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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
economic imperialism
empire
domestic system
papal states
2. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
capitalism
aristocracy
creole
polis
3. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth
enlightenment
new economic policy
karma
mystery religion
4. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
theory of evolution
pogram
samurai
creole
5. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
human cloning
papal states
shogun
senate
6. One who pursues the meaning of truth
commercial revolution
triple alliance
radiocarbon dating
philosopher
7. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
psychoanalysis
steppe
global village
astrolabe
8. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
triple entente
Shiva
Holocaust
dowry death
9. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
multinational corporation
mystery religion
sakk
mobilization
10. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
internal migration
Neolithic Revolution
kamikaze
shariah
11. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
iconoclastic controversy
polytheism
mandate
12. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer
triangular trade
psychoanalysis
Shiva
new economic policy
13. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
commercial revolution
conservative
predestination
society of Jesus
14. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
Manchaeism
Swahili
Manhattan project
millet
15. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
great lap forward
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
impressionism
latifundia
16. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
polygamy
Reconquest
Dadaism
steppe
17. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
apprenticeship
icon
dharma
nation-stae
18. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
scorched- earth policy
animism
homeland
oracle bone
19. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
Zionism
sakk
caravanserials
civilization
20. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Magyars
benefice
creole
Catholic reformation
21. One who disagrees; a dissenter
appeasement
estate
legitimacy
dissident
22. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
DNA dating
conservative
triangular trade
glasnost
23. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
domino theory
reactionary
Boers
human cloning
24. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership
new deal
Cultural Revolution
benefice
Yalta Conference
25. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
legion
stream of consciousness
diocese
mameduke
26. The belief in one god
monotheism
five-year plans
human cloning
shia
27. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
sphere of influence
radical
existentialism
domino theory
28. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
Deism
Renaissance
perestroika
global village
29. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
estate
rotten borough
treaty of tordesillas
Protestant Reformation
30. The right of a dynasty to rule
Boers
kibbutzim
external migration
legitimacy
31. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
samurai
communism
indulgence
people of the book
32. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
stoicism
Dadaism
civil service system
chlorofluorocarbons
33. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
republic
operation overlord
duma
divine right of kings
34. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
commercial agriculture
constitutional monarchy
commune
realism
35. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
colony
tyrant
Bell Act
griot
36. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
entrepreneurship
dowry death
shogun
fresco
37. 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
feminist
papal states
karma
theory of relativity
38. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
joint-stock company
bushi
intifada
pastoral nomadism
39. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
operation sea lion
guild
satellite nation
estate
40. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
helot
legitimacy
daimyo
third reich
41. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
veto
operation Barbarossa
fourteen points
Homo sapiens
42. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
dowry death
plebeian
people of the book
social Darwinism
43. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
benefice
missi dominici
justification by faith
four modernizations
44. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
trench warfare
serf
Huns
militarism
45. The symbol used as part of a writing system
glyph
Tarah
comedy
purdah
46. A 26 mile race
marathon
Protestant Reformation
moderate
divine right of kings
47. 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
third reich
intifada
world health organization
bourgeoisie
48. An advocate of gradual political change
humanism
conservative
cuneiform
Deism
49. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
four noble truths
green revolution
militarism
third world
50. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
surrealism
existentialism
democratization