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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
diocese
caravanserials
monotheism
lebnsraum
2. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
shah
homeland
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
radiocarbon dating
3. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
eightfold path
cuneiform
covenant
checks and balances
4. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
Magyars
triple alliance
kibbutzim
harem
5. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
mandate
theocracy
estates-general
human cloning
6. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
burgher
natural selection
trench warfare
philosopher
7. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
griot
guest workers
chivalry
Neolithic Revolution
8. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
nongovernmental organization
Royal Road
extraterritorial rights
poliburo
9. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
Mongol Peace
macadam road
zen Buddhism
shogun
10. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
cynicism
Swahili
thermoluminescent dating
Australopithecus
11. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
coalition
Palestine liberation organization
desalinization
island-hopping
12. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
perestroika
karma
mercantilism
bushi
13. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Shiva
Tarah
Cyrillic alphabet
jazz
14. A belief that spirits inhabit the features of the natural world
five pillars
animism
Bell Act
satellite nation
15. The study of humans as a species
human cloning
anthropology
Homo sapiens
Huns
16. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
gulf of tonkin resolution
triangular trade
joint-stock company
shinto
17. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
commercial agriculture
dissident
apartheid
armistice
18. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
nirvana
kowtow
emir
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
19. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
mau mau
sakk
emir
realpolitik
20. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
imperialism
intifada
global village
romanticism
21. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
jazz
predestination
stupa
operation overlord
22. Russian Parliament
duma
purdah
polis
British Commonwealth
23. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
qanat
geocentric theory
caste
polytheism
24. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
chivalry
Dadaism
African National Congress
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
25. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
ghazi
collective bargaining
European Union
thermoluminescent dating
26. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
city-state
zen Buddhism
Yom Kippur
oracle bone
27. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
indulgence
hubris
Warsaw pact
artifact
28. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
liberal
ghetto
Afrikaner
utilitarian
29. The Jewish day of atonement
jazz
Yom Kippur
containment
trench warfare
30. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
manor
umma
Columbian exchange
senate
31. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
civil service system
samurai
apartheid
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
32. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
concession
senate
archeology
African National Congress
33. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
tragedy
truncated pyramid
civil rights movement
nicene creed
34. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
new economic policy
polygamy
estates-general
functionalism
35. A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration toward the Roman empire in the 400s Ce
Huns
Tamils
shogun
genocide
36. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
dictator
tree-ring dating
truncated pyramid
steppe
37. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
ziggurat
diocese
geneva conference
archaeology
38. The power to prevent the execution of law
perestroika
veto
legion
Homo sapiens
39. Triangular sail that permitted greater control of ships
perestroika
lateen sail
propaganda
daimyo
40. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
emir
Huguenots
geocentric theory
feudalism
41. 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
realpolitik
nongovernmental organization
estates-general
Bell Act
42. 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
Palestine liberation organization
Australopithecus
bourgeoisie
social contract
43. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
daimyo
cubism
four noble truths
third reich
44. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
homeland
manga carta
armistice
archeology
45. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
epicureanism
Cyrillic alphabet
Royal Road
pasteurization
46. A Muslim ruler
luftwaffe
operation overlord
emir
polytheism
47. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
chlorofluorocarbons
hieroglyphics
legitimacy
world health organization
48. The Allied invasion of Normandy in the northwestern France on June 6th 1994
luftwaffe
operation overlord
ayatollah
internal migration
49. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
psychoanalysis
Shiva
third reich
triangular trade
50. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
Boers
external migration
perestroika
Manhattan project