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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. The right of a dynasty to rule
legitimacy
green revolution
internal migration
Hagia Sophia
2. Hunting and gathering
Huns
collective bargaining
foraging
guomindang
3. The termination of slavery
Bosporus Strait
stele
abolition
final solution
4. 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
concession
animism
duma
bourgeoisie
5. The Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
Inquisition
veto
hubris
6. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
liberal
creole
millet
absolute monarch
7. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
qanat
u-boats
Hagia Sophia
mameduke
8. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
burqa
imperialism
third reich
mau mau
9. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
Bolsheviks
shinto
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
10. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
space probe
purdah
psychoanalysis
brinkmanship
11. 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
Taliban
existentialism
papal states
12. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
Dar al- Islam
thermoluminescnce dating
surrealism
time of troubles
13. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
caste
silk roads
space probe
Palestine liberation organization
14. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland
stateless society
bushi
intifada
space probe
15. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
guest workers
tragedy
conservative
human cloning
16. One who disagrees; a dissenter
dissident
artifacts
conservative
nonalignment
17. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
mensheviks
plebeian
legitimacy
civil rights movement
18. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
great lap forward
Magyars
feminist
mandate of heaven
19. The german air force
diaspora
propaganda
luftwaffe
DNA dating
20. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
theory of relativity
shia
radiocarbon dating
missi dominici
21. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
harem
legitimacy
commercial agriculture
perestroika
22. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
existentialism
mau mau
DNA dating
Neo- Confucianism
23. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
commercial revolution
caravanserials
euro
trench warfare
24. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
republic
iconoclastic controversy
Bolsheviks
oracle bone
25. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
plebeian
monsoon
functionalism
final solution
26. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
Columbian exchange
tree-ring dating
shi
apartheid
27. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
McDonaldization
vietnamization
28. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
predestination
triangular trade
steppe
functionalism
29. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
vietnamization
manor
Truman doctrine
Holocaust
30. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
dowry death
robotics
radiocarbon dating
Yalta Conference
31. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
domino theory
strategic defense initiative
green revolution
32. The Muslim community of faithful
ghetto
internal migration
umma
theory of relativity
33. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
five pillars
Hagia Sophia
caste
cynicism
34. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
macadam road
suffrage
new deal
feudalism
35. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
detente
DNA dating
mameduke
silk roads
36. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
moderate
operation sea lion
nicene creed
pasteurization
37. Marriage to more than one wife
Mongol Peace
polygamy
helsinki accords
four modernizations
38. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
monotheism
appeasement
code of Hammurabi
existentialism
39. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
creole
humanism
social Darwinism
griot
40. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
animism
triumvirate
containment
soviet
41. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
kinship group
democratization
dynasty
enlightenment
42. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
four noble truths
Manhattan project
nationalism
ayatollah
43. The belief in one god
monotheism
surrealism
Nuremberg trials
multinational corporation
44. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Catholic reformation
council of Trent
benefice
Palestine liberation organization
45. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
hominid
epicureanism
helot
46. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
triangular trade
checks and balances
specialization of labor
polis
47. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
daimyo
animism
burqa
glasnost
48. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
macadam road
operation Barbarossa
militarism
yin and yang
49. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
foraging
daimyo
strategic defense initiative
eightfold path
50. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
stream of consciousness
shogun
justification by faith
geocentric theory
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