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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. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
psychoanalysis
imperialism
fourteen points
four modernizations
2. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
humanism
nongovernmental organization
Yalta Conference
covenant
3. An object shaped by humans
Dar al- Islam
empire
one-child policy
artifact
4. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
Cyrillic alphabet
manga carta
ayatollah
aristocracy
5. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
feminist
pogram
burgher
qanat
6. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
serf
caravel
realism
world trade organization
7. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
geneva conference
communism
socialism
third world
8. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
quipu
peace crops
mestizo
city-state
9. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
apostle
gulf of tonkin resolution
liberal
junkers
10. One who pursues the meaning of truth
protectorate
reactionary
philosopher
abolition
11. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
new economic policy
nongovernmental organization
space probe
humanism
12. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
brinkmanship
guest workers
McDonaldization
hieroglyphics
13. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
parallel descent
oracle bone
civilization
divine right of kings
14. 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
propaganda
social Darwinism
vietnamization
enclosure movement
15. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
age grade
shariah
Utopian socialist
absolute monarch
16. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
yin and yang
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
economic imperialism
comedy
17. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece
Dadaism
hellenistic culture
world health organization
creole
18. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
four modernizations
social Darwinism
peninsular
19. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
space probe
brinkmanship
separation of powers
u-boats
20. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
Cyrillic alphabet
strategic defense initiative
totalitarian state
empire
21. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
human cloning
fief
time of troubles
ghetto
22. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
civil rights movement
coalition
hominid
feminist
23. The organized elimination of an entire population group
manor
covenant
genocide
Australopithecus
24. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
fascism
Dar al- Islam
tree-ring dating
mau mau
25. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
griot
postdam conference
yin and yang
zen Buddhism
26. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
hijra
shi
factors of production
collective bargaining
27. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
radical
dowry death
republic
satrap
28. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
edict of Nantes
purdah
harem
shah
29. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
patriarchal
Zionism
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
enclosure movement
30. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
strategic defense initiative
Protestant Reformation
republic
humanism
31. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
shinto
fourteen points
enlightened despot
third reich
32. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
five pillars
civilization
Deism
diaspora
33. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
repartamiento
joint-stock company
four modernizations
Boers
34. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
radical
stoicism
great lap forward
35. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
consul
stoicism
peninsular
kowtow
36. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
samurai
new deal
multinational corporation
absolute monarch
37. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
nirvana
city-state
factors of production
dynasty
38. The technology associated with the application of robots
aristocracy
people of the book
robotics
Yalta Conference
39. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
creole
impressionism
scorched- earth policy
Australopithecus
40. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
patriarch
conservative
artifact
caravel
41. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
European Union
scorched- earth policy
shogun
glasnost
42. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Warsaw pact
social contract
tribune
operation sea lion
43. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
brinkmanship
world trade center
Renaissance
perestroika
44. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
soviet
Afrikaner
totalitarian state
push-pull factors
45. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
fresco
caravel
anthropology
concession
46. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
Bosporus Strait
sphere of influence
consumerism
ziggurat
47. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
euro
chlorofluorocarbons
usury
tree-ring dating
48. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
Shiva
kinship group
mobilization
DNA dating
49. The Jewish day of atonement
Catholic reformation
duma
Yom Kippur
Justinian Code
50. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
Magyars
laissez-faire
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
desalinization