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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 untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
Dar al- Islam
diocese
pariah
polytheism
2. A grant of land in medieval Europe
diocese
fief
third reich
aristocracy
3. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
Columbian exchange
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
commercial revolution
third reich
4. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
devshirme
hijra
archaeology
diocese
5. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
containment
Dadaism
ayatollah
diaspora
6. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
steppe
theocracy
sakk
stele
7. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
serf
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
u-boats
Sepoys
8. The belief in one god
latifundia
monotheism
mandate
four modernizations
9. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
satrap
Zionism
mercantilism
chlorofluorocarbons
10. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
bushi
Allah
theocracy
icon
11. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
British Commonwealth
creole
Sepoys
trench warfare
12. A 26 mile race
ziggurat
Tamils
marathon
pastoral nomadism
13. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
jainissary
guild
legion
Magyars
14. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
four noble truths
polygamy
Mongol Peace
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
15. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
caravel
chinampa
impressionism
tyrant
16. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
peace crops
missi dominici
Huguenots
league of nations
17. 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
shah
manor
theory of evolution
island-hopping
18. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
artifacts
final solution
imperialism
Royal Road
19. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
desalinization
capital
new economic policy
enclosure movement
20. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
bushi
golden mean
kibbutzim
parliament
21. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
specialization of labor
qanat
shinto
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
22. The right of a dynasty to rule
legitimacy
burgess
sunni
psychoanalysis
23. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
McDonaldization
Royal Road
comedy
enclosure movement
24. Muslim social and ethical law
Warsaw pact
shariah
detente
Huguenots
25. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
moderate
Bolsheviks
illuminated manuscript
parallel descent
26. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
umma
Protestant Reformation
millet
27. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
fascism
predestination
astrolabe
psychoanalysis
28. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
pastoral nomadism
external migration
manga carta
reparation
29. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
junkers
commercial agriculture
dictator
space shuttle
30. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
zen Buddhism
shinto
liberal
31. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
nonalignment
cubism
multinational corporation
mau mau
32. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
comedy
Sikhs
natural selection
radiocarbon dating
33. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
mandate of heaven
mensheviks
gulf of tonkin resolution
caravanserials
34. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
island-hopping
enlightened despot
enclosure movement
hajj
35. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
moderate
polytheism
major domo
36. The power to prevent the execution of law
veto
social contract
internal migration
four tigers
37. 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
major domo
enlightenment
Hagia Sophia
nation-stae
38. German submarines
patrician
hominid
u-boats
intifada
39. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
soviet
czar (tsar)
people of the book
manor
40. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
psychoanalysis
glyph
serf
truncated pyramid
41. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
hajj
paleolithic age
scientific revolution
theory of evolution
42. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
absolute monarch
middle passage
ziggurat
forbidden city
43. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
duma
Shiva
Deism
four modernizations
44. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
Utopian socialist
robotics
Tarah
45. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
hijra
balance of power
macadam road
civilization
46. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
estate
commercial agriculture
existentialism
gulf of tonkin resolution
47. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
caudillo
humanism
peace crops
DNA dating
48. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
four noble truths
terra cotta
forbidden city
Utopian socialist
49. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
bushi
balance of power
Columbian exchange
oracle bone
50. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
shia
Dar al- Islam
Nuremberg trials
benefice