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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
dowry death
desalinization
apprenticeship
guest workers
2. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
Bell Act
daimyo
ziggurat
helsinki accords
3. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
entrepreneurship
missi dominici
world trade organization
commercial agriculture
4. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
guomindang
stupa
sakk
foraging
5. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
hijra
realism
cynicism
steppe
6. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
golden mean
missi dominici
Tarah
romanticism
7. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
Renaissance
Afrikaner
paleolithic age
utilitarian
8. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
diocese
dynasty
Bosporus Strait
totalitarian state
9. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
poliburo
karma
enclosure movement
brinkmanship
10. Russian Parliament
duma
checks and balances
karma
conservative
11. The Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
natural selection
operation overlord
commercial agriculture
12. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
Truman doctrine
Yom Kippur
European Union
stupa
13. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
shariah
jazz
bushido
covenant
14. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
quipu
republic
stem cell research
artifacts
15. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
triangular trade
satellite nation
nonalignment
empire
16. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
third world
impressionism
burqa
realism
17. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
epicureanism
tyrant
legitimacy
feudalism
18. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
major domo
trench warfare
natural selection
dowry death
19. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
chivalry
thermoluminescent dating
dissident
space probe
20. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
Inquisition
chivalry
Nuremberg trials
encomienda
21. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
Mongol Peace
guest workers
qanat
shia
22. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
golden mean
moderate
hominid
23. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
legion
socialism
parallel descent
Neo- Confucianism
24. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
mystery religion
serf
radical
hellenistic culture
25. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
liberal
DNA dating
missi dominici
samurai
26. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
brinkmanship
satrap
thermoluminescnce dating
time of troubles
27. A government of three rulers
patrician
collective farming
triumvirate
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
28. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
people of the book
Deism
Cultural Revolution
trench warfare
29. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
third world
polygamy
gospel
30. Muslim social and ethical law
strategic defense initiative
society of Jesus
hieroglyphics
shariah
31. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
marshall plan
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
nirvana
external migration
32. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
empire
commune
tragedy
proletariat
33. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
artifacts
tree-ring dating
factors of production
mensheviks
34. The termination of slavery
silk roads
world health organization
parliament
abolition
35. 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
ethnic cleansing
McDonaldization
patriarchal
36. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
hellenistic culture
benefice
icon
nongovernmental organization
37. An antimalarial drug
sphere of influence
kowtow
collective bargaining
quinine
38. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
triple entente
caudillo
astrolabe
patriarchal
39. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
colony
iconoclastic controversy
cuneiform
final solution
40. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
command economy
commercial agriculture
comedy
papal states
41. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
junkers
world health organization
qanat
42. Hunting and gathering
kamikaze
specialization of labor
space station
foraging
43. A warrior for islam
Truman doctrine
satellite nation
ghazi
totalitarian state
44. The Jewish day of atonement
hieroglyphics
Brahmin
Yom Kippur
civil disobedience
45. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
caravel
Neolithic Revolution
Sikhs
Huns
46. The Muslim name for God
totalitarian state
Allah
five-year plans
existentialism
47. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
one-child policy
stem cell research
space probe
serf
48. 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
people of the book
Allah
postdam conference
helsinki accords
49. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
epicureanism
predestination
factors of production
civil disobedience
50. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
Yalta Conference
council of Trent
apostle
hominid