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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
treaty of Versailles
new economic policy
Atlantic Charter
Protestant Reformation
2. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
sphere of influence
pastoral nomadism
capital
multinational corporation
3. Organization founded in 1921 by black Africans to campaign for their rights
zen Buddhism
anthropology
proletariat
African National Congress
4. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
mystery religion
Yahweh
appeasement
entrepreneurship
5. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
consumerism
utilitarian
astrolabe
samurai
6. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
new deal
Dar al- Islam
covenant
propaganda
7. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
utilitarian
chlorofluorocarbons
caudillo
new economic policy
8. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
Bell Act
ziggurat
iconoclastic controversy
9. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
treaty of Versailles
domino theory
iconoclastic controversy
Cyrillic alphabet
10. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
purdah
domestic system
hubris
society of Jesus
11. One of the four classes of society in Aryan India
time of troubles
artifact
monotheism
caste
12. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
psychoanalysis
anthropology
legion
push-pull factors
13. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
helsinki accords
world health organization
world trade center
poliburo
14. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
fief
theocracy
space probe
sati
15. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
empire
poliburo
utilitarian
Anabaptists
16. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
containment
totalitarian state
jainissary
McDonaldization
17. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
vietnamization
Tamils
Holocaust
commercial agriculture
18. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
usury
dharma
coalition
specialization of labor
19. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
desalinization
dictator
hijra
ghetto
20. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
proletariat
poliburo
civil service system
Neolithic Revolution
21. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
sunni
bourgeoisie
kibbutzim
realism
22. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
cubism
specialization of labor
kinship group
seppuku
23. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
mandate of heaven
Inquisition
Hagia Sophia
jainissary
24. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
internal migration
junkers
existentialism
Zionism
25. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
democratization
plebeian
estate
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
26. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
shariah
surrealism
feminist
peace crops
27. A sole ruler with absolute power
enlightenment
paleolithic age
dictator
dowry death
28. A follower of Jesus who helped spread his teachings -
human cloning
sakk
triumvirate
apostle
29. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
new deal
missi dominici
impressionism
guest workers
30. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
eightfold path
great lap forward
Utopian socialist
liberal
31. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
empire
capitalism
kaiser
yin and yang
32. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
marathon
specialization of labor
Neo- Confucianism
benefice
33. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
scorched- earth policy
triple entente
Bell Act
divine right of kings
34. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
McDonaldization
burgher
operation Barbarossa
nonalignment
35. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
Mongol Peace
Royal Road
gulf of tonkin resolution
imperialism
36. Studying fossil remains
paleontologists
capitalism
democratization
British Commonwealth
37. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
one-child policy
code of Hammurabi
propaganda
macadam road
38. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
code of Hammurabi
civil disobedience
shinto
liberal
39. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
Tamils
Justinian Code
five pillars
Nuremberg trials
40. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
Mongol Peace
functionalism
four noble truths
sphere of influence
41. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
benefice
mestizo
Shiva
one-child policy
42. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
African National Congress
quipu
indulgence
impressionism
43. The Muslim name for God
daimyo
absolute monarch
caravel
Allah
44. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
global village
satellite nation
caste
feminist
45. Describes a male-dominated society
patriarchal
entrepreneurship
age grade
space shuttle
46. One who disagrees; a dissenter
ethnic cleansing
dissident
burqa
Catholic reformation
47. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
domestic system
hellenistic culture
repartamiento
mandate of heaven
48. A warrior for islam
monsoon
ghazi
edict of Nantes
Anabaptists
49. The belief that persons revive eternal salvation thought their faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world
justification by faith
lebnsraum
iconoclastic controversy
code of Hammurabi
50. The belief in one god
fascism
kinship group
monotheism
scientific revolution
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