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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
space shuttle
manor
Holocaust
harem
2. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
enlightened despot
separation of powers
fief
Brahmin
3. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
diaspora
guest workers
nation-stae
shariah
4. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
steppe
emir
mobilization
age grade
5. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
animism
caste
stoicism
homeland
6. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
enlightened despot
civil service system
scientific revolution
7. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
messiah
dynasty
operation Barbarossa
mobilization
8. 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
diocese
satrap
great lap forward
gulf of tonkin resolution
9. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
Bell Act
dharma
triangular trade
shinto
10. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
stream of consciousness
radical
imperialism
11. 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
hellenistic culture
poliburo
Bell Act
messiah
12. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
capital
commercial revolution
existentialism
illuminated manuscript
13. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Royal Road
mau mau
scorched- earth policy
Neolithic Revolution
14. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
burgess
daimyo
kamikaze
collective bargaining
15. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
collective farming
pastoral nomadism
ghazi
nationalism
16. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
vassal
tree-ring dating
five-year plans
covenant
17. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
Bosporus Strait
illuminated manuscript
strategic defense initiative
estates-general
18. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
fourteen points
new deal
liberal
Yalta Conference
19. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
middle passage
appeasement
operation sea lion
Yahweh
20. 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
bourgeoisie
separation of powers
stele
mameduke
21. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
legitimacy
ziggurat
ayatollah
guomindang
22. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
manor
parliament
radical
marshall plan
23. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States
Bell Act
manga carta
dharma
sakk
24. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
balance of power
realism
divine right of kings
fourteen points
25. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth
nonalignment
Truman doctrine
imperialism
enlightenment
26. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
capital
desalinization
aristocracy
multinational corporation
27. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
euro
league of nations
treaty of Versailles
Inquisition
28. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
appeasement
kibbutzim
vassal
29. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
philosopher
Homo sapiens
polytheism
dictator
30. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
lateen sail
Lend- Lease Act
humanism
kowtow
31. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
Homo sapiens
caravel
epicureanism
world health organization
32. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
capitalism
satellite nation
zen Buddhism
realism
33. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
shariah
communism
manga carta
soviet
34. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
gulf of tonkin resolution
animism
colony
foraging
35. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
comedy
consumerism
Reconquest
genocide
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
helsinki accords
missi dominici
peace crops
37. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
scorched- earth policy
quipu
middle passage
trench warfare
38. A Muslim ruler
four noble truths
vietnamization
emir
parliament
39. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
veto
macadam road
four tigers
truncated pyramid
40. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
peninsular
island-hopping
Bell Act
missi dominici
41. A grant of land in medieval Europe
manga carta
triple entente
nongovernmental organization
fief
42. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
domino theory
Yahweh
lebnsraum
cubism
43. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
concession
Balfour Declaration
thermoluminescent dating
stoicism
44. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
new deal
patrician
Taliban
Magyars
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
imperialism
ethnic cleansing
golden mean
monotheism
46. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
comedy
marshall plan
encomienda
cynicism
47. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
nation-stae
nirvana
euro
republic
48. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
Bosporus Strait
hubris
DNA dating
socialism
49. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
consumerism
appeasement
Manhattan project
icon
50. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
Taliban
daimyo
harem
final solution