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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
harem
realism
cynicism
functionalism
2. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
glasnost
homeland
diocese
trench warfare
3. 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
human cloning
harem
Atlantic Charter
geneva conference
4. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
third reich
feudalism
propaganda
Tarah
5. A shrine which contained the Black stone - a relic of the polytheistic beliefs of the early Arabs and later the destination of the Muslim hajj
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6. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
dynasty
scorched- earth policy
Cultural Revolution
patrician
7. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
Boers
surrealism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
apostle
8. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
philosopher
serf
space station
lateen sail
9. 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
shariah
Kellogg-Briand Pact
diaspora
10. Program begun under the US President John Kennedy to send volunteer workers to developing nations to assist them in improving education - agricultural methods - sanitation - and other areas of need
peace crops
plebeian
illuminated manuscript
postdam conference
11. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
Australopithecus
pasteurization
Ka'aba
Zionism
12. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
icon
sakk
anthropology
polygamy
13. A political system in which a monarch or noble granted land to other nobles in exchange for military services - protection and loyalty
silk roads
caravanserials
stele
feudalism
14. A small ship with triangular and rectangular sails as well as stern post rudder that permitted greater control in steering the vessel
republic
caravel
kibbutzim
purdah
15. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
Renaissance
socialism
steppe
Australopithecus
16. Leading bishop pf the eastern orthodox church
patriarch
suffrage
totalitarian state
DNA dating
17. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
communism
Protestant Reformation
detente
space shuttle
18. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
estates-general
caste
kibbutzim
treaty of tordesillas
19. A 26 mile race
appeasement
marathon
space probe
Brahmin
20. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
bushido
operation Barbarossa
qanat
justification by faith
21. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
realism
postdam conference
estate
major domo
22. A policy adopted in the 1980s in the People's Republic of China stating that a couple is allowed only one child
republic
theory of relativity
great lap forward
one-child policy
23. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
joint-stock company
stateless society
humanism
blitzkrieg
24. In medieval Europe - the practice of charging interest
natural selection
aristocracy
artifacts
usury
25. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
guomindang
five pillars
hajj
missi dominici
26. Form of drama developed by the Greeks that often satirizes a society
comedy
domestic system
Holocaust
daimyo
27. 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
civil rights movement
checks and balances
triple entente
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
28. Muslim social and ethical law
third world
Cyrillic alphabet
shariah
lateen sail
29. Hellenistic philosophy that sought inner peace and please - defined as avoidance of pain
epicureanism
stupa
qanat
ethnic cleansing
30. A humanlike creature that walks upright
mobilization
hominid
third reich
Yahweh
31. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
middle passage
aristocracy
daimyo
separation of powers
32. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
hellenistic culture
purdah
realpolitik
predestination
33. Indian soldiers serving under the command of British army officers
separation of powers
Sepoys
stem cell research
functionalism
34. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
collective bargaining
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
truncated pyramid
hubris
35. Lenin's policy to improve the soviet economy by permitting small private businesses
Sepoys
kowtow
social contract
new economic policy
36. A member of the middle class in medieval England
cuneiform
collective farming
shariah
burgess
37. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
ethnic cleansing
one-child policy
eightfold path
middle passage
38. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
forbidden city
European Union
Mongol Peace
civil service system
39. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
harem
mau mau
ziggurat
senate
40. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
natural selection
missi dominici
containment
dharma
41. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
Hagia Sophia
vassal
Dadaism
realpolitik
42. Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
age grade
pastoral nomadism
republic
world health organization
43. A German emperor
kaiser
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
Magyars
justification by faith
44. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
vassal
European Union
chivalry
external migration
45. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer
eightfold path
rotten borough
command economy
illuminated manuscript
46. An African storyteller who passes on oral tradition
genocide
domestic system
gulf of tonkin resolution
griot
47. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
diocese
monsoon
Protestant Reformation
Zionism
48. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
utilitarian
harem
green revolution
Yom Kippur
49. Goals issued by China's Deng Xiaoping that included changes in industry - agriculture - defense - and science and technology
shogun
four modernizations
Lend- Lease Act
shariah
50. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
theory of evolution
internal migration
capitalism
animism