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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
civil rights movement
mensheviks
dissident
collective farming
2. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
shi
republic
city-state
3. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
Neo- Confucianism
containment
Neolithic Revolution
Columbian exchange
4. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
caste
cuneiform
treaty of Versailles
chlorofluorocarbons
5. Hunting and gathering
millet
loess
covenant
foraging
6. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
homeland
commune
zen Buddhism
civilization
7. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
encomienda
nonalignment
containment
guest workers
8. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
mameduke
commercial agriculture
Bosporus Strait
lebnsraum
9. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
dynasty
parallel descent
tyrant
kibbutzim
10. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
joint-stock company
people of the book
serf
economic imperialism
11. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
tree-ring dating
shi
qanat
Nuremberg trials
12. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
theory of relativity
parliament
domino theory
manga carta
13. 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
extraterritorial rights
satellite nation
kamikaze
socialism
14. 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
republic
absolute monarch
Atlantic Charter
totalitarian state
15. 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
jainissary
space station
blitzkrieg
hieroglyphics
16. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
harem
triumvirate
shah
British Commonwealth
17. Ancient Chinese class of scholars
glyph
shi
propaganda
poliburo
18. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
Magyars
justification by faith
commercial revolution
Balkans
19. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
luftwaffe
kibbutzim
radiocarbon dating
paleolithic age
20. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
burqa
triangular trade
hellenistic culture
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
21. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
DNA dating
silk roads
forbidden city
Australopithecus
22. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
middle passage
eightfold path
cuneiform
nicene creed
23. The german air force
armistice
mandate of heaven
luftwaffe
DNA dating
24. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
benefice
devshirme
Royal Road
25. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
major domo
illuminated manuscript
one-child policy
Huguenots
26. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
Sikhs
paleolithic age
council of Trent
detente
27. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
green revolution
reparation
socialism
civilization
28. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
new deal
eightfold path
indulgence
mandate of heaven
29. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
monsoon
Catholic reformation
caudillo
guest workers
30. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
ayatollah
dynasty
four tigers
benefice
31. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
Renaissance
Boers
predestination
social contract
32. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
divine right of kings
Sikhs
mameduke
harem
33. The study of humans as a species
four modernizations
anthropology
oracle bone
ayatollah
34. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations
shinto
usury
postdam conference
bushido
35. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
constitutional monarchy
five pillars
humanism
vassal
36. The symbol used as part of a writing system
blitzkrieg
glyph
DNA dating
mystery religion
37. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
Sikhs
realism
dissident
civil disobedience
38. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
triple alliance
Boers
mobilization
Protestant Reformation
39. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
city-state
containment
major domo
European Union
40. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
satrap
Tarah
icon
Inquisition
41. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
Mongol Peace
desalinization
strategic defense initiative
gulf of tonkin resolution
42. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
chlorofluorocarbons
Protestant Reformation
Shiva
existentialism
43. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
jazz
nongovernmental organization
shia
rotten borough
44. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
tribune
Nuremberg trials
senate
code of Hammurabi
45. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
estate
treaty of tordesillas
romanticism
bushi
46. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
Dar al- Islam
commercial agriculture
operation Barbarossa
major domo
47. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
hubris
blitzkrieg
caudillo
conservative
48. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
entrepreneurship
soviet
Tarah
aristocracy
49. 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
functionalism
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
peace crops
final solution
50. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
divine right of kings
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
cuneiform
specialization of labor