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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Describes a male-dominated society
patriarchal
impressionism
imperialism
concession
2. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
patriarch
glasnost
kowtow
veto
3. Periodic migration in order to locate grazing lands from domesticated herds
Yom Kippur
luftwaffe
marathon
pastoral nomadism
4. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
artifact
polygamy
Anabaptists
Shiva
5. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
African National Congress
stele
Yalta Conference
justification by faith
6. 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
one-child policy
realpolitik
democratization
cuneiform
7. Developed by Louis Pasteur - the process of destroying bacteria in milk and other liquids
pasteurization
poliburo
enlightened despot
sati
8. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
caste
cubism
global village
domino theory
9. A national legislature assembly
tribune
parliament
pasteurization
Yom Kippur
10. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
anthropology
militarism
council of Trent
protectorate
11. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
Kellogg-Briand Pact
shah
checks and balances
12. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
mobilization
artifact
fief
communism
13. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
separation of powers
apostle
fresco
push-pull factors
14. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
Neo- Confucianism
DNA dating
new economic policy
Yahweh
15. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
griot
tragedy
postdam conference
pogram
16. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
third reich
paleontologists
kaiser
consul
17. A warrior for islam
ghazi
appeasement
bushido
apprenticeship
18. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
Bell Act
Australopithecus
balance of power
golden mean
19. Military slave who fought in the armies of the Abbasides
mameduke
pariah
extraterritorial rights
archaeology
20. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
indulgence
samurai
guomindang
shia
21. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
social Darwinism
Dar al- Islam
balance of power
realism
22. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
colony
homeland
trench warfare
marshall plan
23. Payments for war damages imposed upon losing nation
Magyars
reparation
DNA dating
communism
24. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
four modernizations
nationalism
Balfour Declaration
appeasement
25. 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
marshall plan
golden mean
geneva conference
social contract
26. A greak city-state
fief
polis
Cultural Revolution
gospel
27. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
comedy
Truman doctrine
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
monotheism
28. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
truncated pyramid
lebnsraum
monsoon
fresco
29. 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
absolute monarch
vietnamization
major domo
patrician
30. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
nationalism
shariah
Yahweh
veto
31. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
Warsaw pact
consumerism
balance of power
qanat
32. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
shi
seppuku
fief
Balkans
33. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
vietnamization
kibbutzim
sati
Yalta Conference
34. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
Zionism
ghetto
age grade
thermoluminescnce dating
35. 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
dowry death
parliament
people of the book
Huguenots
36. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
DNA dating
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
illuminated manuscript
imperialism
37. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
qanat
Sikhs
icon
yin and yang
38. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
brinkmanship
Warsaw pact
Tarah
Kellogg-Briand Pact
39. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
reactionary
aristocracy
dissident
edict of Nantes
40. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
guomindang
Nuremberg trials
collective bargaining
entrepreneurship
41. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
hieroglyphics
monsoon
shogun
42. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
animism
serf
legion
Sikhs
43. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
emir
enlightened despot
encomienda
qanat
44. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
mandate of heaven
shinto
pogram
daimyo
45. The Muslim community of faithful
stem cell research
society of Jesus
checks and balances
umma
46. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
factors of production
mau mau
intifada
capital
47. An object shaped by humans
artifact
sunni
psychoanalysis
seppuku
48. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
justification by faith
Dadaism
social contract
terra cotta
49. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
patriarch
five pillars
astrolabe
detente
50. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
kowtow
factors of production
jazz
poliburo