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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
psychoanalysis
kaiser
hajj
dowry death
2. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
stateless society
divine right of kings
tribune
suffrage
3. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
apprenticeship
triangular trade
suffrage
green revolution
4. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
Afrikaner
usury
Nuremberg trials
aristocracy
5. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
shariah
democratization
Reconquest
tree-ring dating
6. The period between 8000 BCE and approximately 3000 BCE; also known as the New stone age
enlightened despot
daimyo
ethnic cleansing
neolithic age
7. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
kaiser
truncated pyramid
trench warfare
8. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
city-state
soviet
Taliban
scorched- earth policy
9. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
apprenticeship
junkers
millet
one-child policy
10. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
McDonaldization
patriarch
stream of consciousness
genocide
11. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
robotics
truncated pyramid
geneva conference
12. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
Inquisition
triangular trade
consul
feudalism
13. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
Anabaptists
terra cotta
samurai
predestination
14. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
monsoon
manga carta
thermoluminescent dating
theory of evolution
15. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
kinship group
brinkmanship
Homo sapiens
urdu
16. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
hajj
command economy
strategic defense initiative
nongovernmental organization
17. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
missi dominici
veto
proletariat
reparation
18. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
serf
city-state
shinto
chinampa
19. The symbol used as part of a writing system
kinship group
four tigers
push-pull factors
glyph
20. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
sphere of influence
Magyars
Tamils
Deism
21. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
coalition
pogram
proletariat
Homo sapiens
22. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
radical
bushi
sunni
mensheviks
23. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
enclosure movement
space probe
world trade center
Sikhs
24. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
kaiser
covenant
senate
Bosporus Strait
25. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
brinkmanship
triumvirate
enlightened despot
repartamiento
26. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
surrealism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Brahmin
new economic policy
27. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
Yahweh
four noble truths
desalinization
rotten borough
28. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
Allah
aristocracy
Zionism
utilitarian
29. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
chivalry
moderate
Neolithic Revolution
laissez-faire
30. Campaign carried out bu the Chinese Red Guards between 1966 and 1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist Party and consolidating Mao's leadership
sakk
concession
dowry death
Cultural Revolution
31. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
four tigers
joint-stock company
civilization
Cultural Revolution
32. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
czar (tsar)
sakk
republic
peninsular
33. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
enclosure movement
protectorate
mandate of heaven
tribune
34. Large estate in ancient Rome
latifundia
mystery religion
DNA dating
guild
35. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
DNA dating
legitimacy
operation Barbarossa
Catholic reformation
36. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
middle passage
archeology
cuneiform
feudalism
37. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
yin and yang
Yahweh
dharma
jainissary
38. The Muslim name for God
paleontologists
Allah
divine right of kings
Balkans
39. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
Protestant Reformation
hubris
guild
treaty of tordesillas
40. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
Truman doctrine
millet
global village
internal migration
41. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
covenant
nicene creed
42. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
glyph
patriarch
missi dominici
Tamils
43. Marriage to more than one wife
polygamy
joint-stock company
archaeology
chinampa
44. 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
four modernizations
burgher
fourteen points
triumvirate
45. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
burgher
ayatollah
Holocaust
paleontologists
46. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
animism
enclosure movement
poliburo
Holocaust
47. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
dowry death
pastoral nomadism
stateless society
paleolithic age
48. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
theory of evolution
mobilization
bushido
society of Jesus
49. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
Palestine liberation organization
pogram
European Union
comedy
50. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
city-state
middle passage
hominid
legion