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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 city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
city-state
commune
Sikhs
natural selection
2. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
economic imperialism
aristocracy
burqa
Reconquest
3. A national legislature assembly
daimyo
parliament
Zionism
triangular trade
4. 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
fourteen points
mau mau
karma
five pillars
5. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Anabaptists
shariah
consumerism
Neolithic Revolution
6. 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
divine right of kings
impressionism
four noble truths
nirvana
7. A ceasefire agreement
diocese
helsinki accords
Huguenots
armistice
8. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
jazz
republic
humanism
satellite nation
9. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
griot
economic imperialism
cubism
seppuku
10. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
estates-general
peninsular
burgher
Manhattan project
11. The technology associated with the application of robots
five pillars
missi dominici
robotics
shia
12. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
Yom Kippur
code of Hammurabi
mameduke
blitzkrieg
13. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
urdu
Manhattan project
Bolsheviks
surrealism
14. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
space probe
age grade
Catholic reformation
stupa
15. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
Hagia Sophia
neolithic age
balance of power
apprenticeship
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
McDonaldization
Utopian socialist
Atlantic Charter
harem
17. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
papal states
psychoanalysis
feminist
radical
18. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
radiocarbon dating
world trade center
appeasement
commercial agriculture
19. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
perestroika
mau mau
comedy
peace crops
20. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
illuminated manuscript
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
legitimacy
homeland
21. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
trench warfare
dictator
samurai
cubism
22. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
triple entente
dharma
nirvana
Renaissance
23. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
Tarah
four tigers
ziggurat
world trade organization
24. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
strategic defense initiative
sunni
creole
forbidden city
25. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
euro
shinto
Neo- Confucianism
totalitarian state
26. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
ziggurat
four tigers
DNA dating
diocese
27. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
euro
mandate of heaven
homeland
eightfold path
28. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
steppe
Tarah
encomienda
euro
29. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
DNA dating
republic
homeland
philosopher
30. Member of elite class in ancient rome
Inquisition
world health organization
patrician
nationalism
31. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
Protestant Reformation
code of Hammurabi
nonalignment
soviet
32. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
gospel
extraterritorial rights
pogram
Bosporus Strait
33. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
glasnost
feudalism
messiah
polytheism
34. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
peace crops
terra cotta
Catholic reformation
macadam road
35. The right to vote
monotheism
caste
Manchaeism
suffrage
36. The power to prevent the execution of law
appeasement
veto
intifada
mestizo
37. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
treaty of tordesillas
aristocracy
specialization of labor
democratization
38. Russian emperor
shi
czar (tsar)
empire
neolithic age
39. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
eightfold path
chivalry
council of Trent
devshirme
40. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Bosporus Strait
Yalta Conference
polis
mercantilism
41. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
five-year plans
code of Hammurabi
predestination
justification by faith
42. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
ziggurat
luftwaffe
perestroika
Taliban
43. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
Columbian exchange
Homo sapiens
iconoclastic controversy
helsinki accords
44. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
nirvana
Protestant Reformation
epicureanism
radiocarbon dating
45. An object shaped by humans
estate
artifact
one-child policy
millet
46. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
four modernizations
Cyrillic alphabet
capital
Manhattan project
47. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
satrap
apartheid
Tamils
fascism
48. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
triple entente
yin and yang
European Union
containment
49. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
kaiser
helot
desalinization
pariah
50. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
apostle
hominid
mameduke
moderate