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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
triple entente
geocentric theory
perestroika
covenant
2. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
kamikaze
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Swahili
monotheism
3. 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
dictator
gospel
social Darwinism
mercantilism
4. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
DNA dating
league of nations
nongovernmental organization
5. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
patrician
Australopithecus
comedy
triangular trade
6. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
empire
duma
indulgence
great lap forward
7. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
legitimacy
Balfour Declaration
vietnamization
aristocracy
8. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
fresco
stoicism
euro
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
9. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
Sepoys
legitimacy
fief
people of the book
10. The Jewish day of atonement
Yom Kippur
commercial revolution
soviet
Zionism
11. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
DNA dating
armistice
Boers
caste
12. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
age grade
stateless society
u-boats
zen Buddhism
13. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
dowry death
Hagia Sophia
global village
extraterritorial rights
14. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
lateen sail
steppe
Tamils
theory of evolution
15. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
capitalism
robotics
missi dominici
Australopithecus
16. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
scientific revolution
divine right of kings
four tigers
paleolithic age
17. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
geneva conference
Manhattan project
commercial revolution
internal migration
18. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
mystery religion
robotics
dowry death
reactionary
19. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
shi
commercial revolution
McDonaldization
middle passage
20. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
marshall plan
helsinki accords
manor
capital
21. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
feminist
treaty of Versailles
rotten borough
fief
22. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
surrealism
green revolution
capitalism
23. Large estate in ancient Rome
caudillo
bushido
vassal
latifundia
24. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
Dadaism
push-pull factors
manga carta
homeland
25. 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
Palestine liberation organization
quipu
urdu
feminist
26. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
quinine
Tarah
pariah
enlightened despot
27. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
republic
existentialism
stupa
paleontologists
28. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
vassal
neolithic age
shi
chivalry
29. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
icon
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
domestic system
burgess
30. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
five-year plans
Holocaust
Tarah
dowry death
31. A grant of land in medieval Europe
neolithic age
fief
stream of consciousness
Catholic reformation
32. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry
Afrikaner
mobilization
pogram
philosopher
33. The belief in one god
dissident
DNA dating
stateless society
monotheism
34. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
civil rights movement
Justinian Code
triple alliance
imperialism
35. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
marathon
polygamy
chinampa
chlorofluorocarbons
36. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
island-hopping
stoicism
existentialism
Lend- Lease Act
37. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
utilitarian
social Darwinism
u-boats
apartheid
38. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
tyrant
coalition
fascism
push-pull factors
39. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
yin and yang
caudillo
scientific revolution
cubism
40. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
civilization
McDonaldization
Catholic reformation
scientific revolution
41. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
Palestine liberation organization
gulf of tonkin resolution
stem cell research
specialization of labor
42. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
emir
diaspora
domestic system
people of the book
43. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Brahmin
domestic system
Australopithecus
brinkmanship
44. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
theory of relativity
Palestine liberation organization
missi dominici
apartheid
45. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china
African National Congress
paleontologists
great lap forward
messiah
46. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
pastoral nomadism
republic
multinational corporation
conservative
47. Russian Parliament
commercial revolution
command economy
robotics
duma
48. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
chivalry
Taliban
griot
reparation
49. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
Holocaust
triple entente
mobilization
shia
50. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
Yahweh
tragedy
fourteen points