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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. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Manchaeism
burgess
manor
Bell Act
2. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
quinine
protectorate
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
messiah
3. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
stele
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Reconquest
factors of production
4. The worship of many gods
polytheism
qanat
u-boats
glasnost
5. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
samurai
Australopithecus
absolute monarch
Manchaeism
6. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
eightfold path
marathon
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Homo sapiens
7. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
triple alliance
covenant
new economic policy
utilitarian
8. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
postdam conference
final solution
pariah
concession
9. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
monsoon
postdam conference
gulf of tonkin resolution
10. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
domestic system
Anabaptists
ghazi
hajj
11. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
Afrikaner
mystery religion
guild
rotten borough
12. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
hajj
Tarah
indulgence
theocracy
13. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
tragedy
external migration
lebnsraum
social contract
14. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
rotten borough
Lend- Lease Act
DNA dating
patriarchal
15. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
patriarch
philosopher
fresco
diocese
16. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
third world
treaty of tordesillas
caste
17. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
benefice
predestination
caravel
Hagia Sophia
18. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
manor
republic
Balfour Declaration
sunni
19. 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
dowry death
Balkans
world trade center
pastoral nomadism
20. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
bourgeoisie
tree-ring dating
commercial revolution
millet
21. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
veto
scientific revolution
fresco
pasteurization
22. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
glasnost
Palestine liberation organization
mystery religion
McDonaldization
23. 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
paleontologists
ethnic cleansing
coalition
five-year plans
24. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
council of Trent
helot
steppe
Tarah
25. A national legislature assembly
parliament
third reich
shinto
four modernizations
26. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
natural selection
conservative
guild
silk roads
27. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
society of Jesus
guild
shogun
Australopithecus
28. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
czar (tsar)
age grade
propaganda
nicene creed
29. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
Boers
perestroika
hellenistic culture
separation of powers
30. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
reactionary
third reich
chivalry
civil service system
31. 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
commercial agriculture
burqa
hominid
civil disobedience
32. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
functionalism
marathon
Cyrillic alphabet
specialization of labor
33. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
samurai
peace crops
impressionism
Huguenots
34. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
new economic policy
geneva conference
colony
Warsaw pact
35. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
Huns
ayatollah
cuneiform
mystery religion
36. 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
five pillars
truncated pyramid
civil rights movement
radiocarbon dating
37. The belief in one god
Palestine liberation organization
monotheism
European Union
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
38. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
African National Congress
space probe
socialism
romanticism
39. Describes a male-dominated society
patriarchal
ziggurat
yin and yang
Dar al- Islam
40. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
fresco
romanticism
capital
41. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
radiocarbon dating
Royal Road
scorched- earth policy
hubris
42. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
feminist
astrolabe
trench warfare
jainissary
43. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
five pillars
stupa
mau mau
dharma
44. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
aristocracy
latifundia
nirvana
purdah
45. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
Cyrillic alphabet
empire
senate
umma
46. 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
caravanserials
theory of evolution
European Union
divine right of kings
47. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
Utopian socialist
world trade center
McDonaldization
brinkmanship
48. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
shogun
geocentric theory
communism
chinampa
49. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Huns
legion
Kellogg-Briand Pact
artifacts
50. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
papal states
edict of Nantes
euro
mau mau