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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
apartheid
apprenticeship
collective bargaining
thermoluminescent dating
2. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
natural selection
Neo- Confucianism
Boers
hominid
3. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
monotheism
fresco
tyrant
4. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
thermoluminescent dating
moderate
neolithic age
sunni
5. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
fresco
senate
zen Buddhism
dharma
6. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
feudalism
city-state
dharma
economic imperialism
7. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
karma
silk roads
moderate
capitalism
8. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
loess
operation Barbarossa
dharma
geocentric theory
9. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
imperialism
Deism
hieroglyphics
functionalism
10. 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
encomienda
treaty of tordesillas
ethnic cleansing
Afrikaner
11. 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
umma
people of the book
democratization
empire
12. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
militarism
senate
jazz
sunni
13. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
trench warfare
kibbutzim
laissez-faire
Bolsheviks
14. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
lateen sail
hijra
yin and yang
space station
15. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
predestination
theory of evolution
papal states
Cultural Revolution
16. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
Royal Road
green revolution
gospel
operation sea lion
17. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
theory of relativity
reactionary
guomindang
civil service system
18. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
totalitarian state
zen Buddhism
caste
marshall plan
19. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
dowry death
Balfour Declaration
monotheism
edict of Nantes
20. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Sikhs
space probe
Neolithic Revolution
utilitarian
21. One who pursues the meaning of truth
mercantilism
triangular trade
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
philosopher
22. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
harem
divine right of kings
silk roads
propaganda
23. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Inquisition
manor
final solution
fresco
24. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
social contract
commercial agriculture
kinship group
Hagia Sophia
25. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
rotten borough
consumerism
treaty of Versailles
Yahweh
26. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
manga carta
militarism
euro
one-child policy
27. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
Columbian exchange
Bosporus Strait
theory of relativity
postdam conference
28. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
domino theory
ghetto
commercial revolution
age grade
29. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
aristocracy
helot
geneva conference
caste
30. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
suffrage
Utopian socialist
militarism
forbidden city
31. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
indulgence
guest workers
Australopithecus
marshall plan
32. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
radiocarbon dating
stupa
Renaissance
militarism
33. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
stele
lebnsraum
benefice
mandate of heaven
34. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
global village
conservative
archeology
world health organization
35. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
democratization
gospel
aristocracy
predestination
36. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
thermoluminescent dating
Reconquest
social Darwinism
chivalry
37. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
entrepreneurship
kowtow
Boers
mandate
38. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
natural selection
Boers
cynicism
39. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
justification by faith
enlightened despot
ayatollah
Cyrillic alphabet
40. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
entrepreneurship
perestroika
communism
caste
41. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
Neolithic Revolution
five-year plans
checks and balances
paleolithic age
42. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
truncated pyramid
factors of production
usury
karma
43. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Sepoys
guild
Catholic reformation
consumerism
44. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
mandate of heaven
yin and yang
separation of powers
desalinization
45. The belief in one god
mobilization
domestic system
final solution
monotheism
46. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
dowry death
manga carta
triple entente
ziggurat
47. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
containment
caravel
polygamy
fief
48. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
shariah
radiocarbon dating
island-hopping
dharma
49. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
Bell Act
theory of relativity
griot
trench warfare
50. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
Catholic reformation
animism
creole
world trade center