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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
glasnost
Balfour Declaration
nicene creed
Hagia Sophia
2. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
Taliban
domestic system
Bosporus Strait
dissident
3. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
caste
dictator
dissident
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
4. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
jainissary
DNA dating
fief
comedy
5. A German emperor
kaiser
impressionism
hominid
time of troubles
6. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
guomindang
fief
major domo
patriarchal
7. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
lateen sail
astrolabe
aristocracy
Zionism
8. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
Taliban
code of Hammurabi
triumvirate
postdam conference
9. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland
mandate
paleolithic age
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
intifada
10. A 26 mile race
sati
glasnost
marathon
luftwaffe
11. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
poliburo
fief
pariah
diaspora
12. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
people of the book
feminist
totalitarian state
legion
13. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
Brahmin
epicureanism
indulgence
genocide
14. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
gospel
helsinki accords
apprenticeship
15. Hunting and gathering
nirvana
reactionary
foraging
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
16. The power to prevent the execution of law
social contract
veto
thermoluminescnce dating
mystery religion
17. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
tree-ring dating
domino theory
liberal
cuneiform
18. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
seppuku
euro
Balfour Declaration
ayatollah
19. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
utilitarian
illuminated manuscript
mestizo
tragedy
20. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
Yahweh
scorched- earth policy
epicureanism
diocese
21. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA
theory of evolution
sunni
Hagia Sophia
Lend- Lease Act
22. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
triple entente
luftwaffe
Sepoys
comedy
23. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
world health organization
pariah
justification by faith
apprenticeship
24. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
mercantilism
human cloning
tribune
Renaissance
25. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
diocese
Manhattan project
containment
Catholic reformation
26. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
messiah
Manchaeism
mameduke
middle passage
27. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
Hagia Sophia
robotics
legion
chivalry
28. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
soviet
space station
nation-stae
29. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
feminist
truncated pyramid
edict of Nantes
forbidden city
30. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
encomienda
protectorate
devshirme
DNA dating
31. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
missi dominici
Manchaeism
checks and balances
scientific revolution
32. The Hebrew name for God
enlightenment
Yahweh
multinational corporation
senate
33. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
Tamils
apostle
enlightened despot
stupa
34. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
Yahweh
shia
chlorofluorocarbons
Tarah
35. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
Justinian Code
Balkans
paleolithic age
domestic system
36. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
detente
capitalism
moderate
nirvana
37. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
global village
loess
nation-stae
colony
38. Objects shaped by humans
soviet
artifacts
divine right of kings
final solution
39. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
diocese
stream of consciousness
utilitarian
repartamiento
40. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
laissez-faire
quipu
factors of production
mau mau
41. German submarines
u-boats
loess
usury
sunni
42. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
tyrant
operation Barbarossa
liberal
Brahmin
43. The right to vote
indulgence
empire
civil service system
suffrage
44. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
umma
Palestine liberation organization
caravanserials
Warsaw pact
45. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
pariah
Palestine liberation organization
natural selection
colony
46. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
domino theory
mandate of heaven
hominid
five pillars
47. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
mystery religion
fief
Dar al- Islam
dynasty
48. Large collective farm
Allah
commune
anthropology
enclosure movement
49. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
forbidden city
kaiser
satrap
silk roads
50. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
specialization of labor
command economy
nationalism
hijra