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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
theocracy
concession
detente
lateen sail
2. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
cynicism
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
caravanserials
society of Jesus
3. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
third reich
radiocarbon dating
green revolution
internal migration
4. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
jazz
parallel descent
world trade organization
radical
5. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
mensheviks
nirvana
reactionary
legitimacy
6. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
detente
proletariat
harem
stupa
7. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
Cyrillic alphabet
third world
truncated pyramid
stream of consciousness
8. The Muslim community of faithful
operation Barbarossa
umma
epicureanism
shia
9. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
Manchaeism
czar (tsar)
Neo- Confucianism
satrap
10. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
world health organization
consumerism
aristocracy
mestizo
11. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
Utopian socialist
parallel descent
geocentric theory
proletariat
12. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
quipu
Australopithecus
justification by faith
world trade center
13. 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
Truman doctrine
Cultural Revolution
anthropology
geocentric theory
14. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
existentialism
jazz
vietnamization
joint-stock company
15. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
rotten borough
extraterritorial rights
consumerism
purdah
16. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
DNA dating
reactionary
third world
bushido
17. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
benefice
global village
nationalism
Taliban
18. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
capitalism
domestic system
mobilization
operation Barbarossa
19. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
monsoon
rotten borough
functionalism
poliburo
20. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
Palestine liberation organization
Holocaust
polygamy
indulgence
21. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
command economy
desalinization
Dar al- Islam
theory of relativity
22. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
theory of evolution
theory of relativity
league of nations
seppuku
23. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
bourgeoisie
chinampa
social contract
usury
24. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
helot
burgher
Justinian Code
four tigers
25. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
impressionism
bourgeoisie
poliburo
senate
26. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
vassal
domino theory
mestizo
Swahili
27. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
pastoral nomadism
colony
code of Hammurabi
brinkmanship
28. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj
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29. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
senate
quinine
Neo- Confucianism
manga carta
30. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
Balfour Declaration
burqa
civil service system
absolute monarch
31. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
gospel
pariah
entrepreneurship
trench warfare
32. A warrior for islam
operation overlord
ghazi
polis
colony
33. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
Swahili
civil disobedience
code of Hammurabi
devshirme
34. The Jewish day of atonement
Yom Kippur
estates-general
Columbian exchange
gospel
35. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
icon
epicureanism
poliburo
operation sea lion
36. A ceasefire agreement
patriarchal
reactionary
armistice
great lap forward
37. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
harem
Balfour Declaration
mandate
loess
38. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
social Darwinism
vietnamization
humanism
polytheism
39. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Inquisition
peninsular
satellite nation
kibbutzim
40. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
kowtow
patriarchal
glasnost
colony
41. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
estates-general
Manhattan project
mestizo
Sikhs
42. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
lebnsraum
impressionism
civil service system
iconoclastic controversy
43. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
hubris
democratization
burqa
44. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
benefice
world trade center
desalinization
mameduke
45. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
operation sea lion
absolute monarch
soviet
46. A member of the middle class in medieval England
proletariat
reactionary
burgess
surrealism
47. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
stoicism
imperialism
covenant
Columbian exchange
48. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
Sikhs
purdah
theory of evolution
appeasement
49. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
trench warfare
shogun
foraging
pastoral nomadism
50. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
Huguenots
McDonaldization
junkers
protectorate