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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
illuminated manuscript
Tamils
operation sea lion
brinkmanship
2. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
third world
loess
parliament
new deal
3. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
balance of power
anthropology
hellenistic culture
stupa
4. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
patrician
ghetto
gospel
5. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
stem cell research
marshall plan
paleolithic age
justification by faith
6. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
archeology
jainissary
Atlantic Charter
seppuku
7. One who disagrees; a dissenter
great lap forward
abolition
dissident
Yom Kippur
8. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
kowtow
four modernizations
mystery religion
armistice
9. A ceasefire agreement
feudalism
millet
armistice
Afrikaner
10. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
diaspora
Catholic reformation
tragedy
romanticism
11. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
people of the book
burqa
indulgence
new economic policy
12. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
covenant
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Neo- Confucianism
predestination
13. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
dictator
ayatollah
extraterritorial rights
missi dominici
14. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
vassal
guest workers
hominid
capitalism
15. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
papal states
feminist
radiocarbon dating
Magyars
16. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations
postdam conference
predestination
artifact
terra cotta
17. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
civilization
Yalta Conference
hieroglyphics
artifacts
18. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
constitutional monarchy
Australopithecus
usury
triangular trade
19. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
urdu
anthropology
samurai
operation Barbarossa
20. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
mystery religion
utilitarian
eightfold path
liberal
21. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
vassal
genocide
dowry death
predestination
22. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
feminist
mensheviks
estates-general
detente
23. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
repartamiento
perestroika
glyph
oracle bone
24. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
jazz
Sepoys
geneva conference
divine right of kings
25. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
poliburo
push-pull factors
extraterritorial rights
26. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
geneva conference
European Union
appeasement
moderate
27. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
space probe
commercial revolution
global village
domestic system
28. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
neolithic age
Kellogg-Briand Pact
philosopher
specialization of labor
29. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
fresco
Bosporus Strait
operation Barbarossa
apartheid
30. The Hebrew name for God
lebnsraum
chinampa
polis
Yahweh
31. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
indulgence
creole
fascism
theory of relativity
32. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Deism
moderate
Bosporus Strait
sphere of influence
33. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
shia
gospel
polis
city-state
34. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
propaganda
rotten borough
hajj
theory of relativity
35. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
fourteen points
European Union
perestroika
Warsaw pact
36. A member of the middle class in medieval England
propaganda
devshirme
burgess
McDonaldization
37. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
treaty of Versailles
postdam conference
time of troubles
enlightened despot
38. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
radiocarbon dating
Protestant Reformation
triple alliance
desalinization
39. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
imperialism
Homo sapiens
papal states
Taliban
40. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
comedy
socialism
latifundia
loess
41. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
jazz
laissez-faire
euro
Utopian socialist
42. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
Dar al- Islam
stem cell research
Holocaust
abolition
43. German submarines
u-boats
comedy
ziggurat
psychoanalysis
44. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
quipu
propaganda
nicene creed
protectorate
45. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
shariah
collective farming
Cultural Revolution
triple entente
46. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants
natural selection
bourgeoisie
latifundia
checks and balances
47. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
triangular trade
millet
guest workers
genocide
48. 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
scorched- earth policy
Mongol Peace
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
49. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Atlantic Charter
middle passage
guild
junkers
50. The worship of many gods
colony
polytheism
vassal
peace crops