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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 alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
green revolution
Cyrillic alphabet
latifundia
Bolsheviks
2. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
existentialism
paleontologists
guild
caravel
3. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
millet
tribune
thermoluminescent dating
mercantilism
4. A German emperor
gulf of tonkin resolution
polytheism
plebeian
kaiser
5. An object shaped by humans
checks and balances
mystery religion
Sikhs
artifact
6. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
jainissary
archaeology
world trade center
feminist
7. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
imperialism
seppuku
qanat
fascism
8. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
triple entente
apprenticeship
nirvana
city-state
9. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
consumerism
realism
mandate of heaven
new economic policy
10. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
kibbutzim
plebeian
Shiva
11. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
Boers
chlorofluorocarbons
Protestant Reformation
socialism
12. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
helot
philosopher
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
purdah
13. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
ethnic cleansing
green revolution
apprenticeship
Brahmin
14. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
balance of power
tyrant
civil disobedience
manga carta
15. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
collective bargaining
manor
pasteurization
mandate
16. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
tyrant
terra cotta
laissez-faire
Bell Act
17. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
DNA dating
final solution
emir
estates-general
18. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
Hagia Sophia
Sepoys
protectorate
apprenticeship
19. A Muslim ruler
emir
forbidden city
middle passage
Neo- Confucianism
20. The power to prevent the execution of law
veto
archeology
fascism
moderate
21. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
functionalism
constitutional monarchy
factors of production
sphere of influence
22. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
triumvirate
entrepreneurship
factors of production
romanticism
23. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
scorched- earth policy
Zionism
fresco
suffrage
24. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
artifact
specialization of labor
impressionism
external migration
25. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
burgher
neolithic age
euro
kibbutzim
26. 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
shia
civil rights movement
covenant
archaeology
27. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
feudalism
hijra
oracle bone
stream of consciousness
28. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
major domo
extraterritorial rights
blitzkrieg
world trade organization
29. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
specialization of labor
four tigers
Tamils
league of nations
30. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
poliburo
purdah
burgher
kibbutzim
31. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
hajj
steppe
terra cotta
thermoluminescent dating
32. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
scorched- earth policy
five pillars
geneva conference
shi
33. A government of three rulers
Protestant Reformation
feminist
entrepreneurship
triumvirate
34. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
realpolitik
nationalism
Brahmin
Huguenots
35. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
reactionary
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Columbian exchange
operation sea lion
36. 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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37. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
moderate
anthropology
peace crops
scientific revolution
38. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
manor
marathon
fourteen points
feudalism
39. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
Manchaeism
estate
latifundia
polis
40. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
nirvana
shia
society of Jesus
repartamiento
41. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
polygamy
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Sepoys
realism
42. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
mandate of heaven
mensheviks
truncated pyramid
consul
43. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
external migration
operation sea lion
tyrant
robotics
44. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
junkers
parallel descent
iconoclastic controversy
Dar al- Islam
45. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
internal migration
tyrant
laissez-faire
republic
46. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
epicureanism
domino theory
repartamiento
realpolitik
47. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
tribune
command economy
mercantilism
domino theory
48. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
macadam road
joint-stock company
propaganda
checks and balances
49. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese
world health organization
Hagia Sophia
patriarchal
vietnamization
50. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
covenant
Ka'aba
enclosure movement
Taliban