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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
mameduke
jazz
brinkmanship
icon
2. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
perestroika
one-child policy
enlightenment
fourteen points
3. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
ethnic cleansing
European Union
peace crops
specialization of labor
4. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
serf
age grade
estate
world trade center
5. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
Deism
McDonaldization
Dar al- Islam
conservative
6. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
triple alliance
world health organization
council of Trent
shariah
7. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
dictator
social Darwinism
bourgeoisie
island-hopping
8. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
quipu
golden mean
homeland
radiocarbon dating
9. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
blitzkrieg
kaiser
humanism
bushi
10. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
city-state
enlightened despot
Warsaw pact
nonalignment
11. 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
stele
shah
bushido
social contract
12. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
consumerism
stream of consciousness
human cloning
civil disobedience
13. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
Atlantic Charter
helot
Bosporus Strait
radical
14. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
joint-stock company
capitalism
triple alliance
iconoclastic controversy
15. A sole ruler with absolute power
stupa
homeland
dictator
terra cotta
16. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
burqa
operation Barbarossa
Anabaptists
kowtow
17. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
parallel descent
consul
Zionism
Deism
18. Describes a male-dominated society
patriarchal
repartamiento
vassal
dowry death
19. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
usury
Bosporus Strait
ghazi
domino theory
20. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
dynasty
communism
armistice
monsoon
21. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
lebnsraum
edict of Nantes
icon
mau mau
22. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Dadaism
neolithic age
reparation
yin and yang
23. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
stoicism
zen Buddhism
triumvirate
stateless society
24. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
macadam road
Atlantic Charter
civil service system
human cloning
25. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
commune
existentialism
pastoral nomadism
harem
26. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
artifacts
animism
utilitarian
perestroika
27. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
kibbutzim
Ka'aba
Neolithic Revolution
constitutional monarchy
28. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
protectorate
Nuremberg trials
scientific revolution
icon
29. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
karma
enlightenment
internal migration
Columbian exchange
30. A humanlike creature that walks upright
hominid
paleontologists
Brahmin
factors of production
31. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
nirvana
cynicism
shinto
Truman doctrine
32. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
nonalignment
surrealism
Bosporus Strait
strategic defense initiative
33. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
pariah
utilitarian
robotics
covenant
34. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
romanticism
daimyo
consul
paleontologists
35. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
euro
dynasty
psychoanalysis
hubris
36. Large collective farm
African National Congress
golden mean
dissident
commune
37. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
Protestant Reformation
checks and balances
satrap
Zionism
38. The symbol used as part of a writing system
glyph
lebnsraum
urdu
social contract
39. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
Afrikaner
paleolithic age
quinine
Royal Road
40. 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
latifundia
polis
euro
41. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
philosopher
Renaissance
great lap forward
manga carta
42. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
guild
fresco
Atlantic Charter
Reconquest
43. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
conservative
caravanserials
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Cultural Revolution
44. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
world trade center
manor
chivalry
psychoanalysis
45. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
reparation
ghetto
impressionism
capital
46. 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
devshirme
social Darwinism
mau mau
command economy
47. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
Yom Kippur
Tamils
fresco
kinship group
48. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
Bosporus Strait
society of Jesus
stele
kinship group
49. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
Tamils
Magyars
British Commonwealth
guest workers
50. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
tragedy
five-year plans
polygamy
colony
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