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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
cubism
kinship group
Bell Act
lebnsraum
2. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
serf
mystery religion
one-child policy
missi dominici
3. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
proletariat
society of Jesus
justification by faith
robotics
4. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
illuminated manuscript
four tigers
Balkans
divine right of kings
5. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
shi
animism
millet
Magyars
6. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
Allah
caravel
mystery religion
empire
7. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
detente
functionalism
Cyrillic alphabet
satellite nation
8. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Swahili
poliburo
usury
commercial revolution
9. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
nongovernmental organization
manga carta
geocentric theory
poliburo
10. Russian emperor
utilitarian
economic imperialism
czar (tsar)
Catholic reformation
11. Large estate in ancient Rome
quinine
geocentric theory
latifundia
silk roads
12. The belief in one god
Holocaust
monotheism
African National Congress
thermoluminescent dating
13. A person in favor of returning to the status quo
Justinian Code
consumerism
reactionary
island-hopping
14. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
artifact
militarism
mobilization
junkers
15. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
factors of production
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
commune
ziggurat
16. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
triple entente
utilitarian
commercial agriculture
absolute monarch
17. Hunting and gathering
yin and yang
imperialism
foraging
archaeology
18. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
thermoluminescnce dating
justification by faith
ghetto
sunni
19. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
socialism
checks and balances
detente
pasteurization
20. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
Inquisition
divine right of kings
fief
pastoral nomadism
21. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
Neo- Confucianism
apostle
Balkans
guild
22. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
monsoon
genocide
four tigers
Columbian exchange
23. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
middle passage
green revolution
aristocracy
geneva conference
24. The symbol used as part of a writing system
mau mau
code of Hammurabi
Dadaism
glyph
25. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
civil rights movement
separation of powers
four modernizations
Utopian socialist
26. The termination of slavery
repartamiento
Boers
abolition
guest workers
27. 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
Yahweh
scientific revolution
DNA dating
hubris
28. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
command economy
specialization of labor
democratization
social contract
29. The use of passive resistance - or public refusal to obey a law that is perceived to be unjust
hijra
enclosure movement
civil disobedience
silk roads
30. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
utilitarian
harem
icon
brinkmanship
31. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
communism
luftwaffe
Zionism
macadam road
32. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
Inquisition
push-pull factors
stateless society
appeasement
33. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
harem
indulgence
democratization
Swahili
34. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
junkers
Huns
patrician
trench warfare
35. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
golden mean
Australopithecus
pariah
patrician
36. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
helsinki accords
code of Hammurabi
jazz
nirvana
37. 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
Bell Act
enlightened despot
Warsaw pact
nation-stae
38. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
world trade center
dynasty
Dar al- Islam
blitzkrieg
39. Also called star wars - a 1983 program launched by President Reagan to protect of the US against incoming enemy missiles
commercial agriculture
strategic defense initiative
civilization
silk roads
40. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
manga carta
capitalism
Anabaptists
ziggurat
41. The german air force
Yalta Conference
luftwaffe
caudillo
DNA dating
42. The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
civil disobedience
serf
treaty of Versailles
Utopian socialist
43. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
divine right of kings
guomindang
joint-stock company
kamikaze
44. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
Yahweh
five-year plans
gospel
fief
45. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
encomienda
mestizo
liberal
commercial agriculture
46. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
communism
Atlantic Charter
fascism
benefice
47. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese
push-pull factors
world trade organization
kowtow
vietnamization
48. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
human cloning
capital
tribune
stoicism
49. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
containment
truncated pyramid
lateen sail
dictator
50. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
four modernizations
kamikaze
imperialism
nationalism