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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
concession
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Holocaust
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
2. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
vassal
concession
suffrage
satrap
3. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
comedy
Kellogg-Briand Pact
shogun
seppuku
4. 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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5. 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
monsoon
quipu
thermoluminescnce dating
multinational corporation
6. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
collective farming
commune
rotten borough
republic
7. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
operation Barbarossa
moderate
kamikaze
burqa
8. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
pariah
geneva conference
polygamy
senate
9. The termination of slavery
kamikaze
laissez-faire
sakk
abolition
10. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
operation sea lion
nationalism
legion
propaganda
11. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
glyph
four noble truths
Homo sapiens
Hagia Sophia
12. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
code of Hammurabi
tribune
proletariat
animism
13. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
ziggurat
appeasement
justification by faith
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
14. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
Nuremberg trials
DNA dating
latifundia
Boers
15. A warrior for islam
mestizo
urdu
mystery religion
ghazi
16. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
benefice
McDonaldization
bushi
desalinization
17. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
karma
soviet
satrap
DNA dating
18. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
people of the book
operation Barbarossa
Yahweh
covenant
19. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
rotten borough
empire
tyrant
balance of power
20. A Muslim ruler
emir
surrealism
social contract
shariah
21. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
nationalism
sphere of influence
intifada
civil service system
22. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
Sikhs
detente
operation Barbarossa
vietnamization
23. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
conservative
mandate
triangular trade
vietnamization
24. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
external migration
comedy
eightfold path
tyrant
25. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
samurai
parliament
Inquisition
constitutional monarchy
26. Member of elite class in ancient rome
papal states
patrician
reparation
purdah
27. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
manga carta
space shuttle
peninsular
macadam road
28. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
final solution
liberal
shinto
junkers
29. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
oracle bone
robotics
ayatollah
civil rights movement
30. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
geocentric theory
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
five pillars
shinto
31. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
third world
scorched- earth policy
icon
Renaissance
32. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
griot
marshall plan
entrepreneurship
Reconquest
33. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
realpolitik
jazz
mau mau
Dadaism
34. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
lebnsraum
ghetto
realpolitik
legion
35. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
thermoluminescent dating
consul
sakk
Tarah
36. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
rotten borough
intifada
mameduke
domestic system
37. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
Homo sapiens
scorched- earth policy
gospel
Manhattan project
38. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
harem
senate
shia
emir
39. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
Deism
Sikhs
operation Barbarossa
sakk
40. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
Taliban
humanism
Nuremberg trials
stupa
41. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
perestroika
dharma
dynasty
imperialism
42. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
anthropology
archaeology
stupa
Hagia Sophia
43. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
fresco
duma
Kellogg-Briand Pact
44. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
Australopithecus
homeland
anthropology
mau mau
45. The Jewish day of atonement
manor
burqa
internal migration
Yom Kippur
46. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
mau mau
euro
theory of relativity
factors of production
47. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
animism
dharma
Yahweh
space shuttle
48. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
mystery religion
enlightened despot
fresco
silk roads
49. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
purdah
ayatollah
radical
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
50. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
shia
major domo
factors of production
brinkmanship