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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
space shuttle
Dadaism
nongovernmental organization
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
2. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
middle passage
radiocarbon dating
romanticism
3. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
soviet
multinational corporation
militarism
legion
4. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
mystery religion
aristocracy
psychoanalysis
burgher
5. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
daimyo
shogun
Huns
appeasement
6. 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
Yalta Conference
terra cotta
dowry death
Dar al- Islam
7. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
Hagia Sophia
world health organization
third reich
Holocaust
8. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
Huguenots
pasteurization
glasnost
Inquisition
9. 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
utilitarian
blitzkrieg
functionalism
10. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
hieroglyphics
Neo- Confucianism
mau mau
separation of powers
11. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
radical
middle passage
Tarah
final solution
12. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
plebeian
harem
Dadaism
junkers
13. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
lateen sail
legion
ayatollah
burqa
14. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
brinkmanship
Cyrillic alphabet
pasteurization
abolition
15. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
world trade organization
hellenistic culture
civil disobedience
euro
16. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
burgher
chivalry
social Darwinism
people of the book
17. Hunting and gathering
foraging
great lap forward
detente
usury
18. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
space station
reactionary
Taliban
colony
19. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
existentialism
time of troubles
operation Barbarossa
civil service system
20. The organized elimination of an entire population group
manor
imperialism
genocide
satrap
21. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
chinampa
benefice
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
burgher
22. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
loess
serf
zen Buddhism
Neolithic Revolution
23. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
stateless society
third world
one-child policy
patriarch
24. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
civil rights movement
socialism
thermoluminescent dating
divine right of kings
25. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
creole
republic
five pillars
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
26. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
estates-general
DNA dating
cynicism
27. A government of three rulers
feminist
Balkans
robotics
triumvirate
28. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
psychoanalysis
pastoral nomadism
seppuku
29. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
concession
karma
social Darwinism
30. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
Allah
kaiser
hieroglyphics
monsoon
31. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
stupa
indulgence
third reich
forbidden city
32. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
time of troubles
Swahili
Renaissance
Yahweh
33. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
existentialism
thermoluminescnce dating
messiah
containment
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
Neo- Confucianism
reparation
green revolution
jainissary
35. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
polygamy
triple entente
DNA dating
communism
36. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
desalinization
shogun
pogram
treaty of Versailles
37. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
edict of Nantes
suffrage
blitzkrieg
totalitarian state
38. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
Cultural Revolution
samurai
lateen sail
absolute monarch
39. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
robotics
Catholic reformation
zen Buddhism
propaganda
40. The termination of slavery
functionalism
abolition
tree-ring dating
mestizo
41. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
dynasty
mameduke
humanism
romanticism
42. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
mystery religion
mau mau
postdam conference
imperialism
43. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
domino theory
Lend- Lease Act
nongovernmental organization
space shuttle
44. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
aristocracy
chinampa
strategic defense initiative
stele
45. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
steppe
surrealism
Mongol Peace
colony
46. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
scorched- earth policy
new deal
bushido
collective farming
47. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
bushido
tragedy
factors of production
nonalignment
48. A Persian king
separation of powers
messiah
shah
commercial revolution
49. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
society of Jesus
entrepreneurship
operation sea lion
legitimacy
50. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
domestic system
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
ayatollah
triumvirate