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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
triple entente
silk roads
time of troubles
hellenistic culture
2. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
latifundia
diaspora
surrealism
poliburo
3. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
collective bargaining
DNA dating
sunni
reparation
4. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
natural selection
Hagia Sophia
one-child policy
covenant
5. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
illuminated manuscript
blitzkrieg
paleolithic age
brinkmanship
6. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
qanat
terra cotta
commercial revolution
radical
7. 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
protectorate
bourgeoisie
blitzkrieg
impressionism
8. A greak city-state
polis
humanism
Balkans
patriarch
9. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
tribune
proletariat
treaty of Versailles
reactionary
10. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
Truman doctrine
apostle
fresco
junkers
11. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
yin and yang
nicene creed
pogram
helsinki accords
12. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese
hominid
patrician
vietnamization
apartheid
13. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
major domo
Swahili
command economy
oracle bone
14. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
astrolabe
human cloning
Warsaw pact
patrician
15. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
iconoclastic controversy
Tarah
Dadaism
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
16. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
Manhattan project
enlightenment
nationalism
karma
17. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
bushido
Homo sapiens
mandate of heaven
operation Barbarossa
18. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
caste
civil disobedience
existentialism
stem cell research
19. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
Warsaw pact
theory of relativity
time of troubles
20. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
illuminated manuscript
triple entente
bushi
gulf of tonkin resolution
21. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
zen Buddhism
European Union
Cyrillic alphabet
feudalism
22. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
social Darwinism
purdah
trench warfare
Taliban
23. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
Balfour Declaration
jainissary
sunni
24. The belief in one god
foraging
surrealism
city-state
monotheism
25. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
bushi
astrolabe
Cyrillic alphabet
26. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
mobilization
extraterritorial rights
Shiva
impressionism
27. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
estate
commercial revolution
luftwaffe
creole
28. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
fresco
nationalism
civilization
empire
29. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
island-hopping
triple entente
truncated pyramid
manga carta
30. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
devshirme
fourteen points
covenant
diocese
31. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
thermoluminescnce dating
yin and yang
appeasement
nationalism
32. A national legislature assembly
parliament
golden mean
space station
existentialism
33. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
absolute monarch
shi
Manhattan project
Renaissance
34. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
Brahmin
time of troubles
reactionary
geneva conference
35. One who disagrees; a dissenter
bushi
patriarchal
dissident
macadam road
36. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
rotten borough
four tigers
helsinki accords
37. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
sunni
socialism
macadam road
triumvirate
38. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
appeasement
Magyars
nationalism
Inquisition
39. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
hominid
space station
abolition
divine right of kings
40. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
fourteen points
Balkans
icon
factors of production
41. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
helot
world trade center
hijra
society of Jesus
42. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
realpolitik
chivalry
shia
mandate
43. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Catholic reformation
four tigers
quinine
yin and yang
44. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
separation of powers
league of nations
third world
external migration
45. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
armistice
kamikaze
push-pull factors
aristocracy
46. The study of humans as a species
commercial revolution
diaspora
Columbian exchange
anthropology
47. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
czar (tsar)
apartheid
guest workers
apprenticeship
48. The german air force
social contract
concession
luftwaffe
eightfold path
49. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
world trade organization
Truman doctrine
Australopithecus
mau mau
50. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
guomindang
desalinization
serf
aristocracy