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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
global village
ghetto
Royal Road
cynicism
2. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
five pillars
cubism
marshall plan
command economy
3. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
one-child policy
radiocarbon dating
kaiser
paleontologists
4. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
paleolithic age
stem cell research
commercial revolution
armistice
5. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
predestination
plebeian
philosopher
theocracy
6. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
ayatollah
divine right of kings
democratization
existentialism
7. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
coalition
astrolabe
Hagia Sophia
marshall plan
8. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
poliburo
griot
enclosure movement
capitalism
9. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
ghetto
nonalignment
pasteurization
caudillo
10. The german air force
Zionism
one-child policy
luftwaffe
thermoluminescnce dating
11. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
collective bargaining
golden mean
great lap forward
umma
12. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
league of nations
Yahweh
totalitarian state
Truman doctrine
13. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
moderate
new deal
Warsaw pact
Tarah
14. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
stupa
hijra
caravanserials
Allah
15. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
helsinki accords
Cyrillic alphabet
sakk
new economic policy
16. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
dharma
archaeology
stoicism
vietnamization
17. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
philosopher
burgess
Huns
theory of evolution
18. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
humanism
laissez-faire
Renaissance
19. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
major domo
chlorofluorocarbons
serf
predestination
20. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
missi dominici
proletariat
poliburo
commercial agriculture
21. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
Royal Road
utilitarian
animism
glasnost
22. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
scorched- earth policy
desalinization
glasnost
lebnsraum
23. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
push-pull factors
senate
Dar al- Islam
separation of powers
24. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
Dadaism
multinational corporation
Royal Road
karma
25. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Huguenots
Inquisition
serf
rotten borough
26. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
archaeology
psychoanalysis
proletariat
radical
27. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
nongovernmental organization
purdah
qanat
lateen sail
28. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
conservative
Protestant Reformation
trench warfare
laissez-faire
29. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
stateless society
mandate
parallel descent
qanat
30. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
enlightened despot
Deism
sati
social Darwinism
31. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
desalinization
shia
shogun
Dar al- Islam
32. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
Deism
reparation
new economic policy
czar (tsar)
33. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
major domo
suffrage
oracle bone
umma
34. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
separation of powers
peninsular
perestroika
patriarch
35. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
covenant
missi dominici
rotten borough
command economy
36. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
illuminated manuscript
dynasty
treaty of tordesillas
radical
37. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
quinine
world trade organization
steppe
commune
38. 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
Bell Act
jazz
stele
burqa
39. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
satellite nation
mandate of heaven
artifacts
parliament
40. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
dynasty
vietnamization
lateen sail
usury
41. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
diaspora
senate
patriarch
encomienda
42. The study of humans as a species
burqa
feminist
urdu
anthropology
43. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
Sepoys
moderate
millet
kibbutzim
44. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
stupa
stateless society
third reich
kinship group
45. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
stupa
mameduke
major domo
economic imperialism
46. One who pursues the meaning of truth
philosopher
millet
lebnsraum
enlightened despot
47. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
guomindang
jainissary
operation sea lion
hellenistic culture
48. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
stream of consciousness
Anabaptists
patrician
fascism
49. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
Swahili
Tamils
hieroglyphics
final solution
50. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
triumvirate
gulf of tonkin resolution
caravel
imperialism