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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 government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
constitutional monarchy
yin and yang
shinto
shi
2. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
dictator
Allah
dowry death
multinational corporation
3. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
British Commonwealth
cynicism
detente
robotics
4. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
British Commonwealth
dynasty
nicene creed
Cyrillic alphabet
5. A humanlike creature that walks upright
imperialism
hominid
theocracy
nation-stae
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
coalition
patrician
silk roads
hajj
7. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
serf
stoicism
burgher
third world
8. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
usury
radiocarbon dating
society of Jesus
devshirme
9. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
mobilization
hijra
guomindang
empire
10. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
glasnost
society of Jesus
Mongol Peace
intifada
11. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
sakk
Dar al- Islam
epicureanism
thermoluminescent dating
12. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
Zionism
Cyrillic alphabet
qanat
stele
13. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
space station
Allah
millet
lateen sail
14. Large collective farm
commune
command economy
shah
great lap forward
15. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
Cyrillic alphabet
armistice
Royal Road
predestination
16. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
hieroglyphics
mensheviks
tree-ring dating
astrolabe
17. An advocate of gradual political change
conservative
radiocarbon dating
usury
triumvirate
18. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
steppe
Afrikaner
nongovernmental organization
new deal
19. 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
social Darwinism
five pillars
Utopian socialist
middle passage
20. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
vietnamization
space shuttle
internal migration
Homo sapiens
21. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
internal migration
bourgeoisie
nicene creed
pastoral nomadism
22. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
absolute monarch
jazz
push-pull factors
luftwaffe
23. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
Atlantic Charter
imperialism
ayatollah
feudalism
24. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
dowry death
triangular trade
shi
creole
25. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
theory of relativity
space station
indulgence
Renaissance
26. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
estate
radiocarbon dating
predestination
surrealism
27. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
eightfold path
civil service system
latifundia
comedy
28. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
satrap
monsoon
external migration
Balfour Declaration
29. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
appeasement
apostle
mobilization
republic
30. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
apprenticeship
Yom Kippur
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Royal Road
31. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
mensheviks
Warsaw pact
dictator
Cultural Revolution
32. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
caravel
sati
Boers
golden mean
33. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
theory of evolution
enclosure movement
DNA dating
geocentric theory
34. The Jewish day of atonement
shogun
intifada
Yom Kippur
daimyo
35. Member of elite class in ancient rome
Sepoys
collective farming
patrician
operation Barbarossa
36. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA
paleontologists
Lend- Lease Act
DNA dating
junkers
37. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
iconoclastic controversy
people of the book
ziggurat
kamikaze
38. A German emperor
dictator
kaiser
domino theory
push-pull factors
39. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
Huns
patriarchal
kowtow
hijra
40. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
Dar al- Islam
estate
apartheid
hubris
41. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
brinkmanship
guomindang
jazz
Truman doctrine
42. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership
civilization
parallel descent
four noble truths
Cultural Revolution
43. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
world health organization
apostle
Cyrillic alphabet
shi
44. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
theory of relativity
legion
junkers
45. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
Holocaust
pasteurization
Neolithic Revolution
hajj
46. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
time of troubles
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
harem
natural selection
47. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
concession
urdu
parliament
archeology
48. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
domestic system
Bolsheviks
utilitarian
lateen sail
49. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
militarism
bourgeoisie
age grade
fascism
50. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
Deism
blitzkrieg
armistice
griot