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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
Magyars
mameduke
militarism
soviet
2. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Utopian socialist
burqa
Protestant Reformation
divine right of kings
3. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
peninsular
reactionary
realpolitik
world health organization
4. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
Cultural Revolution
commercial agriculture
Yahweh
scientific revolution
5. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
peace crops
feminist
comedy
hajj
6. A sole ruler with absolute power
dictator
tyrant
ghazi
great lap forward
7. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
society of Jesus
estates-general
internal migration
McDonaldization
8. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
legion
tragedy
Atlantic Charter
shogun
9. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
quipu
civil rights movement
age grade
encomienda
10. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
parallel descent
geneva conference
empire
11. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
mestizo
civil rights movement
city-state
operation overlord
12. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
karma
cynicism
consul
major domo
13. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
epicureanism
nongovernmental organization
covenant
one-child policy
14. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
ayatollah
pogram
archaeology
Yalta Conference
15. 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
theory of relativity
Palestine liberation organization
lateen sail
anthropology
16. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
icon
psychoanalysis
DNA dating
triple entente
17. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china
great lap forward
push-pull factors
sati
four modernizations
18. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
Balfour Declaration
British Commonwealth
proletariat
estates-general
19. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
command economy
Taliban
usury
mobilization
20. The study of humans as a species
shogun
anthropology
nonalignment
league of nations
21. 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
manor
natural selection
shah
four tigers
22. The german air force
commercial agriculture
four tigers
great lap forward
luftwaffe
23. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
third world
existentialism
theory of relativity
civil service system
24. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
Deism
poliburo
hieroglyphics
Dadaism
25. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
balance of power
bushido
Allah
Nuremberg trials
26. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
hubris
hieroglyphics
stream of consciousness
McDonaldization
27. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
ghazi
geneva conference
human cloning
caravanserials
28. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
impressionism
romanticism
McDonaldization
laissez-faire
29. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
monsoon
stele
steppe
Bell Act
30. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
Huguenots
civil disobedience
socialism
collective bargaining
31. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
humanism
vassal
ethnic cleansing
homeland
32. The study of humans as a species
surrealism
anthropology
bushido
Ka'aba
33. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
apostle
imperialism
shogun
Huns
34. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
hijra
collective farming
satellite nation
treaty of Versailles
35. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
appeasement
commercial revolution
socialism
36. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
duma
radiocarbon dating
mobilization
mystery religion
37. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
papal states
purdah
triumvirate
command economy
38. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
Balfour Declaration
utilitarian
samurai
caste
39. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice
code of Hammurabi
griot
Shiva
manor
40. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
tragedy
nongovernmental organization
scorched- earth policy
41. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
hieroglyphics
urdu
satellite nation
final solution
42. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
scorched- earth policy
u-boats
patriarchal
Brahmin
43. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
Homo sapiens
containment
serf
qanat
44. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
radiocarbon dating
totalitarian state
dowry death
external migration
45. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
multinational corporation
nonalignment
astrolabe
balance of power
46. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
vassal
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
realpolitik
gulf of tonkin resolution
47. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
senate
civil rights movement
forbidden city
totalitarian state
48. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
mystery religion
Swahili
gulf of tonkin resolution
harem
49. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth
appeasement
humanism
enlightenment
containment
50. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
enlightened despot
Truman doctrine
Allah
reparation