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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
hajj
checks and balances
chinampa
civil disobedience
2. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
Magyars
council of Trent
protectorate
manor
3. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
nicene creed
Truman doctrine
civil rights movement
Australopithecus
4. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
pasteurization
apprenticeship
u-boats
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
5. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
sunni
Anabaptists
realism
polytheism
6. 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
third world
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Allah
blitzkrieg
7. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
Anabaptists
Brahmin
psychoanalysis
8. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
tree-ring dating
ziggurat
Hagia Sophia
pasteurization
9. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
estates-general
Warsaw pact
society of Jesus
comedy
10. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
mercantilism
devshirme
patriarch
ayatollah
11. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
realpolitik
Reconquest
Swahili
diaspora
12. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
manor
illuminated manuscript
gulf of tonkin resolution
new deal
13. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
joint-stock company
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
chinampa
umma
14. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
shinto
mandate of heaven
shia
Australopithecus
15. A sole ruler with absolute power
justification by faith
dictator
Truman doctrine
sakk
16. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
city-state
existentialism
estate
dissident
17. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Australopithecus
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Brahmin
four modernizations
18. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
British Commonwealth
nonalignment
glasnost
global village
19. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
kinship group
strategic defense initiative
Justinian Code
Royal Road
20. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
harem
qanat
realism
major domo
21. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
league of nations
urdu
perestroika
social Darwinism
22. 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
impressionism
quipu
caudillo
Palestine liberation organization
23. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
realpolitik
divine right of kings
code of Hammurabi
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
24. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
golden mean
chlorofluorocarbons
Renaissance
third world
25. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Dadaism
artifacts
Huguenots
junkers
26. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
shinto
nonalignment
estate
brinkmanship
27. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
island-hopping
oracle bone
millet
apprenticeship
28. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
vietnamization
economic imperialism
hubris
millet
29. The symbol used as part of a writing system
romanticism
terra cotta
stele
glyph
30. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
liberal
Balkans
detente
astrolabe
31. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
McDonaldization
concession
Ka'aba
dynasty
32. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
manor
realpolitik
covenant
macadam road
33. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
paleolithic age
plebeian
postdam conference
Tarah
34. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
theory of evolution
terra cotta
commune
specialization of labor
35. 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
karma
burqa
middle passage
predestination
36. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
time of troubles
shi
DNA dating
DNA dating
37. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
realism
senate
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
38. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
polytheism
bushido
Bosporus Strait
serf
39. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
astrolabe
Catholic reformation
foraging
bourgeoisie
40. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
quipu
third world
yin and yang
caravanserials
41. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
cuneiform
tragedy
strategic defense initiative
chivalry
42. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
city-state
Reconquest
stoicism
impressionism
43. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
mau mau
operation Barbarossa
Afrikaner
stoicism
44. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
totalitarian state
latifundia
theory of evolution
dowry death
45. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
blitzkrieg
sakk
encomienda
Mongol Peace
46. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
terra cotta
daimyo
neolithic age
economic imperialism
47. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
monsoon
cynicism
league of nations
economic imperialism
48. Marriage to more than one wife
polygamy
civil rights movement
McDonaldization
Zionism
49. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
comedy
Reconquest
Sikhs
Palestine liberation organization
50. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
euro
containment
triangular trade
romanticism