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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
kamikaze
balance of power
indulgence
DNA dating
2. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
caste
quinine
Boers
apostle
3. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
tree-ring dating
rotten borough
harem
Yom Kippur
4. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
colony
jazz
operation sea lion
diocese
5. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
one-child policy
radical
Manhattan project
Balkans
6. 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
social contract
appeasement
internal migration
blitzkrieg
7. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
triumvirate
society of Jesus
pariah
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
8. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
fief
peace crops
papal states
Neolithic Revolution
9. French Protestants
island-hopping
pastoral nomadism
Huguenots
manga carta
10. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
forbidden city
junkers
bourgeoisie
balance of power
11. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Magyars
commercial revolution
diocese
12. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
Justinian Code
lebnsraum
containment
tragedy
13. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
Columbian exchange
philosopher
impressionism
Ka'aba
14. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
British Commonwealth
Huguenots
bushido
Yahweh
15. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
shi
city-state
czar (tsar)
operation sea lion
16. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
duma
paleolithic age
impressionism
tree-ring dating
17. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
radiocarbon dating
genocide
Neo- Confucianism
five-year plans
18. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
Tamils
yin and yang
protectorate
proletariat
19. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
comedy
Columbian exchange
burgess
Mongol Peace
20. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
Boers
totalitarian state
satrap
capital
21. One who pursues the meaning of truth
diaspora
fascism
philosopher
sakk
22. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
Homo sapiens
joint-stock company
major domo
Hagia Sophia
23. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
Homo sapiens
civilization
Tamils
24. 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
nicene creed
great lap forward
patriarch
radiocarbon dating
25. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
theocracy
Cyrillic alphabet
stele
fief
26. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
utilitarian
triumvirate
animism
triple alliance
27. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
kamikaze
social Darwinism
millet
jazz
28. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
reactionary
apostle
aristocracy
Justinian Code
29. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
burqa
chlorofluorocarbons
Yalta Conference
archeology
30. 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
gulf of tonkin resolution
Atlantic Charter
totalitarian state
shogun
31. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
bushi
five pillars
hieroglyphics
chinampa
32. Marriage to more than one wife
mandate of heaven
sati
polygamy
peninsular
33. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
middle passage
caravanserials
mau mau
vietnamization
34. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
oracle bone
repartamiento
mobilization
extraterritorial rights
35. Large estate in ancient Rome
fourteen points
latifundia
bushido
artifacts
36. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
kowtow
island-hopping
consul
space probe
37. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
scientific revolution
collective farming
Balfour Declaration
loess
38. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
extraterritorial rights
Huns
mandate of heaven
treaty of Versailles
39. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
functionalism
gulf of tonkin resolution
Homo sapiens
philosopher
40. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
sakk
Renaissance
one-child policy
gospel
41. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
tyrant
world trade organization
ghetto
shariah
42. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Dadaism
mercantilism
43. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
Swahili
Anabaptists
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
suffrage
44. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
ayatollah
legitimacy
African National Congress
Neo- Confucianism
45. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
third reich
operation Barbarossa
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
socialism
46. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
guild
astrolabe
Royal Road
operation sea lion
47. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
satrap
social contract
Bosporus Strait
papal states
48. A grant of land in medieval Europe
fief
marathon
mameduke
homeland
49. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry
proletariat
triple entente
tribune
Afrikaner
50. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
mestizo
mandate of heaven
new economic policy
Atlantic Charter