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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
astrolabe
neolithic age
legitimacy
peninsular
2. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
dharma
fresco
caravanserials
realpolitik
3. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
kinship group
propaganda
four modernizations
burgher
4. The termination of slavery
nation-stae
abolition
empire
operation overlord
5. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
cynicism
burqa
terra cotta
glyph
6. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
dowry death
mandate
apostle
kowtow
7. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
scientific revolution
civil service system
parliament
8. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
zen Buddhism
blitzkrieg
guest workers
communism
9. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
Balkans
czar (tsar)
peninsular
sakk
10. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
neolithic age
hieroglyphics
checks and balances
reparation
11. The worship of many gods
illuminated manuscript
terra cotta
shinto
polytheism
12. The belief in one god
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
foraging
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
monotheism
13. Magnificent Eastern Orthodox Church constructed in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian
Hagia Sophia
Bolsheviks
shogun
artifact
14. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
commercial agriculture
cubism
nationalism
chlorofluorocarbons
15. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
Nuremberg trials
final solution
Taliban
Sikhs
16. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
luftwaffe
code of Hammurabi
umma
laissez-faire
17. 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
Neolithic Revolution
sati
world trade center
social contract
18. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
stateless society
sakk
fresco
Bell Act
19. Person in colonial Spanish America who was mixes European and Native American heritage
social Darwinism
homeland
third world
mestizo
20. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
hieroglyphics
Protestant Reformation
chlorofluorocarbons
new deal
21. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
trench warfare
apprenticeship
joint-stock company
DNA dating
22. A humanlike creature that walks upright
colony
purdah
hominid
Boers
23. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
euro
seppuku
nirvana
civil service system
24. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
archeology
ayatollah
reparation
plebeian
25. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
mandate
philosopher
feudalism
Manchaeism
26. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
moderate
extraterritorial rights
Truman doctrine
poliburo
27. An advocate of gradual political change
tribune
dissident
conservative
iconoclastic controversy
28. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
anthropology
collective farming
commercial revolution
Manhattan project
29. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
mestizo
Zionism
caravanserials
African National Congress
30. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
senate
age grade
caudillo
space probe
31. An antimalarial drug
quinine
shinto
patrician
Protestant Reformation
32. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
operation sea lion
hubris
usury
caudillo
33. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
diocese
world trade center
tree-ring dating
archeology
34. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
Afrikaner
conservative
triple alliance
time of troubles
35. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
Taliban
hajj
major domo
Mongol Peace
36. US WWII strategy of seizing control of key islands of strategic importance around Japanese stronghold in the Pacific
five-year plans
island-hopping
liberal
jainissary
37. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
economic imperialism
Sikhs
quinine
stupa
38. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
pariah
glasnost
European Union
separation of powers
39. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
mobilization
mandate of heaven
mensheviks
Mongol Peace
40. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
millet
glyph
diocese
internal migration
41. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
Australopithecus
third reich
qanat
colony
42. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
theory of evolution
benefice
Catholic reformation
Magyars
43. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
peninsular
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
bushido
fief
44. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
Yalta Conference
golden mean
factors of production
third world
45. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
postdam conference
latifundia
absolute monarch
extraterritorial rights
46. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
creole
Lend- Lease Act
triumvirate
Ka'aba
47. An agreement; in the Hebrew religion - the relationship between the people and their GOD
covenant
militarism
blitzkrieg
republic
48. 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
democratization
quipu
great lap forward
surrealism
49. 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
daimyo
domino theory
democratization
Taliban
50. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
junkers
bushi
silk roads
operation Barbarossa