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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
liberal
DNA dating
caravel
Palestine liberation organization
2. An object shaped by humans
Tarah
anthropology
artifact
Cyrillic alphabet
3. An advocate of gradual political change
qanat
functionalism
conservative
Afrikaner
4. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
sati
socialism
appeasement
great lap forward
5. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
shi
Huns
Allah
enlightened despot
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
factors of production
hajj
enlightened despot
radical
7. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
guild
perestroika
middle passage
empire
8. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
mobilization
Protestant Reformation
Royal Road
proletariat
9. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
Truman doctrine
polis
third world
capitalism
10. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
African National Congress
space station
Renaissance
stele
11. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
absolute monarch
ghetto
five pillars
Atlantic Charter
12. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
protectorate
city-state
strategic defense initiative
militarism
13. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
parallel descent
polytheism
samurai
junkers
14. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
polygamy
fourteen points
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
genocide
15. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
mestizo
burgher
marshall plan
papal states
16. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
foraging
paleontologists
civil disobedience
shah
17. 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
shah
civilization
four noble truths
European Union
18. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
shogun
functionalism
ayatollah
sakk
19. One who disagrees; a dissenter
helsinki accords
dissident
Kellogg-Briand Pact
kamikaze
20. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
archeology
stem cell research
diaspora
helsinki accords
21. Hunting and gathering
apprenticeship
mandate
commune
foraging
22. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
middle passage
economic imperialism
four tigers
city-state
23. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
parallel descent
green revolution
bushido
yin and yang
24. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
natural selection
Atlantic Charter
daimyo
25. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
existentialism
lebnsraum
chinampa
estates-general
26. 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
domino theory
pogram
27. A Persian king
quinine
legion
shah
major domo
28. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
space shuttle
Columbian exchange
tribune
consul
29. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
dharma
perestroika
vassal
euro
30. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
triple alliance
comedy
polygamy
31. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
hieroglyphics
chlorofluorocarbons
factors of production
Bolsheviks
32. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
shia
external migration
justification by faith
brinkmanship
33. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
tribune
triumvirate
daimyo
operation overlord
34. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
oracle bone
romanticism
fief
ghetto
35. French Protestants
Huguenots
realism
balance of power
umma
36. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
Yalta Conference
Homo sapiens
enlightenment
psychoanalysis
37. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
human cloning
Afrikaner
coalition
nonalignment
38. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
age grade
Renaissance
African National Congress
39. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
consumerism
socialism
Neolithic Revolution
checks and balances
40. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
postdam conference
Hagia Sophia
duma
terra cotta
41. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
Utopian socialist
operation sea lion
middle passage
fief
42. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
African National Congress
helot
satrap
Lend- Lease Act
43. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
millet
operation Barbarossa
quinine
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
44. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
communism
absolute monarch
stream of consciousness
usury
45. Marriage to more than one wife
coalition
polygamy
detente
golden mean
46. 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
command economy
five-year plans
bushido
burqa
47. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
nation-stae
vassal
domino theory
triple alliance
48. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
Atlantic Charter
anthropology
space shuttle
enclosure movement
49. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
socialism
Dadaism
missi dominici
glasnost
50. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
bourgeoisie
commercial revolution
treaty of Versailles
benefice