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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
robotics
radiocarbon dating
apostle
European Union
2. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
tyrant
guild
totalitarian state
millet
3. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
shariah
shia
Lend- Lease Act
pariah
4. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
impressionism
extraterritorial rights
manga carta
intifada
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
enlightened despot
genocide
protectorate
6. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
hieroglyphics
Mongol Peace
anthropology
nation-stae
7. 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
blitzkrieg
republic
hieroglyphics
dowry death
8. A belief that maintained that - although there was a god - the role of the deity was simply to set natural laws in motion
Deism
protectorate
legion
collective farming
9. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
Swahili
Utopian socialist
illuminated manuscript
astrolabe
10. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
epicureanism
scorched- earth policy
civil disobedience
Tamils
11. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
thermoluminescent dating
treaty of tordesillas
fascism
existentialism
12. The belief of absolute monarchs that they were granted their right to rule from God
Boers
chinampa
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
divine right of kings
13. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
pastoral nomadism
strategic defense initiative
time of troubles
psychoanalysis
14. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
democratization
Utopian socialist
operation overlord
animism
15. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
enlightened despot
theory of evolution
Cyrillic alphabet
16. A grant of land in medieval Europe
tragedy
fief
scientific revolution
command economy
17. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
ziggurat
constitutional monarchy
existentialism
factors of production
18. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
one-child policy
Yom Kippur
cubism
soviet
19. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
caste
lateen sail
one-child policy
marshall plan
20. 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
gospel
Australopithecus
Cultural Revolution
four modernizations
21. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
covenant
Dar al- Islam
mau mau
Deism
22. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
burqa
nirvana
detente
Renaissance
23. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
space probe
city-state
loess
island-hopping
24. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
third world
psychoanalysis
lateen sail
glyph
25. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
radiocarbon dating
geocentric theory
Renaissance
guomindang
26. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
stele
new deal
empire
treaty of Versailles
27. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
perestroika
Bosporus Strait
Dadaism
mandate
28. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj
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29. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
epicureanism
luftwaffe
zen Buddhism
30. The period between 1250 and 1350 -in which the Mongols restored the security of trade over the Silk Roads between Europe and Asia
space station
multinational corporation
Mongol Peace
hieroglyphics
31. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
great lap forward
social Darwinism
tribune
operation Barbarossa
32. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
bourgeoisie
homeland
third world
Manchaeism
33. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
junkers
terra cotta
five pillars
dowry death
34. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
patriarch
peninsular
capitalism
Australopithecus
35. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
balance of power
four tigers
bushido
chivalry
36. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
realism
reactionary
lateen sail
gospel
37. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
mau mau
astrolabe
apostle
encomienda
38. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
Justinian Code
polytheism
helsinki accords
people of the book
39. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
sati
Bosporus Strait
kaiser
edict of Nantes
40. Large collective farm
civil rights movement
sunni
thermoluminescent dating
commune
41. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Tarah
four modernizations
paleontologists
enlightenment
42. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
marathon
sakk
Australopithecus
theory of evolution
43. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
creole
sunni
Manhattan project
anthropology
44. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
domino theory
Holocaust
pasteurization
epicureanism
45. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
homeland
gulf of tonkin resolution
people of the book
caravel
46. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
usury
quipu
Sepoys
burqa
47. 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
czar (tsar)
nonalignment
democratization
operation overlord
48. One who disagrees; a dissenter
checks and balances
dissident
Tamils
realpolitik
49. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
realism
feudalism
dynasty
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
50. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
kowtow
domestic system
archeology
chivalry