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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
human cloning
four modernizations
dowry death
chlorofluorocarbons
2. The technology associated with the application of robots
nongovernmental organization
robotics
factors of production
civil disobedience
3. 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
quinine
thermoluminescent dating
Yom Kippur
hellenistic culture
4. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
diocese
dowry death
gulf of tonkin resolution
Catholic reformation
5. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
utilitarian
radical
Yahweh
parallel descent
6. A sole ruler with absolute power
truncated pyramid
quinine
dictator
oracle bone
7. A government of three rulers
Truman doctrine
sati
triumvirate
justification by faith
8. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
separation of powers
gospel
kibbutzim
scientific revolution
9. One who pursues the meaning of truth
philosopher
separation of powers
European Union
astrolabe
10. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
perestroika
Atlantic Charter
colony
caudillo
11. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
Utopian socialist
republic
Sikhs
Australopithecus
12. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
civil disobedience
laissez-faire
Homo sapiens
green revolution
13. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
world trade center
five pillars
Australopithecus
mandate
14. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
guild
ghazi
archeology
thermoluminescnce dating
15. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
feminist
space probe
Cultural Revolution
millet
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
socialism
lateen sail
artifacts
hajj
17. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
mameduke
island-hopping
entrepreneurship
cuneiform
18. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
illuminated manuscript
purdah
coalition
one-child policy
19. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
glasnost
kamikaze
commercial agriculture
theory of relativity
20. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
hijra
philosopher
czar (tsar)
thermoluminescent dating
21. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
league of nations
shogun
colony
perestroika
22. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
trench warfare
enclosure movement
lateen sail
mercantilism
23. 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
Manhattan project
checks and balances
griot
reparation
24. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
daimyo
Atlantic Charter
Bell Act
Manhattan project
25. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
DNA dating
paleolithic age
totalitarian state
monsoon
26. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
conservative
natural selection
four noble truths
factors of production
27. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
kowtow
fief
burgher
Bolsheviks
28. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
realism
communism
Columbian exchange
Sikhs
29. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
Swahili
homeland
Kellogg-Briand Pact
veto
30. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
shinto
impressionism
space probe
31. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
theory of relativity
Deism
Yahweh
social Darwinism
32. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
space probe
Bosporus Strait
hubris
nirvana
33. Studying fossil remains
Manhattan project
paleontologists
dissident
reparation
34. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
civilization
Bosporus Strait
estate
35. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
dynasty
chivalry
cubism
stupa
36. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
philosopher
Huns
helsinki accords
mobilization
37. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
shogun
tree-ring dating
constitutional monarchy
pasteurization
38. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
domino theory
samurai
mandate
treaty of Versailles
39. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
junkers
dharma
satrap
mameduke
40. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
theory of relativity
euro
stem cell research
silk roads
41. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Boers
jazz
Tarah
moderate
42. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
suffrage
pastoral nomadism
hijra
multinational corporation
43. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
philosopher
Palestine liberation organization
paleontologists
serf
44. 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
gulf of tonkin resolution
realpolitik
stele
45. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
artifacts
dissident
postdam conference
glasnost
46. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
fourteen points
homeland
ethnic cleansing
mensheviks
47. A grant of land in medieval Europe
mandate of heaven
reactionary
fief
aristocracy
48. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
archeology
civil rights movement
ziggurat
guest workers
49. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Atlantic Charter
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Catholic reformation
pastoral nomadism
50. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
devshirme
apprenticeship
polytheism
city-state