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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
militarism
estates-general
capitalism
impressionism
2. The era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made - and accepted beliefs were questioned
burgess
scientific revolution
pastoral nomadism
Huns
3. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
geneva conference
urdu
dynasty
domino theory
4. The U.S. plan to develop an atomic bomb
seppuku
Manhattan project
society of Jesus
Tarah
5. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States
latifundia
Bell Act
nirvana
impressionism
6. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
junkers
militarism
Deism
civil rights movement
7. A five- year plan launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1958 to increase industrial and agricultural output under which e set up communes in china
balance of power
great lap forward
five pillars
satellite nation
8. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
operation overlord
colony
Catholic reformation
Protestant Reformation
9. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
radiocarbon dating
major domo
satrap
economic imperialism
10. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
code of Hammurabi
Deism
cubism
containment
11. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
karma
shia
kibbutzim
indulgence
12. Armies of soldiers in feudal Japan
samurai
commercial agriculture
realism
jazz
13. Fine -yellow -windblown -slit
Hagia Sophia
loess
propaganda
Lend- Lease Act
14. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
manga carta
qanat
Homo sapiens
15. The worship of many gods
illuminated manuscript
polytheism
commercial revolution
hieroglyphics
16. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
Manhattan project
fief
consumerism
DNA dating
17. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
impressionism
five-year plans
mameduke
separation of powers
18. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
fourteen points
Truman doctrine
lateen sail
19. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
nirvana
shinto
benefice
enlightenment
20. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
serf
liberal
missi dominici
space probe
21. French Protestants
ghetto
Boers
Huguenots
diaspora
22. In feudal Japan - a superior military leader who ruled in the name of the emperor
mameduke
shogun
scorched- earth policy
edict of Nantes
23. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
papal states
economic imperialism
Huguenots
time of troubles
24. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
scientific revolution
nationalism
Protestant Reformation
caudillo
25. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
missi dominici
archaeology
shinto
astrolabe
26. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
social Darwinism
karma
reactionary
paleolithic age
27. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
third reich
McDonaldization
gulf of tonkin resolution
daimyo
28. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Huns
samurai
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
29. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
hijra
caravanserials
dharma
terra cotta
30. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
harem
rotten borough
bushi
four noble truths
31. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
mau mau
third reich
enclosure movement
Bell Act
32. The Hebrew name for God
socialism
u-boats
Yahweh
triangular trade
33. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
radiocarbon dating
existentialism
fascism
peninsular
34. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
polytheism
specialization of labor
stoicism
empire
35. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
senate
neolithic age
Swahili
36. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
hieroglyphics
marshall plan
emir
divine right of kings
37. The major of the palace; the most powerful person in Gaul by the early 18th century
Renaissance
Dar al- Islam
major domo
Deism
38. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
external migration
polytheism
space probe
Yahweh
39. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
Justinian Code
robotics
vassal
caudillo
40. Nationalist party founded in China by Sun Yician; after 1925 - headed by Jinang Jieshi
serf
shinto
guomindang
protectorate
41. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
divine right of kings
patriarch
theory of relativity
plebeian
42. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
Utopian socialist
Reconquest
kamikaze
senate
43. One who pursues the meaning of truth
nonalignment
thermoluminescent dating
nicene creed
philosopher
44. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
glyph
stream of consciousness
artifact
five-year plans
45. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
Dadaism
Dar al- Islam
parliament
terra cotta
46. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Dadaism
chivalry
daimyo
47. 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
glyph
democratization
zen Buddhism
pariah
48. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
Anabaptists
soviet
dowry death
macadam road
49. Hitler's plan against great Britain - which began with the bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940
mameduke
militarism
operation sea lion
Huguenots
50. A 1598 decree that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots
Manchaeism
detente
monotheism
edict of Nantes