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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Russian emperor
astrolabe
usury
Utopian socialist
czar (tsar)
2. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
mandate
tyrant
world trade organization
Australopithecus
3. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
Utopian socialist
yin and yang
patriarch
caudillo
4. A sole ruler with absolute power
Manchaeism
consumerism
dictator
indulgence
5. A greak city-state
fresco
polis
league of nations
great lap forward
6. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
feudalism
existentialism
Protestant Reformation
genocide
7. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
nation-stae
romanticism
hieroglyphics
paleontologists
8. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
world trade organization
African National Congress
Taliban
vassal
9. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
scientific revolution
Allah
nation-stae
caravel
10. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
hijra
McDonaldization
protectorate
third reich
11. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
artifact
polis
world health organization
European Union
12. Those conditions that compel individuals to leave their country and those that pull persons to another location
push-pull factors
manor
pariah
peninsular
13. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
epicureanism
space station
laissez-faire
gospel
14. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
colony
British Commonwealth
caravanserials
hajj
15. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
nonalignment
shia
reparation
16. Hunting and gathering
veto
space probe
foraging
kinship group
17. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
czar (tsar)
Taliban
city-state
estates-general
18. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
absolute monarch
Balfour Declaration
four tigers
Sepoys
19. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
liberal
fourteen points
civil service system
edict of Nantes
20. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
entrepreneurship
millet
civil disobedience
lateen sail
21. A humanlike creature that walks upright
hominid
domino theory
mameduke
anthropology
22. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
tyrant
African National Congress
paleolithic age
four modernizations
23. An object shaped by humans
imperialism
karma
artifact
dissident
24. Large estate in ancient Rome
latifundia
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
radical
tyrant
25. Large collective farm
manor
apostle
commune
satrap
26. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
marshall plan
world trade center
balance of power
Kellogg-Briand Pact
27. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
absolute monarch
enlightened despot
operation overlord
constitutional monarchy
28. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
eightfold path
griot
Warsaw pact
serf
29. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
abolition
stoicism
joint-stock company
constitutional monarchy
30. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
European Union
nonalignment
Huguenots
mameduke
31. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
mobilization
council of Trent
concession
veto
32. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
umma
DNA dating
polygamy
quipu
33. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
romanticism
euro
nirvana
mensheviks
34. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
brinkmanship
mandate
mobilization
world health organization
35. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
Hagia Sophia
caravel
triangular trade
balance of power
36. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
league of nations
protectorate
triple alliance
37. One who pursues the meaning of truth
Renaissance
cubism
philosopher
gulf of tonkin resolution
38. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
collective farming
four tigers
civil disobedience
thermoluminescnce dating
39. 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
detente
u-boats
kamikaze
bourgeoisie
40. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
collective farming
island-hopping
diaspora
41. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
steppe
anthropology
monsoon
realpolitik
42. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
monotheism
nation-stae
new deal
Tarah
43. A ceasefire agreement
armistice
caudillo
legitimacy
apostle
44. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
apprenticeship
Cyrillic alphabet
soviet
Tamils
45. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
blitzkrieg
satellite nation
daimyo
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
46. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
truncated pyramid
pasteurization
nation-stae
samurai
47. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.
enlightened despot
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
joint-stock company
48. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
estates-general
five-year plans
Dar al- Islam
vassal
49. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
monotheism
burqa
intifada
feudalism
50. 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