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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
Dadaism
Reconquest
social Darwinism
karma
2. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
caste
estates-general
pasteurization
enlightened despot
3. Russian Parliament
duma
desalinization
estates-general
social contract
4. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
sunni
functionalism
lebnsraum
harem
5. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
emir
bushido
Lend- Lease Act
illuminated manuscript
6. A grant of land in medieval Europe
poliburo
monsoon
fief
kinship group
7. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
vassal
serf
brinkmanship
European Union
8. French Protestants
pastoral nomadism
Huguenots
Australopithecus
plebeian
9. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
repartamiento
glyph
Zionism
shogun
10. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
treaty of Versailles
shinto
mobilization
utilitarian
11. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
Neo- Confucianism
final solution
operation sea lion
lebnsraum
12. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
balance of power
coalition
Huns
13. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
paleolithic age
tragedy
artifact
Taliban
14. Studying fossil remains
paleontologists
romanticism
Mongol Peace
Swahili
15. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
shariah
Taliban
concession
anthropology
16. Russian emperor
DNA dating
diocese
impressionism
czar (tsar)
17. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
chinampa
Truman doctrine
stupa
ethnic cleansing
18. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
encomienda
treaty of tordesillas
gulf of tonkin resolution
19. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
Hagia Sophia
four modernizations
theory of relativity
cubism
20. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
paleontologists
specialization of labor
yin and yang
Palestine liberation organization
21. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
usury
league of nations
civil disobedience
indulgence
22. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
multinational corporation
four noble truths
civilization
enlightenment
23. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
Sikhs
marshall plan
European Union
Manhattan project
24. Hunting and gathering
foraging
parallel descent
harem
Huns
25. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
burqa
triangular trade
vassal
stream of consciousness
26. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
Inquisition
satellite nation
terra cotta
mandate of heaven
27. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
mameduke
artifact
aristocracy
militarism
28. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
Neo- Confucianism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Nuremberg trials
pogram
29. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
treaty of tordesillas
Deism
philosopher
world trade organization
30. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
nonalignment
four tigers
ghetto
factors of production
31. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
foraging
archeology
Cyrillic alphabet
specialization of labor
32. 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
burgess
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
checks and balances
impressionism
33. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
repartamiento
urdu
socialism
guild
34. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
karma
push-pull factors
hieroglyphics
caravanserials
35. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
encomienda
stem cell research
four modernizations
Dadaism
36. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
mandate
glasnost
ethnic cleansing
extraterritorial rights
37. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
Nuremberg trials
people of the book
triple entente
tribune
38. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
diaspora
major domo
Reconquest
manor
39. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
mensheviks
stoicism
creole
dowry death
40. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
McDonaldization
feudalism
apostle
paleolithic age
41. 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
commercial agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
natural selection
42. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
bushi
hieroglyphics
jainissary
democratization
43. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
yin and yang
edict of Nantes
zen Buddhism
theory of relativity
44. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
four noble truths
satrap
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
domino theory
45. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
urdu
Homo sapiens
Swahili
shia
46. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
liberal
usury
detente
romanticism
47. The power to prevent the execution of law
Sikhs
steppe
mercantilism
veto
48. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
surrealism
truncated pyramid
covenant
natural selection
49. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
scorched- earth policy
edict of Nantes
Tarah
imperialism
50. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
suffrage
shah
civil service system
lebnsraum