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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
hijra
guest workers
entrepreneurship
pogram
2. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
dynasty
scorched- earth policy
collective bargaining
Holocaust
3. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
enclosure movement
world trade organization
stream of consciousness
Allah
4. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
detente
Balkans
Deism
burqa
5. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
Royal Road
kowtow
European Union
6. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
patrician
repartamiento
scientific revolution
civil service system
7. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
entrepreneurship
caravanserials
capitalism
gulf of tonkin resolution
8. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
colony
imperialism
papal states
serf
9. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
chinampa
treaty of tordesillas
domestic system
militarism
10. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
major domo
new economic policy
animism
absolute monarch
11. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
European Union
stele
triangular trade
poliburo
12. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
functionalism
Cultural Revolution
creole
messiah
13. 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
diaspora
social contract
human cloning
Inquisition
14. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
legion
triple entente
mau mau
detente
15. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
legitimacy
new economic policy
ethnic cleansing
fief
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
millet
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
bourgeoisie
Afrikaner
17. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
fourteen points
Manhattan project
eightfold path
cynicism
18. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
nirvana
third world
caudillo
consumerism
19. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
middle passage
patriarchal
Swahili
socialism
20. A warrior for islam
Nuremberg trials
four modernizations
ghazi
humanism
21. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
qanat
time of troubles
kamikaze
hubris
22. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
liberal
estate
gulf of tonkin resolution
patrician
23. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
age grade
socialism
Boers
artifacts
24. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
appeasement
geneva conference
Inquisition
25. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
operation overlord
polygamy
commercial agriculture
communism
26. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
surrealism
social contract
totalitarian state
glasnost
27. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
veto
poliburo
Cyrillic alphabet
monotheism
28. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
extraterritorial rights
apartheid
urdu
McDonaldization
29. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
zen Buddhism
Dadaism
glasnost
Columbian exchange
30. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
vassal
nicene creed
loess
zen Buddhism
31. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
tragedy
Australopithecus
senate
kibbutzim
32. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
forbidden city
burgess
dowry death
Renaissance
33. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
Australopithecus
umma
bushi
European Union
34. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
kaiser
mensheviks
pogram
Bell Act
35. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
mestizo
plebeian
encomienda
epicureanism
36. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
truncated pyramid
nationalism
devshirme
37. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
patriarch
forbidden city
island-hopping
astrolabe
38. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
reparation
reactionary
Anabaptists
comedy
39. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
civil service system
Bolsheviks
Huns
propaganda
40. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
shariah
euro
Truman doctrine
world trade organization
41. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
paleontologists
mandate of heaven
theory of evolution
Magyars
42. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Tarah
multinational corporation
code of Hammurabi
impressionism
43. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
chinampa
Yahweh
communism
rotten borough
44. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
appeasement
operation Barbarossa
absolute monarch
astrolabe
45. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
Tamils
lebnsraum
stem cell research
seppuku
46. The technology associated with the application of robots
appeasement
robotics
truncated pyramid
code of Hammurabi
47. The symbol used as part of a writing system
mercantilism
glyph
checks and balances
theocracy
48. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
sakk
gulf of tonkin resolution
kamikaze
blitzkrieg
49. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
purdah
Royal Road
epicureanism
capital
50. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Bosporus Strait
yin and yang
pogram