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SAT Subject Test: World History
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1. 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
radiocarbon dating
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
ethnic cleansing
Homo sapiens
2. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
serf
operation sea lion
Catholic reformation
commercial revolution
3. The right to vote
suffrage
intifada
ghazi
Bell Act
4. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
benefice
eightfold path
consul
Cultural Revolution
5. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
hijra
plebeian
extraterritorial rights
icon
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
hajj
archaeology
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
legitimacy
7. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Tarah
serf
griot
moderate
8. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
Nuremberg trials
peninsular
archaeology
economic imperialism
9. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
veto
Magyars
sakk
shariah
10. A Muslim ruler
archeology
mobilization
emir
mandate
11. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
council of Trent
DNA dating
mobilization
constitutional monarchy
12. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
thermoluminescnce dating
macadam road
fief
Sepoys
13. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
tree-ring dating
Cyrillic alphabet
treaty of Versailles
eightfold path
14. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
middle passage
bushi
fief
empire
15. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
Manchaeism
luftwaffe
operation Barbarossa
Balkans
16. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
apprenticeship
treaty of tordesillas
global village
Dadaism
17. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
creole
stele
radical
geneva conference
18. The Jewish day of atonement
poliburo
mensheviks
colony
Yom Kippur
19. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
kibbutzim
dynasty
cubism
usury
20. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
mensheviks
umma
checks and balances
diocese
21. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
Tarah
euro
blitzkrieg
Yalta Conference
22. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
triumvirate
apartheid
social Darwinism
helot
23. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
estates-general
bushido
balance of power
theory of relativity
24. Member of elite class in ancient rome
liberal
ghetto
patrician
perestroika
25. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
global village
one-child policy
usury
Shiva
26. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
dharma
stem cell research
capital
economic imperialism
27. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
Yom Kippur
luftwaffe
jazz
triangular trade
28. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
stem cell research
radical
conservative
cuneiform
29. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
reactionary
geocentric theory
usury
macadam road
30. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
peninsular
multinational corporation
coalition
31. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
economic imperialism
dharma
quinine
gospel
32. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
Allah
hellenistic culture
collective bargaining
theocracy
33. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
new deal
kaiser
astrolabe
constitutional monarchy
34. A government of three rulers
triumvirate
Huns
Shiva
moderate
35. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
bushi
dynasty
Bolsheviks
stoicism
36. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
caravel
entrepreneurship
British Commonwealth
tree-ring dating
37. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
four modernizations
mameduke
postdam conference
karma
38. 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
enclosure movement
gospel
Justinian Code
daimyo
39. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
containment
shogun
Bell Act
caste
40. A US program of economic assistance to European nations to aid them in restoring their economies and societies after WWII
estates-general
marshall plan
illuminated manuscript
triple entente
41. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
Taliban
predestination
eightfold path
monotheism
42. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
Protestant Reformation
space probe
checks and balances
thermoluminescent dating
43. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
radiocarbon dating
hijra
homeland
dowry death
44. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
joint-stock company
loess
divine right of kings
poliburo
45. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
missi dominici
tragedy
monsoon
realpolitik
46. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
Huguenots
mau mau
cuneiform
Nuremberg trials
47. An untouchable of person whose status is below that of the Hindu castes
diocese
pariah
age grade
dictator
48. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
Sepoys
papal states
vietnamization
illuminated manuscript
49. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
poliburo
lebnsraum
steppe
sunni
50. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
paleolithic age
specialization of labor
totalitarian state
stoicism
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