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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 trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
peace crops
caste
middle passage
great lap forward
2. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
Lend- Lease Act
people of the book
burqa
DNA dating
3. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
fascism
psychoanalysis
one-child policy
mandate of heaven
4. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
command economy
mandate of heaven
mestizo
sphere of influence
5. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
economic imperialism
terra cotta
triangular trade
6. The worship of many gods
ziggurat
Nuremberg trials
Dar al- Islam
polytheism
7. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
harem
third reich
world health organization
people of the book
8. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
Kellogg-Briand Pact
enlightened despot
chinampa
divine right of kings
9. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
aristocracy
collective bargaining
people of the book
tree-ring dating
10. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
romanticism
colony
stateless society
Manhattan project
11. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
icon
ziggurat
Allah
Palestine liberation organization
12. A Persian king
shah
world health organization
peninsular
edict of Nantes
13. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
four tigers
Afrikaner
hubris
enlightenment
14. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
Palestine liberation organization
dynasty
postdam conference
indulgence
15. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
Kellogg-Briand Pact
laissez-faire
middle passage
Balfour Declaration
16. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
monotheism
papal states
loess
chivalry
17. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
terra cotta
encomienda
space shuttle
Columbian exchange
18. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
lebnsraum
Australopithecus
British Commonwealth
astrolabe
19. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
ethnic cleansing
archaeology
Hagia Sophia
consul
20. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
dowry death
Dar al- Islam
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
capital
21. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
cuneiform
artifact
desalinization
shia
22. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
capital
samurai
consul
specialization of labor
23. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership
Cultural Revolution
guild
radiocarbon dating
burqa
24. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
domino theory
tyrant
realpolitik
pariah
25. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
patrician
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Royal Road
specialization of labor
26. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
civil disobedience
dynasty
guest workers
perestroika
27. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
kamikaze
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
harem
nirvana
28. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
griot
bushido
absolute monarch
senate
29. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
major domo
shinto
operation overlord
Neo- Confucianism
30. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
Manchaeism
consul
Reconquest
existentialism
31. 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
cuneiform
triple alliance
robotics
32. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
geneva conference
patrician
vassal
radiocarbon dating
33. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
intifada
u-boats
four noble truths
age grade
34. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
Protestant Reformation
totalitarian state
Columbian exchange
stele
35. 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
civil rights movement
polis
push-pull factors
extraterritorial rights
36. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
tyrant
justification by faith
Taliban
patriarch
37. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
parallel descent
thermoluminescent dating
Magyars
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
38. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
Nuremberg trials
veto
helot
glasnost
39. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
guest workers
paleolithic age
chivalry
jazz
40. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer
push-pull factors
desalinization
lateen sail
Shiva
41. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
senate
social Darwinism
Manchaeism
harem
42. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
yin and yang
global village
legitimacy
43. The organized elimination of an entire population group
genocide
quipu
vietnamization
shah
44. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
soviet
silk roads
guild
shinto
45. A humanlike creature that walks upright
hominid
specialization of labor
homeland
hajj
46. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
people of the book
third world
multinational corporation
cynicism
47. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
hellenistic culture
epicureanism
surrealism
silk roads
48. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
legitimacy
mystery religion
global village
green revolution
49. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
archeology
senate
pariah
nonalignment
50. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
theocracy
glyph
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
repartamiento