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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An agreement singed in 1968 by several nations who pledged to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
mandate of heaven
detente
nirvana
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
2. The worship of many gods
coalition
impressionism
burgher
polytheism
3. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
colony
Australopithecus
Warsaw pact
Holocaust
4. A nomadic people from central Asia who eventually settled in modern Hungary
thermoluminescnce dating
Magyars
mameduke
enclosure movement
5. An artistic movement in the early 20th century that produces works that were meaningless and whimsical ()
shia
psychoanalysis
Dadaism
Kellogg-Briand Pact
6. The concept of Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu that each branch of government be granted distinct powers that served to limit those of the other branches of the government
Manchaeism
Taliban
island-hopping
checks and balances
7. The fight of muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE - and the first year of the Muslim calender
hijra
island-hopping
hellenistic culture
feminist
8. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
protectorate
Brahmin
archeology
geocentric theory
9. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
capital
duma
coalition
Sikhs
10. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
time of troubles
glyph
Columbian exchange
stateless society
11. Hunting and gathering
veto
foraging
third world
empire
12. Economic theory proposed by Adam Smith which argued that government should not interfere with the natural laws of supply and demand
plebeian
operation overlord
stele
laissez-faire
13. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
functionalism
treaty of tordesillas
aristocracy
harem
14. Russian emperor
checks and balances
dowry death
militarism
czar (tsar)
15. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
Hagia Sophia
usury
Dar al- Islam
perestroika
16. Head-to-toe garment with a mesh- like panel covering face; required attire for women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by other Islamic societies
divine right of kings
burqa
global village
u-boats
17. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
guest workers
ghetto
forbidden city
final solution
18. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
scorched- earth policy
polygamy
postdam conference
iconoclastic controversy
19. An economic system based on private ownership in order to produce profits - prices are based on supply and demand
enlightenment
capitalism
extraterritorial rights
Bosporus Strait
20. The theory of the greek astronomer Ptolemy - stating that the earth was the center of the universe
geocentric theory
four modernizations
radiocarbon dating
people of the book
21. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
chinampa
kowtow
cynicism
perestroika
22. The Hebrew name for God
caravanserials
Yahweh
Catholic reformation
people of the book
23. The third empire of Germany established in the 1930s by Adolph HItler
diaspora
third reich
fourteen points
patriarchal
24. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
messiah
hieroglyphics
senate
ethnic cleansing
25. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
archeology
guild
archaeology
emir
26. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
predestination
thermoluminescent dating
natural selection
papal states
27. Workers who have migrated from developing countries to industrial ones to take advantage of employment opportunities and ultimately to stay as permanent residents
encomienda
natural selection
guest workers
satellite nation
28. Marriage to more than one wife
people of the book
polygamy
thermoluminescnce dating
external migration
29. The german air force
encomienda
mestizo
lateen sail
luftwaffe
30. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
colony
global village
brinkmanship
society of Jesus
31. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
entrepreneurship
hieroglyphics
seppuku
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
32. A government of three rulers
burqa
Allah
entrepreneurship
triumvirate
33. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
economic imperialism
nationalism
command economy
league of nations
34. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
hajj
people of the book
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Cultural Revolution
35. A multitiered pyramid that served as a temple in Sumer
patrician
ziggurat
duma
shah
36. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
McDonaldization
thermoluminescnce dating
polis
umma
37. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
papal states
Sepoys
tribune
luftwaffe
38. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
dowry death
green revolution
nonalignment
parliament
39. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
fief
Balfour Declaration
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
40. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
major domo
fresco
sunni
legitimacy
41. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
domestic system
tyrant
commercial agriculture
middle passage
42. A ceasefire agreement
Yom Kippur
radiocarbon dating
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
armistice
43. The change from hunting and gathering to agriculture
covenant
Neolithic Revolution
tyrant
enclosure movement
44. The governing committee of the communist party in the USSR
enclosure movement
poliburo
city-state
senate
45. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
caudillo
global village
parliament
Homo sapiens
46. A grant of land in medieval Europe
fief
republic
Afrikaner
propaganda
47. A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 to allow President Roosevelt to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the USA
Homo sapiens
guomindang
stateless society
Lend- Lease Act
48. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
dharma
world health organization
nation-stae
four tigers
49. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
covenant
forbidden city
helot
Hagia Sophia
50. A form of imperialism under which land and mineral rights were granted to private businesses with investments in colonial territories()
concession
bushi
containment
shariah