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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 self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
extraterritorial rights
league of nations
manor
pariah
2. 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
pasteurization
kibbutzim
patrician
blitzkrieg
3. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj
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4. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
truncated pyramid
age grade
ayatollah
theory of relativity
5. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
nation-stae
benefice
monotheism
estate
6. The worship of many gods
pogram
polytheism
u-boats
radiocarbon dating
7. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
Allah
dissident
rotten borough
8. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry
Taliban
commercial revolution
Afrikaner
feudalism
9. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
mandate of heaven
kinship group
yin and yang
five pillars
10. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
Palestine liberation organization
space shuttle
blitzkrieg
commercial agriculture
11. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
tragedy
u-boats
radical
12. German submarines
u-boats
czar (tsar)
council of Trent
lebnsraum
13. A greak city-state
hieroglyphics
trench warfare
polis
fief
14. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
sunni
sakk
polytheism
stoicism
15. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
civilization
one-child policy
ziggurat
estate
16. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
fourteen points
emir
ziggurat
17. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
terra cotta
capitalism
civil disobedience
enlightened despot
18. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
European Union
cuneiform
Columbian exchange
four tigers
19. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
shogun
triangular trade
liberal
Dadaism
20. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
five pillars
polygamy
third reich
thermoluminescent dating
21. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
dharma
dynasty
Allah
22. Describes a male-dominated society
hubris
karma
patriarchal
entrepreneurship
23. 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
Justinian Code
hominid
romanticism
Atlantic Charter
24. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
Afrikaner
mobilization
Neo- Confucianism
urdu
25. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
mensheviks
lateen sail
apprenticeship
civilization
26. The belief in one god
senate
satrap
desalinization
monotheism
27. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
caudillo
estate
dharma
desalinization
28. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
karma
guest workers
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Palestine liberation organization
29. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
Homo sapiens
age grade
impressionism
30. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
reparation
papal states
neolithic age
31. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
neolithic age
archaeology
artifact
Royal Road
32. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
hellenistic culture
world trade center
griot
33. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
predestination
stem cell research
civil disobedience
consumerism
34. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
seppuku
aristocracy
jainissary
world trade center
35. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
Mongol Peace
burgher
samurai
archeology
36. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
messiah
social contract
apprenticeship
feminist
37. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
capitalism
mau mau
intifada
pastoral nomadism
38. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
zen Buddhism
ghetto
bushi
chinampa
39. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
code of Hammurabi
push-pull factors
triple entente
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
40. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
third reich
ziggurat
hellenistic culture
creole
41. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
Deism
chlorofluorocarbons
conservative
stem cell research
42. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
kaiser
republic
glyph
43. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
moderate
karma
theory of evolution
u-boats
44. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
kamikaze
zen Buddhism
Renaissance
commercial revolution
45. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
loess
emir
entrepreneurship
urdu
46. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
feminist
animism
commercial revolution
fief
47. A sole ruler with absolute power
dictator
edict of Nantes
tree-ring dating
DNA dating
48. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Inquisition
Neolithic Revolution
tyrant
Balfour Declaration
49. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
Justinian Code
satellite nation
mestizo
50. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
aristocracy
Manchaeism
world trade organization
Tamils