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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 fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
Neolithic Revolution
hubris
millet
robotics
2. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
pastoral nomadism
kowtow
domestic system
polygamy
3. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
nation-stae
burqa
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
pogram
4. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
island-hopping
Columbian exchange
fascism
people of the book
5. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
monsoon
guild
concession
terra cotta
6. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
social contract
Magyars
patrician
hieroglyphics
7. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
fief
entrepreneurship
zen Buddhism
space shuttle
8. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Manchaeism
stream of consciousness
griot
nongovernmental organization
9. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
world trade organization
civil service system
laissez-faire
Ka'aba
10. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
intifada
domino theory
ghazi
11. A member of the middle class in medieval England
paleontologists
mandate
hijra
burgess
12. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
yin and yang
Dar al- Islam
oracle bone
Cultural Revolution
13. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
shinto
operation overlord
space probe
operation Barbarossa
14. A grant of land in medieval Europe
moderate
fourteen points
samurai
fief
15. The Muslim community of faithful
tragedy
jainissary
hijra
umma
16. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
hubris
space station
balance of power
perestroika
17. The power to prevent the execution of law
commune
loess
veto
Lend- Lease Act
18. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
Holocaust
Columbian exchange
civilization
mau mau
19. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
golden mean
vassal
Allah
legitimacy
20. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
Deism
stupa
steppe
humanism
21. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
caravel
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
space shuttle
paleolithic age
22. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
impressionism
indulgence
kamikaze
triple entente
23. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
operation sea lion
Mongol Peace
icon
marathon
24. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
trench warfare
senate
Huguenots
consumerism
25. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
glasnost
daimyo
bushi
reparation
26. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
Utopian socialist
monsoon
urdu
Balkans
27. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
dowry death
archeology
treaty of Versailles
conservative
28. A humanlike creature that walks upright
internal migration
strategic defense initiative
hominid
ghetto
29. 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
pogram
Zionism
terra cotta
fourteen points
30. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
new deal
veto
perestroika
euro
31. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Warsaw pact
world trade organization
theory of relativity
shia
32. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
apostle
treaty of Versailles
domino theory
cuneiform
33. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
predestination
mensheviks
world trade center
colony
34. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
intifada
missi dominici
jainissary
35. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
nicene creed
realpolitik
treaty of Versailles
mercantilism
36. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
Royal Road
economic imperialism
dynasty
bushi
37. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
mystery religion
triumvirate
divine right of kings
anthropology
38. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
utilitarian
civilization
moderate
ghazi
39. French Protestants
illuminated manuscript
Huguenots
senate
global village
40. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
mameduke
lebnsraum
Balfour Declaration
patriarchal
41. 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
psychoanalysis
major domo
natural selection
poliburo
42. The termination of slavery
four modernizations
abolition
Yom Kippur
multinational corporation
43. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
burqa
existentialism
Truman doctrine
manor
44. Objects shaped by humans
social contract
city-state
artifacts
stele
45. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
euro
Dadaism
social Darwinism
diocese
46. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
age grade
democratization
Sikhs
nationalism
47. A German emperor
kaiser
scientific revolution
dharma
forbidden city
48. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
usury
reactionary
bushi
operation sea lion
49. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
epicureanism
perestroika
jazz
mandate
50. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
nonalignment
republic
third world
social Darwinism