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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
fourteen points
philosopher
abolition
rotten borough
2. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
stupa
serf
archaeology
mau mau
3. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
qanat
terra cotta
ziggurat
space shuttle
4. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
Nuremberg trials
age grade
sphere of influence
5. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
shia
messiah
caudillo
lebnsraum
6. 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
civil service system
Neolithic Revolution
Holocaust
bourgeoisie
7. A Persian king
Palestine liberation organization
radiocarbon dating
tree-ring dating
shah
8. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
ghetto
polygamy
thermoluminescnce dating
parallel descent
9. A government of three rulers
capital
stele
anthropology
triumvirate
10. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj
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11. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
Ka'aba
mercantilism
radical
u-boats
12. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
mystery religion
world trade organization
karma
Royal Road
13. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
marshall plan
checks and balances
homeland
protectorate
14. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
cuneiform
thermoluminescnce dating
Australopithecus
paleolithic age
15. One who disagrees; a dissenter
purdah
McDonaldization
major domo
dissident
16. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
duma
patriarch
shi
17. A 26 mile race
latifundia
marathon
operation overlord
estates-general
18. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
steppe
Sepoys
external migration
Tarah
19. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
pogram
creole
Anabaptists
Dar al- Islam
20. The german air force
soviet
Cyrillic alphabet
luftwaffe
cubism
21. Muslim social and ethical law
proletariat
multinational corporation
Neolithic Revolution
shariah
22. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
peninsular
plebeian
manor
apprenticeship
23. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
radical
Inquisition
middle passage
civil disobedience
24. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
radical
illuminated manuscript
desalinization
nationalism
25. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
nongovernmental organization
nicene creed
great lap forward
reparation
26. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
eightfold path
yin and yang
vietnamization
Kellogg-Briand Pact
27. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
operation sea lion
tribune
major domo
dowry death
28. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
seppuku
Bolsheviks
diaspora
stele
29. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
polis
Kellogg-Briand Pact
tyrant
Yom Kippur
30. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
time of troubles
moderate
paleontologists
peninsular
31. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
lebnsraum
polis
empire
suffrage
32. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
space station
shah
bushi
human cloning
33. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
commune
armistice
realpolitik
homeland
34. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
samurai
griot
Manchaeism
theory of evolution
35. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
commercial agriculture
sakk
extraterritorial rights
sunni
36. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
czar (tsar)
mercantilism
shinto
eightfold path
37. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
triple alliance
postdam conference
push-pull factors
38. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
duma
stupa
mystery religion
apostle
39. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
loess
Royal Road
messiah
czar (tsar)
40. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
laissez-faire
burqa
triangular trade
manor
41. Hunting and gathering
foraging
homeland
mobilization
conservative
42. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
legion
anthropology
Tarah
brinkmanship
43. 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
conservative
global village
checks and balances
vietnamization
44. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
lateen sail
Manhattan project
Lend- Lease Act
tribune
45. 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
green revolution
Magyars
ethnic cleansing
gospel
46. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
radiocarbon dating
estates-general
proletariat
karma
47. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
helot
liberal
nicene creed
guomindang
48. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
romanticism
emir
truncated pyramid
junkers
49. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
gulf of tonkin resolution
Bolsheviks
capital
Yahweh
50. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
Balfour Declaration
ayatollah
philosopher
glyph