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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
Utopian socialist
mandate of heaven
existentialism
five-year plans
2. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
Dadaism
ethnic cleansing
Boers
junkers
3. The belief in one god
Yalta Conference
monotheism
Zionism
detente
4. 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
tyrant
griot
theory of relativity
glyph
5. An object shaped by humans
artifact
icon
mandate
pogram
6. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
society of Jesus
people of the book
glasnost
operation overlord
7. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
griot
geneva conference
tribune
chivalry
8. Also called the counter- reformation - a period of renewal with in the Roman Catholic Church as a response to the protestant reformation
Catholic reformation
protectorate
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
island-hopping
9. The worship of many gods
liberal
truncated pyramid
polytheism
chinampa
10. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
fourteen points
triple entente
nationalism
euro
11. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
bushido
proletariat
eightfold path
nationalism
12. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
edict of Nantes
push-pull factors
stream of consciousness
usury
13. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
Reconquest
cynicism
animism
concession
14. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
Justinian Code
consumerism
enlightenment
qanat
15. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
global village
burgher
chivalry
pogram
16. Member of elite class in ancient rome
glyph
trench warfare
patrician
manor
17. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
shi
qanat
estates-general
18. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
Allah
Bosporus Strait
Warsaw pact
19. A 1 -600 mile communication route in ancient Persia
divine right of kings
Royal Road
internal migration
fief
20. A member of the middle class in medieval England
apprenticeship
burgess
radical
scorched- earth policy
21. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
aristocracy
mercantilism
millet
kamikaze
22. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
bushi
archaeology
society of Jesus
island-hopping
23. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
new deal
thermoluminescent dating
joint-stock company
Renaissance
24. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
proletariat
zen Buddhism
polygamy
mandate
25. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer
polygamy
Shiva
umma
enlightened despot
26. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
factors of production
fourteen points
junkers
postdam conference
27. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Bosporus Strait
radiocarbon dating
humanism
league of nations
28. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
command economy
millet
shariah
council of Trent
29. Copying human DNA sequence to create a new human being
human cloning
empire
shinto
tyrant
30. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
dynasty
geneva conference
encomienda
patrician
31. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
umma
forbidden city
devshirme
realism
32. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
communism
divine right of kings
kowtow
nirvana
33. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
stream of consciousness
vassal
Swahili
animism
34. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
treaty of tordesillas
enlightenment
stream of consciousness
four modernizations
35. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
paleolithic age
gulf of tonkin resolution
trench warfare
czar (tsar)
36. Large estate in ancient Rome
Balkans
tragedy
four tigers
latifundia
37. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
command economy
urdu
benefice
guest workers
38. 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
vietnamization
laissez-faire
Manhattan project
legion
39. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
purdah
soviet
caravanserials
40. 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
reactionary
civil rights movement
jazz
commune
41. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
covenant
civil disobedience
Tarah
colony
42. A warrior for islam
ghazi
entrepreneurship
commune
Reconquest
43. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
commercial agriculture
world health organization
paleolithic age
collective bargaining
44. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
euro
time of troubles
Swahili
functionalism
45. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants
space station
bourgeoisie
burgess
hominid
46. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
functionalism
great lap forward
apartheid
perestroika
47. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
one-child policy
mobilization
parallel descent
Columbian exchange
48. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
multinational corporation
third reich
caravel
justification by faith
49. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
predestination
sphere of influence
impressionism
appeasement
50. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
Swahili
Yalta Conference
major domo
kamikaze