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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
triple entente
Taliban
mensheviks
push-pull factors
2. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
sati
collective bargaining
Shiva
3. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
millet
city-state
Sikhs
space shuttle
4. Large estate in ancient Rome
triple alliance
latifundia
multinational corporation
diocese
5. An antimalarial drug
quinine
kinship group
comedy
artifacts
6. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
anthropology
mensheviks
duma
epicureanism
7. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
hubris
comedy
serf
city-state
8. The Hebrew name for God
domino theory
philosopher
Warsaw pact
Yahweh
9. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
mensheviks
pasteurization
neolithic age
10. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
factors of production
urdu
polis
repartamiento
11. The organized elimination of an entire population group
senate
capital
genocide
pariah
12. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
collective farming
brinkmanship
iconoclastic controversy
imperialism
13. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
kowtow
utilitarian
commercial agriculture
jainissary
14. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
tragedy
pogram
Renaissance
Shiva
15. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
shah
helot
tragedy
push-pull factors
16. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
daimyo
serf
Palestine liberation organization
cynicism
17. Russian Parliament
pasteurization
yin and yang
peninsular
duma
18. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
Allah
plebeian
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
bushi
19. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
forbidden city
hubris
one-child policy
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
20. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
stoicism
sunni
scorched- earth policy
surrealism
21. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
theocracy
kamikaze
hieroglyphics
archeology
22. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
dictator
nation-stae
pastoral nomadism
hijra
23. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
nongovernmental organization
green revolution
urdu
fascism
24. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
ayatollah
external migration
checks and balances
apprenticeship
25. The power to prevent the execution of law
veto
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
edict of Nantes
dowry death
26. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
totalitarian state
surrealism
caste
peninsular
27. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
estate
satrap
marathon
new economic policy
28. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
enlightened despot
Truman doctrine
entrepreneurship
push-pull factors
29. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
collective farming
artifacts
golden mean
Bolsheviks
30. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
multinational corporation
geocentric theory
hajj
Balfour Declaration
31. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
middle passage
council of Trent
divine right of kings
guest workers
32. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
macadam road
shah
new deal
mystery religion
33. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
bushido
space probe
dowry death
chinampa
34. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
Utopian socialist
propaganda
space probe
people of the book
35. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
theocracy
umma
stupa
suffrage
36. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
enclosure movement
empire
space station
thermoluminescent dating
37. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
pogram
burgess
ziggurat
edict of Nantes
38. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
Tamils
emir
middle passage
dynasty
39. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
bourgeoisie
nicene creed
nonalignment
Reconquest
40. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
Cyrillic alphabet
apostle
thermoluminescent dating
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
41. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
socialism
polygamy
Sepoys
impressionism
42. Member of elite class in ancient rome
patrician
Manchaeism
stem cell research
DNA dating
43. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
time of troubles
concession
mandate
laissez-faire
44. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
absolute monarch
burgher
shinto
loess
45. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
intifada
totalitarian state
polygamy
46. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
dictator
Swahili
duma
Neo- Confucianism
47. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
nirvana
sakk
lebnsraum
major domo
48. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
British Commonwealth
human cloning
realpolitik
ziggurat
49. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
messiah
apostle
poliburo
jazz
50. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
karma
Dadaism
Balkans
DNA dating