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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
multinational corporation
social Darwinism
militarism
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
2. The study of humans as a species
space probe
dynasty
global village
anthropology
3. A self- sufficient estate in feudal Europe
manor
code of Hammurabi
guomindang
scientific revolution
4. 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
domestic system
treaty of tordesillas
DNA dating
civil rights movement
5. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
Atlantic Charter
empire
paleolithic age
archaeology
6. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
existentialism
entrepreneurship
mandate of heaven
lebnsraum
7. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
tyrant
McDonaldization
one-child policy
legitimacy
8. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
collective farming
epicureanism
humanism
9. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
Balfour Declaration
patriarchal
propaganda
new economic policy
10. A grant of land in medieval Europe
legion
fief
militarism
four modernizations
11. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
Magyars
McDonaldization
karma
stoicism
12. The trans-Atlantic route of slaves from Africa to the Americas
legitimacy
mandate
green revolution
middle passage
13. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
Yalta Conference
space station
rotten borough
commercial agriculture
14. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
concession
triple alliance
African National Congress
four modernizations
15. The Hebrew name for God
poliburo
czar (tsar)
Yahweh
island-hopping
16. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
space shuttle
mercantilism
four tigers
protectorate
17. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
fresco
realpolitik
one-child policy
third reich
18. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
reparation
new economic policy
pastoral nomadism
plebeian
19. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
one-child policy
code of Hammurabi
five pillars
nation-stae
20. The process - lasting from about 100 to 1492 - by which Christians drove the Muslims from Spain
Reconquest
Dar al- Islam
missi dominici
loess
21. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
Australopithecus
tyrant
stele
Magyars
22. The termination of slavery
British Commonwealth
abolition
commune
third reich
23. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
tragedy
monotheism
polygamy
feudalism
24. A blend of Confucianism and Buddhism that emphasized traditional Chinese values of self-discipline - family loyalty - and obedience to authority
sati
satellite nation
Neo- Confucianism
ethnic cleansing
25. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Reconquest
aristocracy
Brahmin
terra cotta
26. The symbol used as part of a writing system
glyph
treaty of Versailles
patriarchal
world trade center
27. According to Marx and Engels - the middle class; in prerevolutionary France - a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants
serf
bourgeoisie
major domo
epicureanism
28. In Hinduism - a person's good or evil deeps while on earth
robotics
karma
existentialism
hijra
29. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
apprenticeship
separation of powers
utilitarian
imperialism
30. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
cubism
triple alliance
patriarch
kamikaze
31. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
triple entente
coalition
triangular trade
Sepoys
32. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
glasnost
third reich
specialization of labor
manga carta
33. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
diaspora
fascism
colony
marshall plan
34. Sumerian system of writing formed by pressing a wedge- shaped stylus into wet clay
league of nations
cuneiform
Mongol Peace
tribune
35. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
scientific revolution
mobilization
Neolithic Revolution
Cultural Revolution
36. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
Sikhs
separation of powers
factors of production
pogram
37. A grant of land in the Spanish American colonies that carried with it the right to exploit the Native Americans living on the land
encomienda
hubris
enclosure movement
archaeology
38. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
Sepoys
Palestine liberation organization
Zionism
lateen sail
39. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
cubism
steppe
dynasty
kibbutzim
40. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
terra cotta
world trade organization
benefice
41. The german air force
luftwaffe
Ka'aba
creole
Zionism
42. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
helot
push-pull factors
factors of production
global village
43. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
mystery religion
scorched- earth policy
glyph
paleontologists
44. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
new economic policy
nonalignment
kibbutzim
brinkmanship
45. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
Ka'aba
concession
enlightened despot
sphere of influence
46. A bone or shell used by Chinese to determine the will of goals
stoicism
Boers
oracle bone
epicureanism
47. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
abolition
existentialism
repartamiento
zen Buddhism
48. A 20th century style of music developed primarily by African American musicians
Tamils
Swahili
archeology
jazz
49. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
parallel descent
economic imperialism
republic
estate
50. One who disagrees; a dissenter
Zionism
dissident
existentialism
helot