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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
yin and yang
socialism
Catholic reformation
Balfour Declaration
2. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
DNA dating
theory of evolution
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
truncated pyramid
3. The Muslim name for God
ethnic cleansing
Allah
Bell Act
epicureanism
4. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
Utopian socialist
major domo
fief
protectorate
5. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
luftwaffe
Balfour Declaration
Dar al- Islam
geocentric theory
6. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
seppuku
radiocarbon dating
hijra
burqa
7. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
treaty of tordesillas
mestizo
anthropology
eightfold path
8. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
stoicism
vassal
chivalry
imperialism
9. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
burqa
oracle bone
push-pull factors
radiocarbon dating
10. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
Dadaism
desalinization
Huns
Holocaust
11. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
middle passage
Bell Act
one-child policy
apostle
12. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
intifada
DNA dating
soviet
operation overlord
13. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
edict of Nantes
radiocarbon dating
stateless society
Protestant Reformation
14. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
monsoon
Manchaeism
bourgeoisie
proletariat
15. The branch of Islam that supported the authority of the earliest caliphs
enclosure movement
euro
sunni
Sepoys
16. Hunting and gathering
neolithic age
helsinki accords
daimyo
foraging
17. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
repartamiento
psychoanalysis
pariah
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
18. A 26 mile race
qanat
Bolsheviks
island-hopping
marathon
19. The german air force
Renaissance
Deism
luftwaffe
marshall plan
20. An organization established in 1995 to supervise free trade
intifada
world trade organization
guomindang
ghetto
21. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
concession
icon
consul
chivalry
22. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
triple alliance
junkers
theory of evolution
triple entente
23. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
commune
Bolsheviks
cuneiform
sakk
24. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
Anabaptists
abolition
thermoluminescnce dating
quipu
25. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
duma
middle passage
scorched- earth policy
emir
26. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
Bolsheviks
oracle bone
stupa
Lend- Lease Act
27. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
Australopithecus
soviet
polis
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
28. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
totalitarian state
Sikhs
dynasty
mandate of heaven
29. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
trench warfare
aristocracy
enclosure movement
Nuremberg trials
30. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
checks and balances
ghetto
operation Barbarossa
tragedy
31. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
Balfour Declaration
feminist
DNA dating
devshirme
32. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
hajj
dharma
new economic policy
patriarchal
33. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
loess
postdam conference
balance of power
silk roads
34. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
Protestant Reformation
nation-stae
helsinki accords
predestination
35. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
Bell Act
humanism
urdu
legitimacy
36. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
stupa
divine right of kings
containment
social contract
37. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Bosporus Strait
shia
jazz
capitalism
38. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
gulf of tonkin resolution
Dadaism
diaspora
39. 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
treaty of tordesillas
dowry death
separation of powers
nongovernmental organization
40. The Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
samurai
quipu
global village
41. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
stele
theocracy
seppuku
human cloning
42. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
scientific revolution
consul
civil disobedience
Swahili
43. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
guild
hajj
African National Congress
operation sea lion
44. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
gulf of tonkin resolution
diocese
Tarah
sakk
45. A German emperor
umma
pariah
kaiser
jainissary
46. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
propaganda
diaspora
treaty of Versailles
serf
47. The worship of many gods
theocracy
Swahili
polytheism
totalitarian state
48. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
nationalism
truncated pyramid
robotics
luftwaffe
49. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
umma
quipu
chlorofluorocarbons
extraterritorial rights
50. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
peace crops
sakk
people of the book
functionalism
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