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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Tarah
space probe
Afrikaner
pariah
2. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
latifundia
factors of production
Justinian Code
Neo- Confucianism
3. Russian emperor
junkers
Yom Kippur
Warsaw pact
czar (tsar)
4. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
shia
daimyo
polygamy
patriarch
5. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
realpolitik
DNA dating
factors of production
6. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
steppe
millet
council of Trent
Allah
7. A blend some of the beliefs of Zoroastianism - Buddhism - and Christianity which held that life was a struggle between good and evil
capitalism
mandate of heaven
Manchaeism
soviet
8. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
pogram
stream of consciousness
senate
9. President Nixon's plan for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam while at the same time increasing the combat responsibilities of the south Vietnamese
space shuttle
burgher
capital
vietnamization
10. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
predestination
nirvana
civil disobedience
euro
11. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
hieroglyphics
kowtow
fourteen points
usury
12. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
plebeian
civil service system
economic imperialism
separation of powers
13. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
senate
tribune
laissez-faire
feudalism
14. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
Utopian socialist
Balfour Declaration
Reconquest
apostle
15. The political - economic - or social domination of a strong country over another
imperialism
Utopian socialist
poliburo
junkers
16. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
fascism
illuminated manuscript
multinational corporation
marathon
17. Hard -reddish-brown clay used in pottery
terra cotta
third world
Allah
parallel descent
18. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
stem cell research
archaeology
domino theory
predestination
19. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
radical
icon
nongovernmental organization
chivalry
20. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
parliament
factors of production
coalition
gospel
21. An advocate of gradual political change
social Darwinism
conservative
jazz
pasteurization
22. A sole ruler with absolute power
dictator
usury
militarism
communism
23. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
vietnamization
radiocarbon dating
luftwaffe
iconoclastic controversy
24. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
code of Hammurabi
diocese
Catholic reformation
civil service system
25. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
neolithic age
u-boats
postdam conference
communism
26. Stone pillar that was the characteristic architectural structure of Aksum
stele
DNA dating
realism
patrician
27. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
kamikaze
griot
feudalism
one-child policy
28. An antimalarial drug
quinine
tragedy
loess
psychoanalysis
29. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
Mongol Peace
empire
new economic policy
thermoluminescent dating
30. Term referring to those in French Legislative Assembly whose stand on political issues was neither radical nor conservative
moderate
shinto
Tamils
Tarah
31. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
nation-stae
enlightened despot
Atlantic Charter
entrepreneurship
32. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
one-child policy
scorched- earth policy
five-year plans
utilitarian
33. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
appeasement
blitzkrieg
guild
u-boats
34. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
treaty of Versailles
Tamils
guild
Magyars
35. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
theocracy
brinkmanship
time of troubles
serf
36. 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
ziggurat
Neolithic Revolution
Bell Act
impressionism
37. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
nongovernmental organization
theocracy
Yalta Conference
Columbian exchange
38. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
Huguenots
Neo- Confucianism
icon
domino theory
39. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
McDonaldization
griot
terra cotta
senate
40. A NY building complex housing numerous companies and organizations dealing with global trade; a target of the 2001 terrorist attack on the US
democratization
moderate
geocentric theory
world trade center
41. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
Afrikaner
paleolithic age
reparation
five pillars
42. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
detente
robotics
mandate of heaven
natural selection
43. 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
triple entente
thermoluminescent dating
guild
quipu
44. The view of the earth as one human community in which people of all cultures share common needs - wants - and experiences
liberal
global village
dynasty
peace crops
45. A Latin American military dictator
socialism
caudillo
homeland
satellite nation
46. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
council of Trent
Bolsheviks
nongovernmental organization
theory of relativity
47. One who pursues the meaning of truth
marathon
scientific revolution
philosopher
covenant
48. 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
dictator
pasteurization
social Darwinism
quinine
49. Hunting and gathering
Cyrillic alphabet
mystery religion
Yom Kippur
foraging
50. A linguistic blend of Arabic and Hindi which is currently the official language of Pakistan
Deism
diocese
urdu
emir