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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 trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
Renaissance
constitutional monarchy
Nuremberg trials
truncated pyramid
2. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
benefice
tyrant
radiocarbon dating
mobilization
3. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
Columbian exchange
African National Congress
people of the book
encomienda
4. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
fourteen points
aristocracy
anthropology
proletariat
5. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
senate
guomindang
Neolithic Revolution
archaeology
6. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Boers
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Mongol Peace
Brahmin
7. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
guild
polytheism
sakk
8. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
realism
Kellogg-Briand Pact
stream of consciousness
green revolution
9. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
justification by faith
ayatollah
moderate
people of the book
10. Neutrality of developing nations during the cold war
fascism
nonalignment
Sepoys
archaeology
11. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
hellenistic culture
pariah
treaty of tordesillas
scorched- earth policy
12. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
republic
realpolitik
joint-stock company
feminist
13. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
fresco
capital
five pillars
DNA dating
14. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
nicene creed
scientific revolution
messiah
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
15. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
scientific revolution
stupa
gulf of tonkin resolution
mobilization
16. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
aristocracy
existentialism
radiocarbon dating
Utopian socialist
17. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
illuminated manuscript
nationalism
steppe
conservative
18. A German emperor
absolute monarch
kaiser
socialism
Mongol Peace
19. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
propaganda
factors of production
griot
mau mau
20. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
millet
paleontologists
peace crops
shia
21. 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
abolition
civil rights movement
burgher
pogram
22. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
encomienda
joint-stock company
dissident
burgess
23. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
serf
city-state
kibbutzim
covenant
24. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
entrepreneurship
protectorate
latifundia
mandate of heaven
25. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
philosopher
world health organization
polis
kibbutzim
26. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
feminist
Bell Act
feudalism
jainissary
27. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
kinship group
sphere of influence
laissez-faire
operation overlord
28. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
burgess
plebeian
Dadaism
triple entente
29. 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
guomindang
Palestine liberation organization
space shuttle
30. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
missi dominici
geocentric theory
marshall plan
Truman doctrine
31. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
command economy
civilization
Columbian exchange
nonalignment
32. The right to vote
detente
moderate
suffrage
great lap forward
33. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
qanat
triumvirate
romanticism
civil disobedience
34. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
Manchaeism
civil rights movement
command economy
strategic defense initiative
35. The worship of many gods
colony
code of Hammurabi
polytheism
vietnamization
36. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
civilization
caravel
mestizo
pogram
37. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
tragedy
detente
balance of power
mau mau
38. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
tragedy
consumerism
Manchaeism
reactionary
39. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
epicureanism
cubism
Taliban
purdah
40. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
collective farming
imperialism
Anabaptists
suffrage
41. Member of elite class in ancient rome
Utopian socialist
scorched- earth policy
patrician
social Darwinism
42. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA
nonalignment
Columbian exchange
DNA dating
pastoral nomadism
43. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
hellenistic culture
appeasement
shia
serf
44. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
five-year plans
shia
Columbian exchange
Zionism
45. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
postdam conference
seppuku
fief
mandate
46. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
Palestine liberation organization
new deal
postdam conference
containment
47. 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
Justinian Code
Bell Act
functionalism
Lend- Lease Act
48. Russian Parliament
Bell Act
fresco
duma
bushido
49. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
neolithic age
aristocracy
veto
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
50. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
stem cell research
theocracy
Justinian Code
pastoral nomadism