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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. 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
armistice
forbidden city
Homo sapiens
natural selection
2. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
world health organization
factors of production
neolithic age
ziggurat
3. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
five pillars
operation overlord
communism
bushi
4. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
postdam conference
triple entente
pariah
new deal
5. A German emperor
kaiser
bushi
Dadaism
Bolsheviks
6. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
pariah
cynicism
extraterritorial rights
benefice
7. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
balance of power
tragedy
Dar al- Islam
pogram
8. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
militarism
peninsular
Dadaism
tyrant
9. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
hellenistic culture
monotheism
Taliban
legitimacy
10. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
chlorofluorocarbons
Ka'aba
Renaissance
marshall plan
11. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
absolute monarch
desalinization
British Commonwealth
apartheid
12. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
four tigers
world trade organization
desalinization
pariah
13. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
genocide
seppuku
mau mau
Palestine liberation organization
14. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
glasnost
Boers
apprenticeship
Anabaptists
15. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
Huns
tribune
apartheid
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
16. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
covenant
guomindang
constitutional monarchy
cubism
17. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
civilization
tragedy
yin and yang
Columbian exchange
18. The symbol used as part of a writing system
paleolithic age
Dadaism
city-state
glyph
19. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
geneva conference
natural selection
artifacts
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
20. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
conservative
kinship group
time of troubles
reparation
21. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
indulgence
jazz
utilitarian
encomienda
22. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
bushi
lebnsraum
entrepreneurship
terra cotta
23. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
purdah
patrician
dynasty
apostle
24. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
separation of powers
stream of consciousness
Columbian exchange
messiah
25. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
fascism
kamikaze
checks and balances
czar (tsar)
26. Russian emperor
ghazi
czar (tsar)
Justinian Code
steppe
27. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
radiocarbon dating
samurai
icon
suffrage
28. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
burgher
diocese
bourgeoisie
kinship group
29. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
factors of production
moderate
four modernizations
fascism
30. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
satellite nation
guild
command economy
postdam conference
31. 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
estate
zen Buddhism
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
bourgeoisie
32. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
apprenticeship
hubris
Protestant Reformation
Magyars
33. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
Taliban
mau mau
icon
34. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
diaspora
laissez-faire
oracle bone
peninsular
35. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
psychoanalysis
caste
foraging
veto
36. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
space probe
world health organization
aristocracy
anthropology
37. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
triple alliance
triumvirate
tyrant
38. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
radical
stele
marathon
four noble truths
39. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
feudalism
stupa
shariah
peninsular
40. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
geocentric theory
four modernizations
mameduke
mestizo
41. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
factors of production
devshirme
republic
multinational corporation
42. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
abolition
Deism
Bell Act
mercantilism
43. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
collective bargaining
helsinki accords
constitutional monarchy
lateen sail
44. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
appeasement
monotheism
social contract
mobilization
45. 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
geneva conference
kowtow
imperialism
46. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
constitutional monarchy
nationalism
silk roads
nonalignment
47. A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life - liberty - and security.
shah
absolute monarch
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
qanat
48. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
ghetto
czar (tsar)
realpolitik
triple alliance
49. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese
shah
vietnamization
colony
world health organization
50. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
social contract
surrealism
space probe
anthropology
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