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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
guild
Utopian socialist
archaeology
caravel
2. Studying fossil remains
civil service system
satellite nation
cuneiform
paleontologists
3. The power to prevent the execution of law
democratization
veto
containment
propaganda
4. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
parallel descent
hijra
bushi
5. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
guest workers
shinto
new deal
impressionism
6. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
harem
hominid
economic imperialism
Nuremberg trials
7. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
cynicism
astrolabe
truncated pyramid
theory of relativity
8. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
new deal
council of Trent
kaiser
Allah
9. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
yin and yang
enclosure movement
Yom Kippur
hubris
10. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
ghazi
league of nations
hieroglyphics
trench warfare
11. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
absolute monarch
mestizo
animism
theory of evolution
12. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
treaty of Versailles
yin and yang
reparation
pogram
13. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
people of the book
encomienda
psychoanalysis
sakk
14. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
poliburo
space shuttle
strategic defense initiative
proletariat
15. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
proletariat
hijra
sati
utilitarian
16. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
Australopithecus
legitimacy
Neo- Confucianism
chinampa
17. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
McDonaldization
Nuremberg trials
Manhattan project
cynicism
18. 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
surrealism
bourgeoisie
kinship group
new economic policy
19. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
world trade center
qanat
Renaissance
loess
20. 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
social Darwinism
Hagia Sophia
enclosure movement
multinational corporation
21. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
homeland
psychoanalysis
artifact
Sikhs
22. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
missi dominici
hominid
caudillo
glasnost
23. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
diaspora
macadam road
bushido
predestination
24. An advocate of gradual political change
theocracy
league of nations
conservative
philosopher
25. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
polygamy
aristocracy
operation sea lion
Swahili
26. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
Neo- Confucianism
Tamils
estates-general
Bolsheviks
27. A Persian king
archeology
artifacts
empire
shah
28. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
global village
capitalism
messiah
triple entente
29. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
artifact
desalinization
city-state
civil rights movement
30. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
robotics
Neolithic Revolution
checks and balances
league of nations
31. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
third reich
capitalism
world trade organization
astrolabe
32. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
utilitarian
Columbian exchange
absolute monarch
mandate
33. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
appeasement
major domo
dowry death
world trade center
34. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
Renaissance
satellite nation
checks and balances
caste
35. A national legislature assembly
civil rights movement
legitimacy
parliament
world health organization
36. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
feminist
burqa
kamikaze
nation-stae
37. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
Reconquest
shah
eightfold path
triple alliance
38. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
aristocracy
treaty of tordesillas
feudalism
concession
39. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
Balkans
socialism
astrolabe
ghetto
40. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
command economy
collective farming
constitutional monarchy
chivalry
41. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
guomindang
empire
Catholic reformation
estates-general
42. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
polytheism
manor
diaspora
liberal
43. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
manga carta
silk roads
empire
caravel
44. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA
DNA dating
hajj
council of Trent
collective bargaining
45. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
samurai
pasteurization
absolute monarch
civil service system
46. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
u-boats
collective farming
Brahmin
green revolution
47. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
peace crops
guild
harem
colony
48. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
legitimacy
burqa
ziggurat
49. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
caravel
ayatollah
lateen sail
existentialism
50. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
republic
indulgence
space probe