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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
joint-stock company
caudillo
consul
Bolsheviks
2. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
icon
ayatollah
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
tree-ring dating
3. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
qanat
dynasty
romanticism
social Darwinism
4. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
aristocracy
global village
Catholic reformation
enclosure movement
5. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth
socialism
stem cell research
enlightenment
new deal
6. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
commercial revolution
Dar al- Islam
island-hopping
republic
7. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
Truman doctrine
daimyo
third reich
Palestine liberation organization
8. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
Shiva
hijra
poliburo
9. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
eightfold path
plebeian
stoicism
10. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
commercial revolution
entrepreneurship
council of Trent
kamikaze
11. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
council of Trent
Warsaw pact
karma
eightfold path
12. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
chivalry
patriarchal
caudillo
caravanserials
13. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
operation overlord
reparation
commune
desalinization
14. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
patriarch
senate
dynasty
ghetto
15. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
creole
realism
chlorofluorocarbons
hijra
16. The termination of slavery
abolition
tragedy
polytheism
five pillars
17. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
covenant
sunni
parallel descent
society of Jesus
18. The organized elimination of an entire population group
economic imperialism
genocide
liberal
glyph
19. A 26 mile race
lebnsraum
pogram
marathon
Taliban
20. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
laissez-faire
propaganda
consul
radical
21. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
cynicism
indulgence
scientific revolution
Inquisition
22. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Manchaeism
blitzkrieg
civil rights movement
harem
23. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
legion
hajj
lebnsraum
moderate
24. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
pariah
Yahweh
divine right of kings
apprenticeship
25. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
radical
shia
rotten borough
Atlantic Charter
26. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
Homo sapiens
collective farming
illuminated manuscript
Hagia Sophia
27. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
Protestant Reformation
rotten borough
ghazi
postdam conference
28. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
space station
natural selection
functionalism
social contract
29. The Muslim name for God
Allah
samurai
justification by faith
empire
30. 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
shinto
collective farming
burqa
paleolithic age
31. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
Shiva
joint-stock company
treaty of Versailles
Royal Road
32. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
helsinki accords
icon
daimyo
robotics
33. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
natural selection
commercial agriculture
multinational corporation
human cloning
34. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
empire
trench warfare
monotheism
Holocaust
35. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
nongovernmental organization
shi
diocese
papal states
36. 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
abolition
vietnamization
epicureanism
theocracy
37. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
hijra
abolition
chlorofluorocarbons
hieroglyphics
38. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
absolute monarch
five pillars
functionalism
specialization of labor
39. The symbol used as part of a writing system
internal migration
Cultural Revolution
republic
glyph
40. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
kowtow
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
stoicism
ghetto
41. 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
fascism
council of Trent
hellenistic culture
third world
42. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
benefice
golden mean
society of Jesus
Inquisition
43. A Persian king
Australopithecus
shah
domestic system
stupa
44. The technology associated with the application of robots
final solution
robotics
euro
creole
45. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
economic imperialism
pogram
Protestant Reformation
Manchaeism
46. 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
Royal Road
Bell Act
theocracy
dictator
47. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
polis
qanat
African National Congress
shinto
48. 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
chinampa
Dar al- Islam
parallel descent
democratization
49. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
fresco
Deism
communism
five-year plans
50. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
sphere of influence
bourgeoisie
feudalism
macadam road