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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 Roman Catholic Church court especially powerful in Spain and Italy during the Counter- reformation
robotics
Inquisition
ziggurat
pasteurization
2. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
utilitarian
missi dominici
theory of evolution
separation of powers
3. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
artifacts
philosopher
colony
guomindang
4. Landowning classes in the 18th century Russia used as officers in the prussian army
silk roads
chinampa
junkers
triumvirate
5. Hitler's systematic elimination of the Jews and other populations he considered inferior
Truman doctrine
chlorofluorocarbons
final solution
global village
6. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
operation Barbarossa
Inquisition
four tigers
glyph
7. Large collective farm
Yalta Conference
commune
Manhattan project
Homo sapiens
8. Large farms owned by the government in which profits are shared by all farmers
genocide
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
civil service system
collective farming
9. 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
covenant
millet
nation-stae
checks and balances
10. A people whose religious philosophy blended Hinduism - Buddhism - and Sufism
Sikhs
Swahili
guild
commercial agriculture
11. One who pursues the meaning of truth
archeology
terra cotta
philosopher
Manchaeism
12. Letter of credit issued by Islamic banks; forerunner of modern checks
terra cotta
sakk
blitzkrieg
factors of production
13. The Jewish day of atonement
global village
ghetto
appeasement
Yom Kippur
14. A member of the class in ancient Rome that included farmers artisans and merchants and comprised the majority of the population
shi
Justinian Code
plebeian
age grade
15. One of two leaders elected by the patrician assembly who held executive authority under the Roman republic()
civil rights movement
consul
age grade
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
16. A grant of land in medieval Europe
intifada
mensheviks
third reich
fief
17. Slave boy taken by the Ottoman Turks from conquered Christian territories
legion
Nuremberg trials
jainissary
indulgence
18. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
forbidden city
estate
armistice
conservative
19. A government of three rulers
realpolitik
papal states
triumvirate
icon
20. A privilege that exempts foreign residents from the laws of the nation in which they are residing
nongovernmental organization
artifacts
domestic system
extraterritorial rights
21. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
parallel descent
truncated pyramid
repartamiento
neolithic age
22. Pre- WWI pact amount Great Britain - France - and Russia
triple entente
neolithic age
truncated pyramid
diaspora
23. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
major domo
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
third world
operation sea lion
24. A 1494 treaty that divided the land in the Americans between Portugal and Spain
radiocarbon dating
covenant
treaty of tordesillas
usury
25. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
surrealism
stem cell research
diaspora
desalinization
26. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
predestination
Brahmin
missi dominici
stateless society
27. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
realism
space shuttle
estates-general
utilitarian
28. The symbol used as part of a writing system
glyph
animism
burqa
satrap
29. Member of elite class in ancient rome
patrician
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Justinian Code
patriarch
30. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
robotics
gulf of tonkin resolution
latifundia
31. Post WWII trials held in Nuremberg - Germany to try Nazi leader charged with war crimes
Nuremberg trials
patrician
Cyrillic alphabet
Balkans
32. A campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 19th century
one-child policy
pogram
marathon
new economic policy
33. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
monsoon
illuminated manuscript
checks and balances
capital
34. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
Mongol Peace
mercantilism
stem cell research
quinine
35. Business practices- including capitalism - join-stock companies - and mercantilism- that characterized- that characterized Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
commercial revolution
artifacts
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
colony
36. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
one-child policy
burqa
Cyrillic alphabet
civil disobedience
37. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
proletariat
natural selection
thermoluminescent dating
oracle bone
38. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
burgher
Dar al- Islam
yin and yang
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
39. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
people of the book
Balfour Declaration
burgher
manga carta
40. In ancient Greece - a ruler who seized power and ruled with the sole authority
cuneiform
monotheism
human cloning
tyrant
41. A national legislature assembly
mau mau
parliament
fief
civilization
42. A member of the middle class in medieval England
burgess
feminist
mensheviks
missi dominici
43. Segregated community (e.g Jewish)
enlightenment
mobilization
plebeian
ghetto
44. The technology associated with the application of robots
space station
robotics
Catholic reformation
separation of powers
45. Involves obtaining samples of the genetic material of DNA from living donors and comparing it with the DNA from other persons or from animals computers and then are used to determine the rate of change in the DNA
u-boats
junkers
DNA dating
age grade
46. Money - equipment - and materials used to produce more wealth through investments in businesses and factories
time of troubles
capital
global village
Bolsheviks
47. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
astrolabe
mobilization
predestination
harem
48. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
militarism
world health organization
Balfour Declaration
Yom Kippur
49. The four economically successful areas of Hong Kong - Singapore - South Korea - and Taiwan
tribune
four tigers
civil service system
socialism
50. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
bushido
jazz
marshall plan
Zionism