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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ancient and medieval trade routes that linked china to the Mediterranean world
silk roads
predestination
marshall plan
sakk
2. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
burgher
democratization
truncated pyramid
commercial agriculture
3. A reform program initiated by US president Franklin Roosevelt to restore the US economy during the great depression
divine right of kings
tyrant
new deal
mercantilism
4. The ability to organize and utilize the factors of production to realize profits
enlightened despot
entrepreneurship
luftwaffe
democratization
5. Keys to right living in the Buddhist faith
great lap forward
eightfold path
serf
chinampa
6. A statement if the christian faith issued in 325 CE stating that Jesus was the same time fully human and fully divine
nicene creed
anthropology
realism
latifundia
7. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
millet
shariah
legion
Sikhs
8. Studying fossil remains
benefice
paleontologists
triumvirate
millet
9. Characteristic of a culture in which the comsuption of goods and services has reached a level where it satisfies wants rather than needs only
bourgeoisie
moderate
eightfold path
consumerism
10. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
bushido
tree-ring dating
feudalism
armistice
11. Conference held in 1954 which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
geneva conference
lebnsraum
cynicism
humanism
12. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
Balkans
triple alliance
triumvirate
guild
13. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.
glasnost
mobilization
robotics
mercantilism
14. Control of a region by business interests rather than by an outside government
umma
realpolitik
stream of consciousness
economic imperialism
15. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
realism
steppe
pastoral nomadism
lebnsraum
16. A philosophy of life's struggles according to the buddhist faith: everything in life is suffering; the cause of all suffering is people's desire; suffering can be ended by ending all desires; desires may be overcome by following the eightfold path
ziggurat
hajj
four noble truths
archeology
17. Describes a male-dominated society
DNA dating
patriarchal
Atlantic Charter
emir
18. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
council of Trent
predestination
four noble truths
marathon
19. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
separation of powers
joint-stock company
empire
chlorofluorocarbons
20. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
aristocracy
Palestine liberation organization
operation overlord
21. A member of the middle class in medieval England
space shuttle
burgess
dissident
luftwaffe
22. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
eightfold path
collective farming
hellenistic culture
mandate
23. 'Southern apes' ; hominids who emerged about four million years ago in southern and eastern Africa and were the first to make stone tools
collective bargaining
Australopithecus
factors of production
Palestine liberation organization
24. The power to prevent the execution of law
Swahili
apostle
helsinki accords
veto
25. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
Palestine liberation organization
ethnic cleansing
space probe
empire
26. Israeli communal agricultural settlements
kibbutzim
postdam conference
coalition
Magyars
27. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
scorched- earth policy
scientific revolution
extraterritorial rights
stream of consciousness
28. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
archeology
Warsaw pact
internal migration
poliburo
29. Economic plans to increase industrial and productivity in the soviet union - china - and india
conservative
loess
feudalism
five-year plans
30. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
Sikhs
brinkmanship
diocese
kowtow
31. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
appeasement
gulf of tonkin resolution
Atlantic Charter
homeland
32. A warrior for islam
civil rights movement
tyrant
quipu
ghazi
33. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
Mongol Peace
lebnsraum
four tigers
blitzkrieg
34. An advocate of gradual political change
genocide
conservative
Sikhs
perestroika
35. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
containment
kibbutzim
golden mean
homeland
36. A fatal flaw of overconfidence - often displayed by the main character in Greek tragedy
apartheid
helot
world health organization
hubris
37. Large estate in ancient Rome
final solution
space probe
Nuremberg trials
latifundia
38. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
monotheism
realism
Protestant Reformation
stoicism
39. The Muslim community of faithful
psychoanalysis
surrealism
space station
umma
40. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
lateen sail
treaty of tordesillas
Homo sapiens
theory of relativity
41. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
covenant
romanticism
suffrage
third world
42. Economic system in which decisions are in the hands of the government rather than the consumer.
daimyo
karma
geneva conference
communism
43. An intellectual movement of the Renaissance period which emphasized reason and concerned itself with everyday human problems
mau mau
ghetto
humanism
armistice
44. International organization dedicated to investigating human rights violations and providing humanitarian aid
fief
conservative
nongovernmental organization
forbidden city
45. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
millet
mobilization
shah
philosopher
46. The development of and use of skills in a specific type of work
specialization of labor
icon
Taliban
Tamils
47. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
kibbutzim
four modernizations
manga carta
euro
48. German submarines
u-boats
peninsular
Manhattan project
trench warfare
49. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
umma
green revolution
thermoluminescnce dating
creole
50. The german air force
triangular trade
karma
luftwaffe
space probe