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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 ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
feminist
four noble truths
mobilization
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
2. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
millet
encomienda
great lap forward
Renaissance
3. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA
shogun
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
domino theory
Lend- Lease Act
4. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
kaiser
cuneiform
people of the book
encomienda
5. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
jainissary
containment
devshirme
monotheism
6. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
treaty of tordesillas
collective bargaining
veto
operation overlord
7. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
hubris
brinkmanship
civil rights movement
British Commonwealth
8. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
fief
Bosporus Strait
epicureanism
space probe
9. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
social Darwinism
Bosporus Strait
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
lebnsraum
10. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
scientific revolution
dynasty
Dar al- Islam
usury
11. A Muslim ruler
macadam road
Shiva
emir
protectorate
12. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
apostle
shogun
shariah
diaspora
13. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
hellenistic culture
shogun
patriarch
republic
14. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
five pillars
predestination
specialization of labor
pariah
15. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
feudalism
collective farming
cuneiform
junkers
16. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
extraterritorial rights
dowry death
collective bargaining
pariah
17. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
astrolabe
push-pull factors
forbidden city
Utopian socialist
18. 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
triumvirate
economic imperialism
impressionism
repartamiento
19. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
satellite nation
burqa
Yom Kippur
20. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
samurai
civilization
Zionism
encomienda
21. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
European Union
intifada
communism
Manhattan project
22. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
mau mau
time of troubles
enclosure movement
shogun
23. The study of humans as a species
parliament
Allah
Palestine liberation organization
anthropology
24. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
marshall plan
helsinki accords
papal states
patriarchal
25. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
fresco
scorched- earth policy
apostle
civil service system
26. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
Bosporus Strait
monsoon
empire
cubism
27. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
thermoluminescnce dating
McDonaldization
monotheism
czar (tsar)
28. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
samurai
qanat
gospel
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
29. 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
factors of production
Bell Act
gospel
psychoanalysis
30. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
estate
hijra
civil service system
apprenticeship
31. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
justification by faith
stateless society
purdah
socialism
32. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
civil rights movement
stoicism
civil service system
absolute monarch
33. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
thermoluminescnce dating
existentialism
jainissary
cubism
34. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
imperialism
Balkans
multinational corporation
silk roads
35. An almost treeless flat grassland stretching across central Asia and eastern Europe
soviet
steppe
perestroika
oracle bone
36. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
realism
utilitarian
Columbian exchange
hominid
37. 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
nationalism
zen Buddhism
hellenistic culture
nation-stae
38. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
apostle
external migration
space shuttle
four tigers
39. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
domestic system
quipu
appeasement
40. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
one-child policy
enclosure movement
mensheviks
41. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
Shiva
cuneiform
umma
feminist
42. A Persian king
Deism
shah
space station
enlightened despot
43. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
polytheism
stupa
caravel
strategic defense initiative
44. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
messiah
indulgence
Justinian Code
stupa
45. 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
aristocracy
realism
polygamy
46. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
fascism
hubris
balance of power
karma
47. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
feminist
polygamy
theocracy
Homo sapiens
48. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
Royal Road
karma
geocentric theory
tyrant
49. A greak city-state
animism
polis
enclosure movement
forbidden city
50. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
Swahili
manga carta
legitimacy
capital