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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. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
five pillars
appeasement
silk roads
icon
2. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
satellite nation
papal states
Royal Road
edict of Nantes
3. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
domino theory
feminist
commune
internal migration
4. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
artifacts
European Union
treaty of Versailles
hieroglyphics
5. One who disagrees; a dissenter
Utopian socialist
Reconquest
sunni
dissident
6. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
indulgence
surrealism
gulf of tonkin resolution
push-pull factors
7. The belief in one god
new deal
macadam road
world trade organization
monotheism
8. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
enlightened despot
romanticism
burgess
helsinki accords
9. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
helot
Renaissance
caudillo
u-boats
10. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
caravanserials
kamikaze
Nuremberg trials
Boers
11. 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
absolute monarch
tragedy
Boers
intifada
12. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
steppe
appeasement
nationalism
Lend- Lease Act
13. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
lebnsraum
lateen sail
triple alliance
helot
14. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
humanism
apostle
totalitarian state
economic imperialism
15. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA
new deal
DNA dating
Tamils
kinship group
16. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
benefice
domestic system
artifacts
17. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
patrician
island-hopping
joint-stock company
reparation
18. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
shogun
Dadaism
golden mean
19. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
stem cell research
Anabaptists
guest workers
Swahili
20. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
Bosporus Strait
stupa
league of nations
silk roads
21. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
parallel descent
scientific revolution
concession
empire
22. The study of humans as a species
tree-ring dating
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
anthropology
illuminated manuscript
23. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
forbidden city
illuminated manuscript
Huns
scorched- earth policy
24. A Muslim ruler
emir
repartamiento
utilitarian
ghetto
25. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
time of troubles
creole
epicureanism
republic
26. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
jainissary
tragedy
sunni
people of the book
27. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
manga carta
final solution
third reich
28. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry
burqa
Afrikaner
new deal
shinto
29. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
manor
league of nations
terra cotta
separation of powers
30. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
jainissary
Catholic reformation
balance of power
robotics
31. 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
commercial agriculture
sati
treaty of Versailles
enlightenment
32. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
mandate of heaven
mystery religion
trench warfare
Hagia Sophia
33. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
mystery religion
Bolsheviks
burgher
four modernizations
34. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
shinto
detente
Bolsheviks
consumerism
35. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
bushido
third reich
archeology
Warsaw pact
36. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
conservative
serf
Kellogg-Briand Pact
senate
37. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
burqa
harem
geocentric theory
functionalism
38. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
collective farming
polytheism
Bosporus Strait
nongovernmental organization
39. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
utilitarian
internal migration
Cyrillic alphabet
40. German submarines
global village
quinine
Palestine liberation organization
u-boats
41. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
Neolithic Revolution
kaiser
enclosure movement
eightfold path
42. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
quipu
containment
terra cotta
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
43. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
Cyrillic alphabet
archeology
people of the book
guomindang
44. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
gulf of tonkin resolution
stem cell research
totalitarian state
council of Trent
45. Large estate in ancient Rome
latifundia
Afrikaner
triangular trade
homeland
46. A member of the middle class in medieval England
burgess
macadam road
samurai
Cyrillic alphabet
47. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
mau mau
command economy
treaty of tordesillas
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
48. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
icon
ayatollah
cubism
49. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
liberal
cynicism
totalitarian state
mensheviks
50. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
Magyars
propaganda
gospel
astrolabe