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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
zen Buddhism
harem
peninsular
operation Barbarossa
2. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
peninsular
Cultural Revolution
satrap
sati
3. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
Royal Road
surrealism
indulgence
radiocarbon dating
4. The Muslim name for God
satrap
Allah
peninsular
diaspora
5. The termination of slavery
burgher
estate
abolition
paleontologists
6. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
society of Jesus
mandate
repartamiento
commercial revolution
7. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
collective bargaining
postdam conference
neolithic age
anthropology
8. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
kamikaze
balance of power
aristocracy
theory of relativity
9. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
marshall plan
Tamils
Dar al- Islam
economic imperialism
10. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
sunni
archeology
five-year plans
philosopher
11. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
Balkans
separation of powers
triple alliance
world trade center
12. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
green revolution
capital
desalinization
ayatollah
13. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
Taliban
coalition
sunni
jainissary
14. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
DNA dating
constitutional monarchy
apostle
15. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
monsoon
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
capitalism
16. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
neolithic age
Homo sapiens
multinational corporation
17. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
Yom Kippur
hellenistic culture
lateen sail
totalitarian state
18. The right to vote
suffrage
humanism
radiocarbon dating
Balfour Declaration
19. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
code of Hammurabi
philosopher
tree-ring dating
push-pull factors
20. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
sunni
realpolitik
fascism
triple alliance
21. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
Manhattan project
Homo sapiens
shi
theory of evolution
22. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
four modernizations
golden mean
Reconquest
soviet
23. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
papal states
intifada
burgher
thermoluminescnce dating
24. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
u-boats
mandate
pogram
25. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
usury
liberal
moderate
homeland
26. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
Boers
final solution
covenant
extraterritorial rights
27. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
golden mean
Yahweh
green revolution
marshall plan
28. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
existentialism
marshall plan
separation of powers
Shiva
29. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
DNA dating
thermoluminescent dating
mobilization
radiocarbon dating
30. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
consul
geocentric theory
legitimacy
great lap forward
31. 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
aristocracy
detente
protectorate
theory of relativity
32. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
thermoluminescnce dating
lateen sail
steppe
chivalry
33. Objects shaped by humans
artifacts
stream of consciousness
natural selection
macadam road
34. Member of elite class in ancient rome
Mongol Peace
sphere of influence
patrician
senate
35. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
Sikhs
luftwaffe
Magyars
Zionism
36. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
green revolution
tyrant
macadam road
latifundia
37. Studying fossil remains
genocide
five-year plans
harem
paleontologists
38. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
paleolithic age
radical
age grade
Hagia Sophia
39. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
natural selection
nongovernmental organization
truncated pyramid
eightfold path
40. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
utilitarian
Dadaism
British Commonwealth
steppe
41. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
astrolabe
nationalism
Royal Road
Yom Kippur
42. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
divine right of kings
philosopher
anthropology
peninsular
43. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
covenant
paleolithic age
external migration
socialism
44. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
Hagia Sophia
world trade center
urdu
collective farming
45. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
illuminated manuscript
mensheviks
colony
astrolabe
46. 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
Cyrillic alphabet
geneva conference
vietnamization
peace crops
47. 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
theory of evolution
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
space probe
cynicism
48. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
new economic policy
Holocaust
totalitarian state
geneva conference
49. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
ayatollah
samurai
dharma
collective farming
50. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
stoicism
sphere of influence
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
reactionary
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