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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
totalitarian state
mestizo
stateless society
senate
2. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
steppe
natural selection
Allah
cynicism
3. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
proletariat
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
enlightenment
mau mau
4. 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
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
theory of evolution
new deal
parliament
5. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
triple entente
archaeology
caravel
archeology
6. 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
kamikaze
treaty of Versailles
Yalta Conference
democratization
7. Muslim social and ethical law
anthropology
Palestine liberation organization
Atlantic Charter
shariah
8. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
oracle bone
feminist
Magyars
constitutional monarchy
9. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
Brahmin
glyph
thermoluminescnce dating
10. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
consul
extraterritorial rights
caravel
detente
11. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
militarism
qanat
colony
triangular trade
12. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
rotten borough
quinine
truncated pyramid
legion
13. The right of a dynasty to rule
legitimacy
realpolitik
geocentric theory
DNA dating
14. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
world health organization
radical
chivalry
civil disobedience
15. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
quinine
push-pull factors
moderate
Balfour Declaration
16. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
czar (tsar)
Atlantic Charter
dynasty
glyph
17. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
one-child policy
Neolithic Revolution
papal states
European Union
18. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA
Lend- Lease Act
mameduke
purdah
patrician
19. A sole ruler with absolute power
Brahmin
dictator
Tamils
predestination
20. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
polis
bushi
Dadaism
karma
21. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Taliban
zen Buddhism
Warsaw pact
Manhattan project
22. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
lateen sail
edict of Nantes
domestic system
radiocarbon dating
23. The Muslim community of faithful
mameduke
gospel
umma
Balfour Declaration
24. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
forbidden city
jazz
predestination
Dadaism
25. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
domino theory
paleolithic age
Allah
mystery religion
26. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
socialism
anthropology
urdu
people of the book
27. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
kamikaze
separation of powers
fief
diaspora
28. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
economic imperialism
Yom Kippur
messiah
containment
29. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Brahmin
karma
detente
quinine
30. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stem cell research
feminist
liberal
stoicism
31. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
Tamils
mestizo
ethnic cleansing
absolute monarch
32. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
usury
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
pastoral nomadism
polis
33. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
apartheid
geneva conference
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
green revolution
34. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
hellenistic culture
tyrant
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
35. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
mandate
divine right of kings
shi
apartheid
36. A warrior for islam
fourteen points
ghazi
emir
qanat
37. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
collective farming
quipu
balance of power
Mongol Peace
38. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice
zen Buddhism
peace crops
code of Hammurabi
balance of power
39. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
great lap forward
middle passage
kaiser
serf
40. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
Royal Road
fourteen points
cuneiform
papal states
41. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
space shuttle
Sepoys
blitzkrieg
veto
42. A national legislature assembly
parliament
scorched- earth policy
helot
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
43. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
forbidden city
chivalry
anthropology
sphere of influence
44. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
age grade
world trade center
Cyrillic alphabet
animism
45. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
estates-general
joint-stock company
cuneiform
46. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
Mongol Peace
factors of production
conservative
Truman doctrine
47. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
bushido
harem
scorched- earth policy
paleolithic age
48. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
space probe
trench warfare
McDonaldization
enlightenment
49. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
kowtow
nirvana
scientific revolution
satellite nation
50. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
marshall plan
balance of power
containment
polytheism