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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. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
illuminated manuscript
apartheid
shinto
estate
2. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
Dar al- Islam
iconoclastic controversy
dharma
kinship group
3. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
hajj
vietnamization
tree-ring dating
protectorate
4. The Hebrew name for God
Sepoys
Magyars
Yahweh
strategic defense initiative
5. The technology associated with the application of robots
propaganda
purdah
robotics
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
6. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
Neo- Confucianism
league of nations
Boers
thermoluminescent dating
7. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
hubris
Palestine liberation organization
satellite nation
missi dominici
8. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
yin and yang
Australopithecus
Magyars
time of troubles
9. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
mensheviks
plebeian
radiocarbon dating
fascism
10. The Muslim name for God
hubris
four tigers
specialization of labor
Allah
11. 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
Atlantic Charter
bourgeoisie
edict of Nantes
marshall plan
12. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
legitimacy
mensheviks
separation of powers
stateless society
13. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations
five pillars
postdam conference
Yalta Conference
fresco
14. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
geocentric theory
mameduke
Boers
five pillars
15. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
creole
burgher
age grade
covenant
16. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
missi dominici
illuminated manuscript
comedy
mandate
17. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
benefice
Royal Road
absolute monarch
18. Large collective farm
commune
latifundia
four modernizations
guomindang
19. An advocate of gradual political change
Bell Act
conservative
luftwaffe
theory of relativity
20. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
euro
Balfour Declaration
hominid
apostle
21. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
foraging
Tamils
parallel descent
Balfour Declaration
22. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
hieroglyphics
code of Hammurabi
harem
zen Buddhism
23. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
predestination
republic
diocese
Tamils
24. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
monotheism
Warsaw pact
republic
justification by faith
25. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
totalitarian state
helot
factors of production
bushido
26. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
third world
apartheid
nationalism
poliburo
27. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
shi
repartamiento
stem cell research
veto
28. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Warsaw pact
jainissary
radiocarbon dating
neolithic age
29. An antimalarial drug
extraterritorial rights
quinine
burgess
cuneiform
30. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
Homo sapiens
sphere of influence
postdam conference
moderate
31. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
perestroika
absolute monarch
loess
chlorofluorocarbons
32. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
loess
nonalignment
robotics
world trade organization
33. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
five-year plans
gospel
council of Trent
edict of Nantes
34. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
nicene creed
multinational corporation
shogun
35. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
scientific revolution
triangular trade
emir
thermoluminescnce dating
36. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
stoicism
mandate
enlightened despot
theory of evolution
37. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
tyrant
vassal
Royal Road
lebnsraum
38. One who pursues the meaning of truth
suffrage
philosopher
romanticism
devshirme
39. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
separation of powers
extraterritorial rights
enlightenment
stream of consciousness
40. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
factors of production
propaganda
Columbian exchange
senate
41. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
Huns
forbidden city
marathon
satrap
42. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
encomienda
domino theory
chivalry
enclosure movement
43. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
monsoon
four tigers
nationalism
lateen sail
44. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
artifacts
polygamy
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
moderate
45. A 26 mile race
Dadaism
capital
marathon
monsoon
46. German submarines
helot
u-boats
Bell Act
peace crops
47. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
macadam road
city-state
mau mau
European Union
48. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
balance of power
iconoclastic controversy
domestic system
bushido
49. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
African National Congress
tribune
age grade
Holocaust
50. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
scorched- earth policy
Justinian Code
Anabaptists