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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
gulf of tonkin resolution
duma
mensheviks
consumerism
2. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
veto
psychoanalysis
sati
commercial agriculture
3. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
astrolabe
operation overlord
Yalta Conference
league of nations
4. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
Sepoys
glasnost
creole
fief
5. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
tree-ring dating
romanticism
Australopithecus
polytheism
6. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
balance of power
nation-stae
duma
pariah
7. Describes a male-dominated society
protectorate
Magyars
patriarchal
nicene creed
8. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
space shuttle
dowry death
dynasty
junkers
9. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
domestic system
hijra
consul
jazz
10. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
purdah
satellite nation
functionalism
patriarchal
11. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
emir
Cultural Revolution
feminist
12. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
island-hopping
psychoanalysis
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
aristocracy
13. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
world trade center
legitimacy
repartamiento
kibbutzim
14. A grant of land in medieval Europe
fief
Lend- Lease Act
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
estates-general
15. Muslim social and ethical law
economic imperialism
constitutional monarchy
shariah
burgess
16. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
society of Jesus
mobilization
Warsaw pact
Catholic reformation
17. 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
quipu
indulgence
African National Congress
encomienda
18. A greak city-state
cubism
illuminated manuscript
DNA dating
polis
19. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
appeasement
golden mean
city-state
economic imperialism
20. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
jainissary
diocese
fresco
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
21. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
iconoclastic controversy
strategic defense initiative
British Commonwealth
loess
22. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice
code of Hammurabi
humanism
cynicism
Brahmin
23. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
guild
command economy
socialism
republic
24. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
Royal Road
society of Jesus
peninsular
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
25. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
collective farming
hellenistic culture
Justinian Code
iconoclastic controversy
26. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
jazz
Magyars
paleontologists
Manhattan project
27. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Tarah
Protestant Reformation
fief
impressionism
28. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
space shuttle
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
functionalism
Mongol Peace
29. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
command economy
nicene creed
humanism
psychoanalysis
30. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
feminist
gospel
Brahmin
commune
31. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
stele
city-state
five-year plans
shi
32. A national legislature assembly
four noble truths
parliament
divine right of kings
human cloning
33. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
radiocarbon dating
usury
benefice
mameduke
34. Large estate in ancient Rome
space shuttle
latifundia
Catholic reformation
marshall plan
35. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
pariah
scientific revolution
estates-general
detente
36. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
emir
urdu
league of nations
final solution
37. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
feudalism
paleontologists
patriarchal
constitutional monarchy
38. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
harem
monotheism
Hagia Sophia
luftwaffe
39. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
dharma
council of Trent
tyrant
estate
40. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
McDonaldization
lebnsraum
archaeology
41. The worship of many gods
usury
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
radiocarbon dating
polytheism
42. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
glasnost
peace crops
tragedy
impressionism
43. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
natural selection
fresco
glyph
thermoluminescnce dating
44. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
thermoluminescnce dating
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
treaty of Versailles
enclosure movement
45. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
Sepoys
mandate of heaven
desalinization
Magyars
46. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
Justinian Code
specialization of labor
Bosporus Strait
aristocracy
47. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
thermoluminescnce dating
Deism
Yom Kippur
nation-stae
48. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
soviet
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
fourteen points
pastoral nomadism
49. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
Utopian socialist
Dadaism
Renaissance
Atlantic Charter
50. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
dowry death
burgher
senate
monsoon