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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
society of Jesus
patrician
radical
guomindang
2. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
Balkans
push-pull factors
absolute monarch
guomindang
3. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
parliament
kibbutzim
artifacts
feudalism
4. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
final solution
Utopian socialist
devshirme
external migration
5. An object shaped by humans
artifact
satellite nation
caste
realism
6. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
cynicism
space probe
diaspora
scorched- earth policy
7. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
domestic system
Bell Act
hieroglyphics
guest workers
8. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
comedy
diocese
ghazi
usury
9. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
latifundia
Dar al- Islam
Bolsheviks
mestizo
10. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
kibbutzim
trench warfare
bushido
space shuttle
11. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
hijra
junkers
commercial revolution
legitimacy
12. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
triple entente
animism
pastoral nomadism
dictator
13. Large estate in ancient Rome
economic imperialism
latifundia
quipu
genocide
14. A 26 mile race
marathon
propaganda
world trade organization
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
15. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
checks and balances
nonalignment
joint-stock company
middle passage
16. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
mestizo
propaganda
glasnost
17. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
Mongol Peace
militarism
junkers
mameduke
18. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
pastoral nomadism
nation-stae
four modernizations
operation overlord
19. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
dowry death
concession
comedy
stele
20. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
u-boats
archaeology
civil disobedience
21. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
millet
major domo
truncated pyramid
shinto
22. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
golden mean
realism
tree-ring dating
island-hopping
23. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
Atlantic Charter
Palestine liberation organization
genocide
Balfour Declaration
24. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
theocracy
African National Congress
Inquisition
socialism
25. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
qanat
great lap forward
harem
Kellogg-Briand Pact
26. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
manga carta
checks and balances
bushido
suffrage
27. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
tribune
feminist
nirvana
factors of production
28. A member of the middle class in medieval England
mensheviks
hominid
burgess
scientific revolution
29. Hunting and gathering
Holocaust
protectorate
Hagia Sophia
foraging
30. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.
artifact
Tamils
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
civil service system
31. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
Catholic reformation
burqa
commercial agriculture
daimyo
32. A ceasefire agreement
satrap
armistice
indulgence
estates-general
33. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
capital
absolute monarch
five pillars
Homo sapiens
34. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
nonalignment
anthropology
Huguenots
35. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
Utopian socialist
daimyo
Bolsheviks
perestroika
36. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
purdah
mameduke
psychoanalysis
ethnic cleansing
37. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
pasteurization
guild
patrician
rotten borough
38. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
militarism
Afrikaner
sakk
lateen sail
39. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
laissez-faire
Taliban
command economy
Australopithecus
40. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
hubris
four modernizations
tree-ring dating
41. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
space shuttle
marathon
jainissary
chlorofluorocarbons
42. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
seppuku
sunni
reparation
diaspora
43. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland
DNA dating
Hagia Sophia
mystery religion
intifada
44. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
shi
Ka'aba
imperialism
patrician
45. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
Yahweh
u-boats
sakk
Reconquest
46. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
edict of Nantes
Truman doctrine
indulgence
mestizo
47. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
chlorofluorocarbons
scorched- earth policy
command economy
48. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage
mestizo
legitimacy
sakk
ghetto
49. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
paleontologists
nongovernmental organization
satrap
seppuku
50. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
council of Trent
umma
four modernizations
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