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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. 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
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
luftwaffe
bourgeoisie
oracle bone
2. Ancient underground irrigation system used in Southwest Asia and China
qanat
Boers
aristocracy
one-child policy
3. A national legislature assembly
impressionism
devshirme
parliament
social contract
4. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
sati
commercial agriculture
vietnamization
quinine
5. An administration in which voters decide on issues themselves rather than through representatives
helot
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
diocese
psychoanalysis
6. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
apartheid
glasnost
mandate
colony
7. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
serf
domino theory
fourteen points
mystery religion
8. A method of dating flint and clay objects by measuring the amount of electrons released when the subject is heated
hominid
separation of powers
consul
thermoluminescnce dating
9. Early 20th- century Marxist group in Russia that wanted to engage popular support for revolution in Russia
fascism
stateless society
mensheviks
DNA dating
10. An Islamic fundamentalist group that gained control of Afghanistan in 1997
Taliban
enlightened despot
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Lend- Lease Act
11. Large estate in ancient Rome
latifundia
patriarch
propaganda
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
12. An Incan record keeping device that consisted of a cord from which were suspended a number of cords - each containing a variety of knots of various sizes shapes and colors
feudalism
serf
Utopian socialist
quipu
13. The code of conduct required of a knight in feudal Europe
chivalry
euro
people of the book
capitalism
14. Policy of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to eliminate the memory of Josef Stalin and his policies in the Soviet Union
utilitarian
desalinization
brinkmanship
polytheism
15. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
Yalta Conference
feminist
enlightenment
thermoluminescnce dating
16. A sole ruler with absolute power
new economic policy
dictator
theory of evolution
Huns
17. An independent state whose citizens are bound by a common cultural identity
quipu
empire
nation-stae
oracle bone
18. A road developed by Scottish engineer John McAdam in which a pavement was created of small stones compacted together into layers
kowtow
archeology
macadam road
civil service system
19. A warrior for islam
indulgence
psychoanalysis
ghazi
triple entente
20. A family of chemicals used in industry - air conditioning refrigeration and consumer products; one of the chief destroyers of the earth's ozone layer
command economy
cuneiform
nationalism
chlorofluorocarbons
21. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
major domo
bushido
perestroika
illuminated manuscript
22. The Muslim community of faithful
umma
commercial revolution
geneva conference
one-child policy
23. The scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
predestination
urdu
reparation
diaspora
24. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
Palestine liberation organization
patriarchal
city-state
nirvana
25. A replacement for the encomienda system which allowed for the payment of wages to Native American workings in the Spanish American colonies
fourteen points
psychoanalysis
repartamiento
theory of evolution
26. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
Palestine liberation organization
Neo- Confucianism
apprenticeship
estates-general
27. Objects shaped by humans
artifacts
genocide
silk roads
helsinki accords
28. The production of manufactured goods in the homes of workers
domestic system
humanism
latifundia
checks and balances
29. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
geneva conference
Deism
trench warfare
icon
30. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
estate
checks and balances
stem cell research
oracle bone
31. A political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism and loyalty to the sate and features one-party rule by an authoritarian ruler
fascism
ghazi
golden mean
dynasty
32. WWII Japanese suiside piolets who flew their bomb-loaded planes into American ships; the Japanese mane a 'divine wind' that drove back Mongol invasions of the Japanese Islands in the 13th century
triple entente
kamikaze
concession
absolute monarch
33. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
Tamils
philosopher
caravanserials
empire
34. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
surrealism
creole
existentialism
major domo
35. 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
triple alliance
third reich
predestination
36. In Hinduism - the rules of one's caste; in Buddhism the doctrines of the faith
enlightenment
laissez-faire
civil rights movement
dharma
37. 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
domestic system
Atlantic Charter
polygamy
kinship group
38. The Enlightenment concept that government is based upon an agreement in which the people relinquish their rights to a ruler in order to receive the protection offered by law and order
strategic defense initiative
social contract
communism
junkers
39. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
caravanserials
reactionary
epicureanism
great lap forward
40. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
helot
functionalism
tree-ring dating
41. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
zen Buddhism
pogram
dictator
42. Term used by Muslims to refer to Christians and Jews - whom the Muslims respected for possessing a scripture
civilization
ayatollah
people of the book
theory of relativity
43. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
hubris
duma
patrician
divine right of kings
44. In ancient Rome - a military unit of 5 -000 to 6 -000 infantry
satrap
stem cell research
legion
anthropology
45. A policy under which the army of the Ottomans' sultan removed Christian boys from their families - educated them in the principles of Islam - and trained them for military service
dynasty
thermoluminescnce dating
devshirme
zen Buddhism
46. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
enlightened despot
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
four tigers
existentialism
47. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
command economy
space shuttle
romanticism
scorched- earth policy
48. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
five pillars
Manhattan project
chlorofluorocarbons
yin and yang
49. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
Brahmin
kibbutzim
Nuremberg trials
Tamils
50. Offering concessions to an aggressive ruler or nation in order to avoid conflict and/or war
postdam conference
checks and balances
republic
appeasement