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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 region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
theory of relativity
appeasement
protectorate
thermoluminescnce dating
2. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
lebnsraum
council of Trent
Yalta Conference
gospel
3. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
collective bargaining
abolition
space probe
urdu
4. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Tarah
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
theocracy
multinational corporation
5. The study of humans as a species
archaeology
abolition
Yalta Conference
anthropology
6. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
golden mean
external migration
shinto
paleontologists
7. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Magyars
stupa
caravel
Inquisition
8. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
collective bargaining
aristocracy
Sepoys
Cyrillic alphabet
9. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
Holocaust
astrolabe
concession
green revolution
10. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
shah
tribune
u-boats
sunni
11. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
qanat
marathon
philosopher
covenant
12. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
poliburo
bushido
civil disobedience
monotheism
13. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
eightfold path
Utopian socialist
mau mau
senate
14. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
fourteen points
operation overlord
nongovernmental organization
space probe
15. The symbol used as part of a writing system
karma
collective farming
glyph
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
16. 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
mystery religion
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Afrikaner
bourgeoisie
17. The Muslim name for God
Allah
Neolithic Revolution
McDonaldization
Cyrillic alphabet
18. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
British Commonwealth
constitutional monarchy
propaganda
legitimacy
19. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
British Commonwealth
animism
romanticism
griot
20. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
shariah
Boers
multinational corporation
cubism
21. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
entrepreneurship
feminist
marshall plan
pastoral nomadism
22. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
external migration
one-child policy
domino theory
23. 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
treaty of Versailles
Ka'aba
senate
caste
24. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
shinto
capitalism
one-child policy
third reich
25. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
human cloning
postdam conference
psychoanalysis
monsoon
26. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
karma
stupa
nicene creed
chlorofluorocarbons
27. 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
kaiser
manga carta
caste
theory of relativity
28. A Persian king
archaeology
Reconquest
shah
DNA dating
29. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
brinkmanship
Palestine liberation organization
vassal
sakk
30. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
serf
nonalignment
human cloning
scientific revolution
31. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
external migration
space probe
archaeology
patrician
32. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
nation-stae
league of nations
marshall plan
mercantilism
33. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
lebnsraum
totalitarian state
coalition
Bolsheviks
34. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
samurai
poliburo
separation of powers
genocide
35. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
concession
ghazi
commercial revolution
stateless society
36. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
collective farming
paleontologists
push-pull factors
balance of power
37. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
consul
diocese
utilitarian
romanticism
38. 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
social Darwinism
indulgence
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
devshirme
39. 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
manor
seppuku
functionalism
Lend- Lease Act
40. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
domino theory
oracle bone
hieroglyphics
neolithic age
41. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
jazz
operation overlord
Bosporus Strait
42. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
stoicism
senate
league of nations
joint-stock company
43. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
duma
legion
impressionism
utilitarian
44. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
DNA dating
external migration
four modernizations
Cultural Revolution
45. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
Manhattan project
jainissary
Yalta Conference
epicureanism
46. The Hebrew name for God
comedy
hieroglyphics
Yahweh
middle passage
47. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
ayatollah
ghazi
jainissary
multinational corporation
48. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
Zionism
veto
helot
caravel
49. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
realpolitik
triple alliance
Utopian socialist
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
50. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
social contract
justification by faith
economic imperialism
duma