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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 dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
homeland
propaganda
caravanserials
Neolithic Revolution
2. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
Manhattan project
terra cotta
chivalry
guest workers
3. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
civilization
separation of powers
Zionism
Yom Kippur
4. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
karma
island-hopping
tree-ring dating
Huns
5. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
messiah
surrealism
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
triple alliance
6. The power to prevent the execution of law
laissez-faire
urdu
enlightened despot
veto
7. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
African National Congress
intifada
push-pull factors
qanat
8. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
city-state
patrician
manga carta
9. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
samurai
manor
Catholic reformation
Manchaeism
10. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
new deal
mobilization
Tamils
senate
11. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
social contract
social Darwinism
samurai
constitutional monarchy
12. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
Nuremberg trials
third reich
postdam conference
peace crops
13. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
peninsular
mandate
usury
enlightenment
14. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
European Union
surrealism
karma
gospel
15. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
bushido
legion
papal states
16. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
coalition
space shuttle
Catholic reformation
brinkmanship
17. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
commercial agriculture
protectorate
collective bargaining
internal migration
18. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
nation-stae
feudalism
Bell Act
theory of relativity
19. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
domino theory
duma
gospel
diaspora
20. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
Atlantic Charter
robotics
tree-ring dating
helsinki accords
21. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
comedy
economic imperialism
detente
karma
22. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
DNA dating
ghetto
pasteurization
joint-stock company
23. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
Justinian Code
Yalta Conference
social contract
burgher
24. Hunting and gathering
foraging
epicureanism
poliburo
caravanserials
25. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
comedy
guild
cuneiform
hubris
26. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
gospel
Sepoys
Dar al- Islam
great lap forward
27. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
people of the book
jazz
chivalry
league of nations
28. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
purdah
scorched- earth policy
Neo- Confucianism
extraterritorial rights
29. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
space probe
five pillars
sati
helsinki accords
30. One who pursues the meaning of truth
fourteen points
middle passage
tragedy
philosopher
31. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
stateless society
ethnic cleansing
propaganda
edict of Nantes
32. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
mameduke
detente
covenant
hijra
33. A humanlike creature that walks upright
containment
hominid
gospel
mestizo
34. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
realpolitik
council of Trent
domestic system
one-child policy
35. A greak city-state
intifada
polis
ayatollah
nirvana
36. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Taliban
fascism
Dadaism
Hagia Sophia
37. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
league of nations
Neo- Confucianism
pasteurization
balance of power
38. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
monsoon
domino theory
Manhattan project
polygamy
39. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
five-year plans
caste
nicene creed
urdu
40. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
enclosure movement
Holocaust
apprenticeship
island-hopping
41. 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
Sepoys
Catholic reformation
guomindang
fourteen points
42. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
helot
people of the book
golden mean
tyrant
43. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
feminist
caste
manor
covenant
44. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
treaty of Versailles
surrealism
cynicism
Neolithic Revolution
45. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
suffrage
treaty of tordesillas
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
kibbutzim
46. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
golden mean
epicureanism
hijra
mameduke
47. 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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48. 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
new deal
homeland
hellenistic culture
natural selection
49. Babylonian legal code that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice
empire
Kellogg-Briand Pact
marshall plan
code of Hammurabi
50. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
bushi
enlightened despot
space probe
island-hopping