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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
protectorate
new economic policy
usury
2. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
age grade
Bolsheviks
specialization of labor
one-child policy
3. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
triangular trade
artifacts
five pillars
moderate
4. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
czar (tsar)
global village
Boers
nirvana
5. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
Royal Road
neolithic age
benefice
polygamy
6. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
indulgence
chinampa
daimyo
reactionary
7. 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
legion
quipu
humanism
capitalism
8. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
space station
diaspora
ziggurat
divine right of kings
9. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
Utopian socialist
mandate of heaven
quinine
checks and balances
10. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
bourgeoisie
separation of powers
geocentric theory
guest workers
11. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
Neolithic Revolution
apartheid
mestizo
apostle
12. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
animism
devshirme
pastoral nomadism
guest workers
13. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
kowtow
functionalism
treaty of Versailles
socialism
14. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
marshall plan
protectorate
patriarch
plebeian
15. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
eightfold path
paleontologists
messiah
desalinization
16. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
Nuremberg trials
icon
urdu
commercial agriculture
17. An advocate of gradual political change
conservative
guild
kaiser
benefice
18. A member of the middle class in medieval England
nicene creed
burgess
domestic system
concession
19. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
pastoral nomadism
Holocaust
coalition
third reich
20. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
indulgence
European Union
Afrikaner
commune
21. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
protectorate
enlightenment
griot
enclosure movement
22. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
legion
nation-stae
surrealism
armistice
23. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
McDonaldization
mau mau
lateen sail
commercial revolution
24. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
zen Buddhism
monsoon
helot
25. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage
mestizo
nationalism
tyrant
balance of power
26. A German emperor
kaiser
society of Jesus
ziggurat
kibbutzim
27. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
creole
Huns
DNA dating
daimyo
28. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
domino theory
pariah
polygamy
checks and balances
29. Large estate in ancient Rome
neolithic age
theory of relativity
latifundia
collective bargaining
30. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
imperialism
plebeian
society of Jesus
radical
31. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
mobilization
surrealism
epicureanism
Yalta Conference
32. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
league of nations
operation overlord
Mongol Peace
specialization of labor
33. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
peninsular
DNA dating
glasnost
pasteurization
34. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
Royal Road
luftwaffe
caudillo
messiah
35. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
Hagia Sophia
realism
British Commonwealth
external migration
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
global village
Manchaeism
silk roads
37. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
collective farming
caste
Balkans
Australopithecus
38. A 26 mile race
Deism
space probe
junkers
marathon
39. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
gulf of tonkin resolution
aristocracy
desalinization
triple entente
40. The right of a dynasty to rule
separation of powers
Swahili
tyrant
legitimacy
41. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
shinto
Huns
pastoral nomadism
thermoluminescent dating
42. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
league of nations
civil disobedience
guomindang
yin and yang
43. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
Holocaust
guest workers
balance of power
satrap
44. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
collective farming
polytheism
comedy
sati
45. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
Taliban
Royal Road
Magyars
cuneiform
46. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
society of Jesus
domino theory
artifacts
geocentric theory
47. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
zen Buddhism
four tigers
European Union
extraterritorial rights
48. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
mestizo
treaty of Versailles
stateless society
surrealism
49. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
gulf of tonkin resolution
entrepreneurship
Magyars
steppe
50. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
Yalta Conference
hubris
truncated pyramid
new economic policy