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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 manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
polytheism
terra cotta
diocese
illuminated manuscript
2. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
ethnic cleansing
separation of powers
patriarch
proletariat
3. An elected representative of the plebeians - who sat as a member of Tribal Assembly in republican Rome
council of Trent
chivalry
tribune
coalition
4. Government in the hands of the wealthy or the nobility
aristocracy
steppe
caravel
dowry death
5. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
moderate
griot
golden mean
Bolsheviks
6. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
detente
lebnsraum
silk roads
artifact
7. Beginning the the 15th century - the exchange of plants livestock - disease - and slaves between the eastern and western hemispheres
Catholic reformation
polygamy
Australopithecus
Columbian exchange
8. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
animism
zen Buddhism
caste
communism
9. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
ayatollah
realism
messiah
dynasty
10. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
zen Buddhism
quipu
Justinian Code
helsinki accords
11. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
apprenticeship
Zionism
operation Barbarossa
luftwaffe
12. French Protestants
anthropology
armistice
space probe
Huguenots
13. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
radiocarbon dating
Atlantic Charter
yin and yang
pogram
14. A region in southeastern Europe currently composed of the republics of the former Yugoslavia - the European portion of Turkey - Greece - Albania - and Bulgaria
Palestine liberation organization
kowtow
Balkans
Anabaptists
15. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
green revolution
radiocarbon dating
treaty of tordesillas
fief
16. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
illuminated manuscript
Brahmin
internal migration
manga carta
17. 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
patriarchal
burqa
concession
zen Buddhism
18. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
hominid
stem cell research
pariah
burgher
19. The willingness of a country to go to the point of war to defend its interests; -
mestizo
brinkmanship
four noble truths
apostle
20. The patrician assembly that approves all major decisions in republican Rome
senate
Balkans
intifada
geneva conference
21. In Kenya - a secret organization of primarily Kikuyu farmers driven out of the farmland of the northern highlands by the British
commercial agriculture
balance of power
Catholic reformation
mau mau
22. A method of dating artifacts by determining the rate of change in DNA
pastoral nomadism
constitutional monarchy
helot
DNA dating
23. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
external migration
detente
pastoral nomadism
collective farming
24. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
four noble truths
silk roads
nongovernmental organization
stupa
25. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
pasteurization
Palestine liberation organization
estate
predestination
26. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
fascism
pariah
Manhattan project
27. A custom of disembowelment carried out by the samurai as an honorable alternative to the acceptance of defeat
astrolabe
sphere of influence
enlightened despot
seppuku
28. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
containment
British Commonwealth
pogram
stupa
29. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
patriarch
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
stoicism
utilitarian
30. The scripture that contains the history of the ancient Jewish people and their covenant with their God
Tarah
nicene creed
shinto
hieroglyphics
31. A member of the middle class in medieval England
edict of Nantes
burgess
silk roads
scorched- earth policy
32. The relocation of people across long distance or international borders
coalition
external migration
paleolithic age
creole
33. In the first half of the 19th century - an intellectual who believed in human equality and in practicing cooperation in industry
Boers
Utopian socialist
Swahili
blitzkrieg
34. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
Shiva
kinship group
quipu
golden mean
35. Warrior leaders in feudal Japan
tragedy
Warsaw pact
bushi
mensheviks
36. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
messiah
constitutional monarchy
Protestant Reformation
benefice
37. A mid-19th century artistic movement that reacted against realism by portraying subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time
impressionism
marathon
dowry death
shinto
38. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
veto
artifacts
nicene creed
kowtow
39. A series of demonstration - boycotts - and violent attacks employed by Palestinians from 1987 onward to attract would attention to their desire for a Palestine homeland
intifada
triangular trade
Utopian socialist
indulgence
40. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
separation of powers
kamikaze
constitutional monarchy
civil disobedience
41. 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
surrealism
world health organization
kaiser
42. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
Lend- Lease Act
great lap forward
mensheviks
consumerism
43. Government controlled by religious rulers or by a ruler considered divine
emir
gulf of tonkin resolution
theocracy
McDonaldization
44. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
desalinization
empire
age grade
council of Trent
45. 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
Shiva
truncated pyramid
Warsaw pact
peace crops
46. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
detente
estate
usury
caravanserials
47. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
command economy
terra cotta
nonalignment
thermoluminescnce dating
48. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
Sepoys
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
vassal
ghetto
49. In feudal Europe - a person who received from his lord a grant of land in exchange for loyalty and military or agricultural services
romanticism
diaspora
vassal
monotheism
50. A cooling of Cold War tensions - initiated during the administrations of U.S. President Nation and Soviet Premier Brezhnev
detente
golden mean
qanat
commune