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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
commercial revolution
Atlantic Charter
marathon
helot
2. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
thermoluminescnce dating
ziggurat
one-child policy
3. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
hominid
city-state
liberal
dissident
4. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
vassal
coalition
capital
Bolsheviks
5. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
monsoon
vassal
burgess
Royal Road
6. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
oracle bone
Balkans
scorched- earth policy
ayatollah
7. A country dominated politically and economically by another nation - especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
legion
commercial agriculture
satellite nation
Justinian Code
8. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
space probe
hubris
zen Buddhism
fascism
9. A Muslim ruler
Taliban
constitutional monarchy
emir
human cloning
10. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland
predestination
vassal
fascism
intifada
11. A sole ruler with absolute power
duma
tragedy
nationalism
dictator
12. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
vietnamization
ghazi
mobilization
five pillars
13. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
one-child policy
Yalta Conference
people of the book
Royal Road
14. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
jazz
soviet
brinkmanship
stoicism
15. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
shinto
robotics
triple alliance
repartamiento
16. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
functionalism
forbidden city
Neolithic Revolution
great lap forward
17. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
bushi
factors of production
great lap forward
Huguenots
18. 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
Cyrillic alphabet
fourteen points
communism
Ka'aba
19. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
Allah
enclosure movement
silk roads
thermoluminescent dating
20. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
nation-stae
society of Jesus
major domo
Sepoys
21. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
pastoral nomadism
guild
surrealism
commercial revolution
22. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
pastoral nomadism
existentialism
steppe
glasnost
23. The belief in one god
domino theory
monotheism
millet
colony
24. The Muslim community of faithful
creole
umma
republic
diocese
25. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
bushido
Yalta Conference
ghetto
26. A policy of advocating military power and maintaining a standing army
civil service system
edict of Nantes
militarism
polis
27. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
Allah
samurai
pogram
astrolabe
28. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
civil rights movement
hieroglyphics
aristocracy
fascism
29. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
seppuku
truncated pyramid
totalitarian state
geocentric theory
30. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
kowtow
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
bourgeoisie
scorched- earth policy
31. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
commercial agriculture
concession
chinampa
protectorate
32. The right to vote
suffrage
Tarah
mandate of heaven
anthropology
33. A member of the middle class in medieval England
burgess
thermoluminescent dating
oracle bone
animism
34. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
pogram
chlorofluorocarbons
shinto
mandate
35. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
British Commonwealth
gulf of tonkin resolution
apprenticeship
Truman doctrine
36. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
loess
Neolithic Revolution
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
anthropology
37. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
triple entente
triple alliance
stupa
diocese
38. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
domino theory
peace crops
sphere of influence
Hagia Sophia
39. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Warsaw pact
radiocarbon dating
Magyars
Taliban
40. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
quinine
hieroglyphics
four noble truths
treaty of Versailles
41. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
Bell Act
burgher
dowry death
Royal Road
42. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
ethnic cleansing
separation of powers
edict of Nantes
43. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
estates-general
predestination
external migration
mercantilism
44. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
domino theory
jainissary
iconoclastic controversy
dictator
45. Hindu god portrayed as both creator and destroyer
paleolithic age
truncated pyramid
kibbutzim
Shiva
46. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
shogun
dynasty
four noble truths
totalitarian state
47. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
major domo
romanticism
pogram
mercantilism
48. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
dowry death
tragedy
command economy
nation-stae
49. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
Tarah
feudalism
ziggurat
balance of power
50. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
urdu
ziggurat
space station
chinampa