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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
four noble truths
divine right of kings
stele
great lap forward
2. The symbol used as part of a writing system
ghetto
artifact
one-child policy
glyph
3. The right to vote
Australopithecus
harem
suffrage
Tarah
4. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
theory of relativity
forbidden city
Homo sapiens
u-boats
5. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
triumvirate
democratization
external migration
world health organization
6. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
aristocracy
extraterritorial rights
Columbian exchange
millet
7. Objects shaped by humans
Lend- Lease Act
mystery religion
artifacts
republic
8. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
Huns
capital
repartamiento
sakk
9. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
detente
Huns
humanism
McDonaldization
10. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
legion
Inquisition
new economic policy
monotheism
11. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
polygamy
Tamils
dissident
12. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
Anabaptists
nonalignment
purdah
containment
13. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
thermoluminescnce dating
creole
space station
loess
14. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
fascism
geocentric theory
democratization
brinkmanship
15. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
checks and balances
sati
pariah
jazz
16. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
feudalism
specialization of labor
oracle bone
paleontologists
17. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
Utopian socialist
stream of consciousness
Swahili
natural selection
18. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
capitalism
satellite nation
estates-general
Australopithecus
19. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
poliburo
philosopher
genocide
ethnic cleansing
20. The organized elimination of an entire population group
joint-stock company
genocide
Lend- Lease Act
guild
21. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
luftwaffe
feminist
polis
Mongol Peace
22. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
benefice
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
macadam road
major domo
23. 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
checks and balances
ghazi
Dadaism
kaiser
24. The german air force
luftwaffe
operation Barbarossa
global village
stupa
25. A warrior for islam
ghazi
mameduke
tyrant
constitutional monarchy
26. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
caravanserials
latifundia
truncated pyramid
four modernizations
27. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
theory of relativity
mau mau
nation-stae
fresco
28. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
fascism
sphere of influence
caravanserials
Cyrillic alphabet
29. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
Shiva
operation sea lion
space station
Sepoys
30. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
helsinki accords
fief
Swahili
commercial agriculture
31. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
checks and balances
Ka'aba
world trade organization
concession
32. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
thermoluminescnce dating
fourteen points
samurai
artifact
33. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
shi
guild
stoicism
ziggurat
34. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
hominid
African National Congress
economic imperialism
artifacts
35. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
urdu
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Truman doctrine
golden mean
36. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
humanism
manga carta
glyph
stoicism
37. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
cuneiform
third world
five pillars
kowtow
38. A national legislature assembly
strategic defense initiative
four noble truths
parliament
indulgence
39. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
burgher
collective farming
code of Hammurabi
bushi
40. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
Sepoys
Bolsheviks
suffrage
mercantilism
41. An antimalarial drug
quinine
hominid
Cultural Revolution
triple entente
42. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
absolute monarch
democratization
moderate
economic imperialism
43. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
tyrant
eightfold path
repartamiento
external migration
44. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
Magyars
veto
Dadaism
pogram
45. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
shah
world trade organization
coalition
icon
46. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
triple entente
nicene creed
sphere of influence
comedy
47. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
archeology
poliburo
Dar al- Islam
comedy
48. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
nicene creed
thermoluminescent dating
cubism
domino theory
49. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
imperialism
foraging
feudalism
50. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
McDonaldization
Sikhs
factors of production
burgher
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