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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 relocation of people across long distance or international borders
operation sea lion
Brahmin
golden mean
external migration
2. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
theory of relativity
four tigers
scorched- earth policy
Homo sapiens
3. Hunting and gathering
poliburo
detente
astrolabe
foraging
4. A Muslim ruler
Deism
emir
shi
karma
5. Practice in some areas of India in which widows threw themselves onto the burning funeral pyre of their husband
triple alliance
propaganda
sati
multinational corporation
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca required once during the lifetime of a follower of Islam
bourgeoisie
plebeian
Zionism
hajj
7. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
McDonaldization
Inquisition
bourgeoisie
stateless society
8. The strategic narrow body of water between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
propaganda
Bosporus Strait
artifacts
operation Barbarossa
9. A grant of land in medieval Europe
dynasty
fief
four noble truths
thermoluminescnce dating
10. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
latifundia
geneva conference
four tigers
hubris
11. A delclaration advocating free - document signed by FDR and Churchill that expressed all of their intents in WWII - including that they sought no territorial gain - wouldn't allow a territorial change without the consent of all parties involved - an
covenant
league of nations
estate
Atlantic Charter
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
Neo- Confucianism
Dadaism
third world
British Commonwealth
13. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
creole
mystery religion
fourteen points
world health organization
14. Idea prevalent during the Cold War period that - if one nation fell to communism - neighboring nations would likewise fall
Huguenots
domino theory
utilitarian
pariah
15. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
absolute monarch
diocese
truncated pyramid
lebnsraum
16. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
astrolabe
DNA dating
paleolithic age
realism
17. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
operation overlord
separation of powers
vietnamization
cynicism
18. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
patrician
space probe
Palestine liberation organization
Manchaeism
19. Also called the Jesuits - an organization founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola to promote education - establish missions - and stop the spread of Protestantism
external migration
genocide
pariah
society of Jesus
20. The mass extermination of Jews and other civilians in Nazi Germany
republic
Lend- Lease Act
moderate
Holocaust
21. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
chivalry
Tamils
Bolsheviks
devshirme
22. A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and 18th centuries stating that human beings were basically good and could be further improved through education - and upholding reason as the key to truth
enlightenment
social Darwinism
Tamils
four modernizations
23. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
polytheism
fascism
Lend- Lease Act
predestination
24. An advocate of gradual political change
triangular trade
Utopian socialist
oracle bone
conservative
25. In the early 19th century - a term suffering to those Europeans who favored granting increased power to elect assemblies
anthropology
new economic policy
liberal
hominid
26. The study of humans as a species
oracle bone
Renaissance
global village
anthropology
27. Member of elite class in ancient rome
propaganda
Ka'aba
patrician
nation-stae
28. Territory under the dominion of the papacy
shogun
papal states
theory of evolution
republic
29. The dissemination of materials or messages to promote one's own cause or diminish the cause of an adversary
Neolithic Revolution
propaganda
steppe
checks and balances
30. 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
Bosporus Strait
DNA dating
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
apprenticeship
31. 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
socialism
European Union
middle passage
vietnamization
32. A ceasefire agreement
abolition
domestic system
armistice
external migration
33. 1945 Meeting with US president FDR - British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill - and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war
Yalta Conference
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
DNA dating
astrolabe
34. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
Tamils
nongovernmental organization
radiocarbon dating
Deism
35. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
humanism
burgher
armistice
constitutional monarchy
36. A blend of eastern and western culture characteristics (Greek - Egyptian - Persian - and Indian) in the period between the reign of Alexander the great and the Roman occupation of Greece
senate
hellenistic culture
Tarah
cuneiform
37. Those factors essential to initialization: land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurship
justification by faith
time of troubles
stateless society
factors of production
38. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
appeasement
duma
Hagia Sophia
foraging
39. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
empire
Neo- Confucianism
peace crops
shah
40. Russian Parliament
caravel
duma
Huns
manga carta
41. A widely spoken language among east Africans which is a blend of Arabic and the Bantu languages
theory of relativity
Swahili
concession
ziggurat
42. German submarines
nationalism
silk roads
Cultural Revolution
u-boats
43. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
helot
creole
Lend- Lease Act
Dar al- Islam
44. Russian emperor
czar (tsar)
scorched- earth policy
bourgeoisie
commercial agriculture
45. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
European Union
containment
impressionism
four tigers
46. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
theory of relativity
ethnic cleansing
operation overlord
guild
47. Muslim social and ethical law
shariah
triangular trade
steppe
Protestant Reformation
48. French Protestants
Huguenots
ziggurat
robotics
tragedy
49. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
kowtow
capital
great lap forward
stateless society
50. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
macadam road
soviet
sakk
blitzkrieg