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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
Palestine liberation organization
DNA dating
coalition
shinto
2. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
devshirme
caravel
manor
joint-stock company
3. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
five pillars
British Commonwealth
theocracy
nirvana
4. 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
umma
cubism
paleontologists
theory of relativity
5. 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
democratization
joint-stock company
hominid
Magyars
6. The worship of many gods
coalition
harem
detente
polytheism
7. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
civil service system
Cyrillic alphabet
caravanserials
kamikaze
8. Russian emperor
social contract
realpolitik
hominid
czar (tsar)
9. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
internal migration
containment
balance of power
radical
10. 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
tribune
epicureanism
anthropology
11. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
DNA dating
middle passage
council of Trent
containment
12. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
blitzkrieg
polytheism
kowtow
Mongol Peace
13. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
helot
estates-general
one-child policy
island-hopping
14. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
appeasement
divine right of kings
griot
tragedy
15. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
edict of Nantes
realpolitik
Columbian exchange
shariah
16. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
radiocarbon dating
u-boats
Magyars
harem
17. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
Tamils
imperialism
burgher
caudillo
18. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
space shuttle
nationalism
stateless society
absolute monarch
19. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
humanism
dynasty
encomienda
five-year plans
20. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
icon
external migration
kaiser
marathon
21. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
sati
Manhattan project
indulgence
existentialism
22. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
age grade
junkers
Protestant Reformation
thermoluminescent dating
23. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
guomindang
harem
nation-stae
patrician
24. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
plebeian
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
reactionary
emir
25. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
treaty of Versailles
Tarah
Yahweh
hieroglyphics
26. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
absolute monarch
time of troubles
Holocaust
animism
27. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
capital
Allah
Tarah
thermoluminescent dating
28. The german air force
yin and yang
luftwaffe
triangular trade
Kellogg-Briand Pact
29. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
kibbutzim
pasteurization
world health organization
glyph
30. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
qanat
theocracy
estate
Columbian exchange
31. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
humanism
DNA dating
Manchaeism
polytheism
32. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
operation Barbarossa
theory of relativity
monsoon
patrician
33. A floating plot of land created by the Aztecs to expand the agricultural capacity of Tenochtitlan
helsinki accords
estate
Afrikaner
chinampa
34. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
hieroglyphics
cynicism
guomindang
concession
35. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
nicene creed
polis
kinship group
icon
36. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
predestination
archeology
shogun
detente
37. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
luftwaffe
artifacts
bushi
feudalism
38. A humanlike creature that walks upright
propaganda
hominid
umma
burgher
39. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
benefice
geneva conference
guomindang
Brahmin
40. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
suffrage
hieroglyphics
world health organization
glyph
41. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
apprenticeship
stateless society
soviet
economic imperialism
42. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
Bosporus Strait
world trade center
animism
city-state
43. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
sati
world trade center
shia
Ka'aba
44. The technology associated with the application of robots
peninsular
external migration
civil rights movement
robotics
45. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
glasnost
robotics
golden mean
Renaissance
46. The power to prevent the execution of law
stream of consciousness
archaeology
dissident
veto
47. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
space probe
mensheviks
encomienda
Deism
48. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
gulf of tonkin resolution
perestroika
fief
Truman doctrine
49. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
robotics
four noble truths
truncated pyramid
estate
50. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
proletariat
space probe
diocese
karma
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