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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
epicureanism
colony
ghetto
European Union
2. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
Cultural Revolution
romanticism
green revolution
external migration
3. Marriage to more than one wife
devshirme
papal states
gulf of tonkin resolution
polygamy
4. The Jewish day of atonement
separation of powers
Yom Kippur
operation Barbarossa
gospel
5. Member of elite class in ancient rome
Kellogg-Briand Pact
patrician
African National Congress
cubism
6. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
anthropology
burgher
illuminated manuscript
theocracy
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
golden mean
stream of consciousness
devshirme
theory of relativity
8. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
bushi
geneva conference
propaganda
ayatollah
9. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
capital
Cultural Revolution
golden mean
stream of consciousness
10. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
totalitarian state
Neo- Confucianism
forbidden city
space station
11. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
estate
militarism
helsinki accords
12. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
gulf of tonkin resolution
abolition
mandate
13. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
kowtow
legion
age grade
artifact
14. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
repartamiento
epicureanism
strategic defense initiative
Shiva
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
space station
hajj
socialism
geocentric theory
16. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
one-child policy
mobilization
enlightened despot
operation sea lion
17. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
legion
league of nations
estate
18. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
ethnic cleansing
caste
sphere of influence
comedy
19. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
realism
sphere of influence
push-pull factors
cynicism
20. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
functionalism
entrepreneurship
blitzkrieg
nation-stae
21. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
five-year plans
protectorate
mandate of heaven
geocentric theory
22. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
four modernizations
five-year plans
parliament
reparation
23. The right to vote
burgher
feminist
suffrage
shi
24. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
Cyrillic alphabet
trench warfare
people of the book
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
25. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
nongovernmental organization
ghazi
mandate of heaven
sphere of influence
26. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
civilization
dowry death
yin and yang
predestination
27. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
hijra
world trade organization
shi
factors of production
28. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage
estate
major domo
abolition
mestizo
29. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
existentialism
dynasty
major domo
domino theory
30. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
encomienda
Cyrillic alphabet
Yahweh
31. A German emperor
kaiser
fourteen points
sphere of influence
daimyo
32. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
theocracy
fourteen points
Atlantic Charter
theory of evolution
33. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
radiocarbon dating
external migration
natural selection
shariah
34. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
geocentric theory
poliburo
purdah
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
35. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
Yom Kippur
consul
concession
Manchaeism
36. A ballistic missile with the capacity to travel from one continent to another
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
great lap forward
impressionism
new economic policy
37. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
chlorofluorocarbons
island-hopping
collective farming
lebnsraum
38. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
psychoanalysis
theory of evolution
Yahweh
Sikhs
39. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
polis
justification by faith
helot
truncated pyramid
40. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
parliament
green revolution
consul
fresco
41. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
umma
proletariat
treaty of tordesillas
third world
42. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
Inquisition
consumerism
operation Barbarossa
humanism
43. French Protestants
socialism
abolition
Huguenots
genocide
44. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
manor
Hagia Sophia
multinational corporation
usury
45. A ceasefire agreement
armistice
Zionism
estates-general
mandate of heaven
46. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
age grade
legitimacy
eightfold path
47. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
nirvana
pariah
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
social contract
48. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
proletariat
Ka'aba
Manchaeism
quipu
49. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
stem cell research
Neolithic Revolution
factors of production
space shuttle
50. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
estate
tyrant
veto
domestic system