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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
realism
socialism
containment
pastoral nomadism
2. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
monotheism
Bolsheviks
Sepoys
estates-general
3. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
theory of evolution
burgher
icon
consul
4. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
hubris
consumerism
golden mean
Ka'aba
5. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
conservative
yin and yang
mensheviks
Neolithic Revolution
6. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
lateen sail
Holocaust
DNA dating
economic imperialism
7. A Latin American military dictator
burqa
middle passage
caudillo
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
8. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
civil service system
parallel descent
human cloning
dynasty
9. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
sakk
separation of powers
specialization of labor
Tamils
10. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
paleolithic age
brinkmanship
fourteen points
Reconquest
11. Member of elite class in ancient rome
glyph
icon
patrician
detente
12. Marriage to more than one wife
astrolabe
DNA dating
polygamy
totalitarian state
13. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
hieroglyphics
absolute monarch
purdah
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
14. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
luftwaffe
joint-stock company
four tigers
Columbian exchange
15. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
humanism
great lap forward
enlightened despot
16. A 26 mile race
brinkmanship
Columbian exchange
lebnsraum
marathon
17. Muslim social and ethical law
shariah
McDonaldization
intifada
helot
18. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
fresco
Taliban
propaganda
stoicism
19. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
neolithic age
tribune
multinational corporation
mystery religion
20. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Yom Kippur
humanism
final solution
21. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
messiah
mensheviks
epicureanism
mercantilism
22. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
Cyrillic alphabet
shogun
guest workers
geocentric theory
23. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
creole
feudalism
Huguenots
24. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
four tigers
Anabaptists
satrap
treaty of Versailles
25. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
domestic system
caravanserials
external migration
pogram
26. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
Protestant Reformation
aristocracy
theory of evolution
council of Trent
27. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
marathon
external migration
people of the book
Protestant Reformation
28. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
great lap forward
hubris
harem
glasnost
29. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
enclosure movement
realism
Allah
caravanserials
30. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
new economic policy
colony
theory of relativity
appeasement
31. The belief in one god
satellite nation
monotheism
anthropology
latifundia
32. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
monotheism
concession
social Darwinism
triple alliance
33. The Hebrew name for God
Royal Road
Yahweh
sati
Tarah
34. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
macadam road
homeland
fresco
island-hopping
35. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
Sikhs
ziggurat
glyph
commercial agriculture
36. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
human cloning
nationalism
Magyars
psychoanalysis
37. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
protectorate
new economic policy
nongovernmental organization
griot
38. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
lebnsraum
operation overlord
tragedy
cuneiform
39. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
empire
quipu
pogram
Atlantic Charter
40. The symbol used as part of a writing system
four modernizations
existentialism
Atlantic Charter
glyph
41. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
militarism
Royal Road
hajj
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
42. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
lateen sail
peace crops
civil disobedience
43. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
imperialism
missi dominici
seppuku
society of Jesus
44. A greak city-state
fief
polis
Allah
veto
45. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
theory of evolution
glyph
Homo sapiens
utilitarian
46. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
democratization
mercantilism
patriarchal
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
47. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
guomindang
satrap
stoicism
Columbian exchange
48. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
czar (tsar)
hieroglyphics
Inquisition
49. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
parallel descent
griot
Yalta Conference
Bolsheviks
50. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
lebnsraum
reparation
urdu
poliburo