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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
Sepoys
iconoclastic controversy
theory of relativity
realism
2. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
theory of evolution
Ka'aba
Boers
colony
3. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
parallel descent
constitutional monarchy
missi dominici
African National Congress
4. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
DNA dating
checks and balances
mandate of heaven
third reich
5. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
empire
Manchaeism
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
terra cotta
6. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
Anabaptists
realpolitik
radical
dowry death
7. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
helsinki accords
cuneiform
latifundia
qanat
8. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
shariah
liberal
psychoanalysis
helsinki accords
9. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china
great lap forward
iconoclastic controversy
hellenistic culture
separation of powers
10. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
euro
sati
four modernizations
nirvana
11. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
natural selection
philosopher
consumerism
Australopithecus
12. 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
Tarah
enlightenment
Bolsheviks
space shuttle
13. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
burgess
geneva conference
island-hopping
anthropology
14. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
communism
archeology
legion
usury
15. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
genocide
time of troubles
Anabaptists
third world
16. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
brinkmanship
dynasty
iconoclastic controversy
Nuremberg trials
17. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
collective bargaining
parallel descent
Utopian socialist
conservative
18. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
theory of relativity
daimyo
monsoon
treaty of Versailles
19. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
Ka'aba
postdam conference
burgher
artifact
20. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
Protestant Reformation
pasteurization
Bolsheviks
Royal Road
21. The termination of slavery
abolition
enclosure movement
age grade
functionalism
22. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
devshirme
existentialism
predestination
treaty of tordesillas
23. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
city-state
millet
usury
world trade center
24. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
anthropology
social contract
great lap forward
stupa
25. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
league of nations
code of Hammurabi
nongovernmental organization
26. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
Neo- Confucianism
humanism
sati
stele
27. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
caste
Kellogg-Briand Pact
final solution
duma
28. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
sunni
veto
eightfold path
civil disobedience
29. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
democratization
Boers
macadam road
space probe
30. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
iconoclastic controversy
Renaissance
serf
civil service system
31. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
Bell Act
people of the book
nation-stae
terra cotta
32. Member of elite class in ancient rome
patrician
great lap forward
caravel
middle passage
33. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
qanat
chivalry
Manhattan project
realism
34. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
Catholic reformation
caravanserials
economic imperialism
edict of Nantes
35. A grant of land in medieval Europe
fief
treaty of Versailles
five-year plans
appeasement
36. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
latifundia
hominid
space shuttle
Yalta Conference
37. 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
manga carta
yin and yang
Palestine liberation organization
38. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
Anabaptists
Huguenots
ghazi
five-year plans
39. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
space probe
reactionary
usury
sphere of influence
40. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
Nuremberg trials
chinampa
anthropology
triangular trade
41. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Shiva
geneva conference
Dadaism
Truman doctrine
42. A humanlike creature that walks upright
internal migration
quinine
hominid
parallel descent
43. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
archaeology
tragedy
internal migration
major domo
44. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
radiocarbon dating
hieroglyphics
Royal Road
utilitarian
45. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
jainissary
dowry death
shogun
Dar al- Islam
46. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
Utopian socialist
Dar al- Islam
thermoluminescent dating
operation sea lion
47. A warrior for islam
anthropology
loess
quipu
ghazi
48. Studying fossil remains
reparation
paleontologists
icon
umma
49. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
sakk
purdah
u-boats
Balfour Declaration
50. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
hieroglyphics
seppuku
operation overlord
encomienda
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