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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
messiah
constitutional monarchy
Truman doctrine
four noble truths
2. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
kaiser
Protestant Reformation
Tarah
justification by faith
3. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
new deal
Magyars
proletariat
Cyrillic alphabet
4. One who pursues the meaning of truth
protectorate
final solution
philosopher
missi dominici
5. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
social contract
ghetto
mandate of heaven
city-state
6. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
cuneiform
griot
indulgence
terra cotta
7. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
mameduke
civil disobedience
radiocarbon dating
loess
8. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
ghetto
Balfour Declaration
illuminated manuscript
missi dominici
9. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.
trench warfare
aristocracy
dowry death
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
civil service system
parliament
Justinian Code
realpolitik
11. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
thermoluminescnce dating
estate
democratization
theocracy
12. Describes a male-dominated society
patriarchal
detente
command economy
green revolution
13. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
burqa
parallel descent
appeasement
Lend- Lease Act
14. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
constitutional monarchy
rotten borough
enclosure movement
council of Trent
15. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
anthropology
Justinian Code
duma
stoicism
16. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
mystery religion
satrap
dowry death
ethnic cleansing
17. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
kaiser
four tigers
helsinki accords
theory of evolution
18. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
polygamy
sakk
surrealism
factors of production
19. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
collective bargaining
stem cell research
society of Jesus
ghazi
20. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
sati
civil rights movement
neolithic age
patriarch
21. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
gospel
poliburo
justification by faith
final solution
22. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
stele
gulf of tonkin resolution
radiocarbon dating
separation of powers
23. 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
Brahmin
caravel
Allah
24. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
satrap
Yalta Conference
lebnsraum
chinampa
25. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
senate
archaeology
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
mercantilism
26. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
bushido
guild
Sepoys
estates-general
27. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
burgess
collective farming
covenant
dissident
28. Objects shaped by humans
artifacts
new deal
euro
polis
29. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
Manhattan project
tragedy
scientific revolution
surrealism
30. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
burgher
five pillars
Tamils
junkers
31. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
satellite nation
new economic policy
vietnamization
colony
32. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
blitzkrieg
scientific revolution
balance of power
colony
33. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
paleolithic age
parallel descent
treaty of tordesillas
latifundia
34. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
Nuremberg trials
Shiva
purdah
guild
35. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
artifact
bushi
fresco
purdah
36. The power to prevent the execution of law
existentialism
veto
oracle bone
one-child policy
37. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
Brahmin
collective farming
moderate
totalitarian state
38. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
island-hopping
encomienda
capital
hominid
39. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
Neolithic Revolution
collective bargaining
major domo
neolithic age
40. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
stream of consciousness
stoicism
artifacts
41. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
world trade organization
Dadaism
mameduke
emir
42. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
urdu
shinto
British Commonwealth
commercial revolution
43. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
kamikaze
McDonaldization
space station
artifact
44. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
romanticism
fourteen points
plebeian
external migration
45. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
purdah
time of troubles
mensheviks
balance of power
46. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
kinship group
reactionary
caste
factors of production
47. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
mau mau
detente
nationalism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
48. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
diaspora
golden mean
legitimacy
legion
49. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
theory of evolution
impressionism
communism
vassal
50. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
psychoanalysis
nonalignment
karma
astrolabe
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