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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Russian Parliament
people of the book
command economy
patriarchal
duma
2. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
Cyrillic alphabet
Boers
polygamy
mestizo
3. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
vietnamization
fresco
polytheism
sphere of influence
4. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
appeasement
iconoclastic controversy
kinship group
code of Hammurabi
5. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
utilitarian
Ka'aba
harem
thermoluminescent dating
6. A Latin American military dictator
qanat
pogram
world trade organization
caudillo
7. An advocate of gradual political change
natural selection
conservative
Tarah
Balkans
8. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
ghetto
genocide
four modernizations
shinto
9. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
astrolabe
reactionary
jainissary
Ka'aba
10. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
Huguenots
commune
consumerism
hellenistic culture
11. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
Reconquest
dynasty
socialism
iconoclastic controversy
12. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
communism
five-year plans
British Commonwealth
treaty of Versailles
13. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
joint-stock company
Reconquest
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Hagia Sophia
14. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
republic
strategic defense initiative
operation overlord
great lap forward
15. The right to vote
suffrage
tree-ring dating
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
u-boats
16. Studying fossil remains
polytheism
detente
paleontologists
artifact
17. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
mameduke
consul
Royal Road
Dar al- Islam
18. A humanlike creature that walks upright
Zionism
hominid
new deal
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
19. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
Kellogg-Briand Pact
stream of consciousness
Columbian exchange
enlightened despot
20. One who pursues the meaning of truth
soviet
major domo
Holocaust
philosopher
21. The Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
veto
usury
legitimacy
22. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
bushi
world trade organization
emir
mercantilism
23. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
space probe
society of Jesus
pogram
stem cell research
24. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
theory of relativity
Inquisition
patriarch
Allah
25. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
radiocarbon dating
feudalism
DNA dating
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
26. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
civil service system
creole
cynicism
Homo sapiens
27. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
protectorate
vassal
Mongol Peace
realism
28. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
triple alliance
fief
utilitarian
Manchaeism
29. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
estates-general
checks and balances
protectorate
tribune
30. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
Sepoys
armistice
collective farming
Truman doctrine
31. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
commune
theory of evolution
enclosure movement
caravel
32. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
dictator
sakk
armistice
philosopher
33. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
creole
dharma
European Union
papal states
34. The termination of slavery
abolition
ghazi
samurai
McDonaldization
35. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
romanticism
liberal
bushido
illuminated manuscript
36. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
Catholic reformation
golden mean
Truman doctrine
caste
37. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
apartheid
command economy
operation overlord
Reconquest
38. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
caravel
soviet
nirvana
Zionism
39. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
oracle bone
satellite nation
DNA dating
psychoanalysis
40. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
harem
cuneiform
city-state
lateen sail
41. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece
guest workers
nonalignment
hellenistic culture
theory of evolution
42. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
monsoon
Australopithecus
dharma
macadam road
43. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
parliament
Yalta Conference
British Commonwealth
quinine
44. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
Taliban
shah
quipu
conservative
45. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
militarism
separation of powers
marshall plan
one-child policy
46. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
space station
marshall plan
major domo
theocracy
47. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
push-pull factors
umma
burgher
one-child policy
48. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
chlorofluorocarbons
absolute monarch
concession
marshall plan
49. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Manchaeism
Huguenots
urdu
marshall plan
50. 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
natural selection
Yahweh
psychoanalysis
scorched- earth policy
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