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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A culture characterizes by advance cites - specialized workers - complex institutions - a system of writing or alternate form of record keeping - and advanced technology
British Commonwealth
archaeology
civilization
Shiva
2. The study of humans as a species
strategic defense initiative
quinine
thermoluminescent dating
anthropology
3. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
operation Barbarossa
nirvana
Utopian socialist
Balkans
4. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
creole
colony
operation Barbarossa
realpolitik
5. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
estates-general
Tarah
green revolution
chivalry
6. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
cynicism
trench warfare
city-state
league of nations
7. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
plebeian
theory of relativity
theory of evolution
monotheism
8. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
social Darwinism
imperialism
monsoon
existentialism
9. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
illuminated manuscript
eightfold path
hijra
apostle
10. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
Huguenots
Neo- Confucianism
operation overlord
repartamiento
11. A Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
Inquisition
radiocarbon dating
Holocaust
council of Trent
12. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
eightfold path
loess
kamikaze
desalinization
13. In India - public isolation of women from non-family members
zen Buddhism
purdah
polytheism
epicureanism
14. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
league of nations
Tamils
caravel
new economic policy
15. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
trench warfare
radiocarbon dating
triple alliance
16. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
radiocarbon dating
Catholic reformation
Cyrillic alphabet
communism
17. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
feminist
robotics
Kellogg-Briand Pact
totalitarian state
18. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
functionalism
constitutional monarchy
polis
helot
19. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
push-pull factors
justification by faith
nationalism
archeology
20. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
Cultural Revolution
hieroglyphics
Homo sapiens
21. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
Yalta Conference
perestroika
Cyrillic alphabet
22. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
hellenistic culture
triple entente
Reconquest
indulgence
23. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
McDonaldization
nicene creed
enclosure movement
ziggurat
24. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
civil rights movement
euro
human cloning
checks and balances
25. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
robotics
u-boats
glasnost
absolute monarch
26. South Africans of Dutch decent who were farmers
imperialism
Boers
neolithic age
patriarch
27. Russian emperor
totalitarian state
African National Congress
czar (tsar)
nicene creed
28. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
caudillo
civilization
constitutional monarchy
coalition
29. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
eightfold path
four noble truths
missi dominici
qanat
30. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
society of Jesus
divine right of kings
Bosporus Strait
economic imperialism
31. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
anthropology
global village
nicene creed
chivalry
32. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
ethnic cleansing
Magyars
paleolithic age
ghetto
33. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
Renaissance
stream of consciousness
operation Barbarossa
operation overlord
34. A greak city-state
strategic defense initiative
rotten borough
polis
Magyars
35. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
vassal
robotics
human cloning
Huns
36. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
theocracy
checks and balances
republic
Homo sapiens
37. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
cynicism
anthropology
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
38. Religious title of a conservative Islamic leader in Iran
ayatollah
fresco
world trade center
containment
39. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
peace crops
human cloning
terra cotta
city-state
40. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
archaeology
mau mau
seppuku
papal states
41. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
five-year plans
satellite nation
desalinization
golden mean
42. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
silk roads
mameduke
operation sea lion
43. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
existentialism
guest workers
command economy
Justinian Code
44. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
anthropology
quinine
Swahili
appeasement
45. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
legion
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
laissez-faire
four modernizations
46. A German emperor
helot
umma
world health organization
kaiser
47. A corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
purdah
shia
plebeian
multinational corporation
48. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
conservative
Bolsheviks
neolithic age
Nuremberg trials
49. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
Balfour Declaration
nirvana
bushi
space shuttle
50. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
dowry death
world trade organization
animism
mobilization