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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
operation Barbarossa
mandate
civilization
legion
2. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
space station
world health organization
fresco
domino theory
3. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
predestination
epicureanism
third reich
Bosporus Strait
4. A Muslim ruler
final solution
duma
strategic defense initiative
emir
5. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
perestroika
balance of power
scientific revolution
diocese
6. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
separation of powers
treaty of Versailles
mensheviks
7. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
Inquisition
burqa
animism
vassal
8. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
guild
dynasty
benefice
parallel descent
9. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
new economic policy
urdu
Royal Road
eightfold path
10. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
Justinian Code
tree-ring dating
estate
indulgence
11. 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
harem
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
theory of evolution
radiocarbon dating
12. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
comedy
space station
collective farming
social contract
13. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
mandate of heaven
age grade
Ka'aba
14. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
consul
civil rights movement
tragedy
joint-stock company
15. A government of three rulers
space station
euro
triumvirate
theocracy
16. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
African National Congress
jazz
scorched- earth policy
pastoral nomadism
17. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
cubism
bourgeoisie
quipu
apartheid
18. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
golden mean
artifact
u-boats
coalition
19. The worship of many gods
McDonaldization
shah
polytheism
pariah
20. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
hubris
cubism
people of the book
mercantilism
21. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
feudalism
Neolithic Revolution
DNA dating
five pillars
22. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
nirvana
absolute monarch
extraterritorial rights
world trade center
23. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
operation Barbarossa
polis
social Darwinism
jazz
24. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
major domo
junkers
empire
Palestine liberation organization
25. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
thermoluminescent dating
third reich
triumvirate
mameduke
26. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
pogram
time of troubles
nirvana
forbidden city
27. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
fascism
gospel
shinto
28. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
Mongol Peace
marshall plan
geneva conference
repartamiento
29. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
space probe
enlightened despot
triangular trade
Palestine liberation organization
30. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
surrealism
neolithic age
multinational corporation
perestroika
31. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
DNA dating
African National Congress
Balfour Declaration
epicureanism
32. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
stateless society
council of Trent
militarism
scientific revolution
33. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
messiah
bushi
shia
34. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
thermoluminescent dating
Truman doctrine
DNA dating
militarism
35. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
nirvana
multinational corporation
helsinki accords
city-state
36. 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
enlightenment
containment
usury
economic imperialism
37. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
Tarah
blitzkrieg
Atlantic Charter
comedy
38. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
guest workers
space shuttle
strategic defense initiative
operation Barbarossa
39. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
edict of Nantes
lebnsraum
Magyars
checks and balances
40. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
new deal
animism
shah
triangular trade
41. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
capitalism
missi dominici
propaganda
sakk
42. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
commercial revolution
triple alliance
artifact
Huguenots
43. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
triangular trade
Holocaust
satrap
guest workers
44. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
triangular trade
city-state
separation of powers
animism
45. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
Yahweh
euro
steppe
consumerism
46. The organized elimination of an entire population group
sati
utilitarian
justification by faith
genocide
47. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
peace crops
terra cotta
realism
commercial agriculture
48. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
operation Barbarossa
icon
paleolithic age
space station
49. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
commune
burgher
seppuku
Balfour Declaration
50. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
consul
Yahweh
laissez-faire
Homo sapiens