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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
guest workers
African National Congress
czar (tsar)
capitalism
2. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
umma
Swahili
stele
stem cell research
3. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
radical
four tigers
cuneiform
karma
4. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
caravanserials
Holocaust
socialism
5. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
nicene creed
society of Jesus
protectorate
peace crops
6. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
Cultural Revolution
command economy
colony
mensheviks
7. One who pursues the meaning of truth
colony
philosopher
McDonaldization
green revolution
8. The termination of slavery
separation of powers
sunni
abolition
Renaissance
9. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
Bell Act
economic imperialism
coalition
hellenistic culture
10. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
mandate of heaven
legion
Sikhs
mensheviks
11. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
collective farming
Catholic reformation
patrician
anthropology
12. A Latin American military dictator
shogun
cynicism
scorched- earth policy
caudillo
13. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
euro
terra cotta
Catholic reformation
14. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
Renaissance
conservative
caste
manor
15. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
space station
shi
romanticism
time of troubles
16. A sole ruler with absolute power
surrealism
dictator
paleolithic age
major domo
17. 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
vietnamization
hieroglyphics
great lap forward
aristocracy
18. 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
apostle
realism
enclosure movement
DNA dating
19. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
Swahili
bourgeoisie
sunni
tribune
20. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
artifacts
Renaissance
diaspora
polis
21. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
apprenticeship
satrap
space probe
European Union
22. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
aristocracy
quipu
functionalism
vassal
23. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
theory of relativity
Renaissance
usury
scientific revolution
24. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
Magyars
nongovernmental organization
junkers
separation of powers
25. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
operation Barbarossa
pastoral nomadism
daimyo
26. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
African National Congress
shogun
geneva conference
sunni
27. A government of three rulers
Neo- Confucianism
code of Hammurabi
triumvirate
shah
28. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
space station
jainissary
Yom Kippur
pastoral nomadism
29. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
Tamils
stateless society
apprenticeship
usury
30. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
scorched- earth policy
militarism
domestic system
truncated pyramid
31. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
diocese
nongovernmental organization
kamikaze
parliament
32. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
natural selection
world trade center
mystery religion
33. 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
ghazi
Bell Act
Renaissance
shi
34. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
republic
emir
moderate
homeland
35. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
age grade
burqa
sunni
kaiser
36. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
impressionism
feminist
dowry death
ghetto
37. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
consumerism
legion
peace crops
new economic policy
38. 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
checks and balances
mau mau
lebnsraum
Warsaw pact
39. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
kamikaze
Tamils
Taliban
monsoon
40. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
Mongol Peace
millet
latifundia
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
41. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
marshall plan
glasnost
euro
civilization
42. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
domestic system
enlightened despot
feminist
geneva conference
43. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
nirvana
enclosure movement
Huguenots
dynasty
44. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
space probe
mau mau
Sikhs
commercial revolution
45. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
commercial agriculture
golden mean
marshall plan
iconoclastic controversy
46. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
nationalism
strategic defense initiative
fief
divine right of kings
47. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
ghazi
triumvirate
cubism
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
48. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
nationalism
hominid
abolition
gospel
49. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
five pillars
Zionism
specialization of labor
coalition
50. An antimalarial drug
quinine
cuneiform
mensheviks
thermoluminescent dating