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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 corporation which constructs factories in a number of countries in order to capitalize upon inexpensive raw materials and cheap labor in those countries
pariah
third reich
multinational corporation
domestic system
2. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
silk roads
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
usury
empire
3. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
socialism
shariah
propaganda
Inquisition
4. U.S. post- World War II policy of forging alliances to assist vulnerable countries in their resistance against communism
ghazi
containment
pastoral nomadism
Swahili
5. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
protectorate
stoicism
cuneiform
dharma
6. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
Bell Act
epicureanism
Sikhs
sakk
7. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
messiah
council of Trent
stream of consciousness
samurai
8. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
kibbutzim
mau mau
robotics
parallel descent
9. A Japanese feudal lord who had a private army of samurai serving under him
stele
daimyo
ziggurat
manor
10. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
realpolitik
devshirme
Neo- Confucianism
nationalism
11. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
guild
ghazi
bushi
hieroglyphics
12. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
mandate
British Commonwealth
Manhattan project
13. In Buddhism - a state of perfect peace
nirvana
estates-general
kowtow
chivalry
14. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
civil disobedience
space station
colony
mau mau
15. A method of measuring the amount of radiocarbon in fossilized material
impressionism
abolition
functionalism
radiocarbon dating
16. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
specialization of labor
edict of Nantes
extraterritorial rights
mameduke
17. Imperial officials under Charlemagne's empire who had the duty of overseeing the records of the counts - or local rulers
McDonaldization
fresco
Utopian socialist
missi dominici
18. Science developed by Sigmund Freud that focused on psychological rather than physiological causes of mental disorders
nation-stae
patriarchal
psychoanalysis
enclosure movement
19. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
archeology
fresco
homeland
British Commonwealth
20. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
repartamiento
collective farming
enlightened despot
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
21. According to Marx and Engels - the members of the working class
paleontologists
proletariat
separation of powers
strategic defense initiative
22. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
latifundia
appeasement
communism
world health organization
23. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
Yahweh
domestic system
conservative
DNA dating
24. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
Holocaust
Afrikaner
kaiser
silk roads
25. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
Taliban
silk roads
people of the book
major domo
26. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
shariah
patrician
propaganda
kowtow
27. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
umma
zen Buddhism
external migration
functionalism
28. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
new deal
sati
stream of consciousness
DNA dating
29. The power to prevent the execution of law
blitzkrieg
Shiva
veto
capitalism
30. 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
glasnost
kamikaze
Truman doctrine
predestination
31. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
separation of powers
kinship group
absolute monarch
scientific revolution
32. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
geneva conference
diocese
plebeian
pasteurization
33. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
Australopithecus
sphere of influence
one-child policy
mameduke
34. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
tyrant
treaty of Versailles
jainissary
space station
35. One who disagrees; a dissenter
Kellogg-Briand Pact
dissident
shariah
urdu
36. A business that was forerunner of the modern corporation in which investors pooled their resources and shared in the profits
dictator
enlightenment
joint-stock company
factors of production
37. 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
mandate
vietnamization
illuminated manuscript
push-pull factors
38. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
caravel
social contract
Renaissance
griot
39. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
sunni
Balkans
luftwaffe
Utopian socialist
40. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
macadam road
emir
tree-ring dating
latifundia
41. Hunting and gathering
Royal Road
foraging
Cyrillic alphabet
league of nations
42. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
tyrant
paleontologists
five pillars
triple alliance
43. A national legislature assembly
comedy
steppe
dynasty
parliament
44. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
world trade organization
dictator
radiocarbon dating
benefice
45. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
Cultural Revolution
European Union
Yahweh
guest workers
46. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
vietnamization
vassal
veto
apprenticeship
47. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
loess
Balkans
civil rights movement
realpolitik
48. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA
DNA dating
paleontologists
society of Jesus
command economy
49. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
collective bargaining
civilization
shariah
tree-ring dating
50. A united nations- sponsored agency whose goals are to improve world health and assist countries in promoting family- planning programs
astrolabe
world health organization
Truman doctrine
Holocaust