migration
Reconquest
comedy
estates-general
36. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
messiah
Bolsheviks
enlightened despot
urdu
37. A sole ruler with absolute power
euro
latifundia
dictator
monotheism
38. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
junkers
command economy
Anabaptists
bushi
39. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
apostle
plebeian
usury
league of nations
40. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
league of nations
tree-ring dating
four tigers
Homo sapiens
41. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants
bourgeoisie
icon
factors of production
commercial agriculture
42. Large estate in ancient Rome
latifundia
treaty of Versailles
tribune
theory of relativity
43. The right of a dynasty to rule
hajj
legitimacy
civil rights movement
specialization of labor
44. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
benefice
specialization of labor
burgess
serf
45. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
African National Congress
marathon
glyph
civil rights movement
46. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
operation sea lion
dynasty
helot
millet
47. An object shaped by humans
triangular trade
usury
artifact
Boers
48. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
animism
humanism
Mongol Peace
manor
49. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
creole
Manhattan project
bushi
impressionism
50. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
sunni
Tamils
proletariat
operation Barbarossa