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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An artistic movement in which paintings are characterized by a dreamlike quality
chlorofluorocarbons
surrealism
imperialism
mandate
2. A ceasefire agreement
qanat
armistice
bushido
kibbutzim
3. A Hellenistic religion that involved faith in eastern deities and the promise of eternal life to believers
hieroglyphics
middle passage
devshirme
mystery religion
4. A policy assuring that no one nation becomes powerful enough to threaten the status of another
civil rights movement
burqa
sphere of influence
balance of power
5. The worship of many gods
Bosporus Strait
nationalism
polytheism
quinine
6. Marriage to more than one wife
polygamy
operation Barbarossa
Brahmin
kowtow
7. Resolution passes by the US congress to authorize President Lyndon Johnson to send U.S troops into Vietnam
caudillo
civil rights movement
gulf of tonkin resolution
reparation
8. A 1945 conference help at post damn - Germany in which Truman and Churchill met with Stalin to attempt to persuade him to abandon his policy of domination of the soviet satellite nations
bushido
burgess
postdam conference
vassal
9. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
civil service system
moderate
five-year plans
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10. A government of three rulers
enlightenment
McDonaldization
devshirme
triumvirate
11. The Hebrew name for God
five-year plans
Mongol Peace
Yahweh
robotics
12. An association of world nations created by the treaty of Versailles after WWI
Utopian socialist
league of nations
Royal Road
stateless society
13. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
Anabaptists
shah
Manhattan project
paleontologists
14. The French assembly (1200s-1789) made up of clergy - nobles - and the common people
benefice
estates-general
pogram
liberal
15. Large estate in ancient Rome
urdu
brinkmanship
latifundia
luftwaffe
16. A 'lighting war' in which initial rapid surprise attacks by aircraft are followed by massive attacks of group forces - as in the 1939 German invasion of Poland
realpolitik
manor
blitzkrieg
macadam road
17. The right to vote
suffrage
legion
third world
civil disobedience
18. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
rotten borough
radical
divine right of kings
empire
19. The period in European history from about 1300 to 1600 in which a return to classical themes dominated art - literature - and education
Renaissance
Afrikaner
serf
junkers
20. In medieval Europe - a merchant organization founded to regulate production standards and prices within specific trades
sunni
collective farming
natural selection
guild
21. The German word for 'living space' a goal Hitler wished to attain by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia
qanat
emir
dharma
lebnsraum
22. An architectural school of the twentieth century which held that building should be constructed so that their design reflected their function
caste
geocentric theory
totalitarian state
functionalism
23. Chinese concept of balance in nature represented by male assertiveness and female submission
bushido
reactionary
yin and yang
one-child policy
24. A government characterized by the rule of only one party whose beliefs support the welfare of the sate above all else
duma
totalitarian state
internal migration
satrap
25. South African inhabitant of dutch ancestry
capitalism
global village
Holocaust
Afrikaner
26. A 1975 pledge to pratice detente and promote human rights that was signed by the Soviet Union - the Unites States - and 33 other nations
stem cell research
helsinki accords
hominid
feudalism
27. Artistic and literary movement of the early 19th century that reflected an admiration for nature and and emphasis on individual thought and feelings
Magyars
consul
lebnsraum
romanticism
28. A cold war term referring to developing nations nonaligned with either the Soviet union or US
collective bargaining
ghetto
caravanserials
third world
29. A former colonial territory that is supervised by another country during its translation to an independent nation
Boers
mandate
DNA dating
human cloning
30. 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
Atlantic Charter
kaiser
fresco
functionalism
31. Inns that provided loading for caravan travelers across the Sahara Desert
steppe
triple entente
ghetto
caravanserials
32. Soviet reform initiated in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev by which the political system was moderated to allow votes to choose from a slate of candidates
mercantilism
democratization
consumerism
reactionary
33. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
push-pull factors
eightfold path
age grade
fascism
34. The symbol used as part of a writing system
bourgeoisie
multinational corporation
glyph
liberal
35. A manuscript copied by hand by medieval monks - who enhanced its beauty with elaborate lettering and detailed pictures
illuminated manuscript
stateless society
council of Trent
patrician
36. Local council of peasants - laborers - and soldiers organized by Russian revolutionaries
Balfour Declaration
poliburo
soviet
collective farming
37. According to Joan Calvin - the concept that God - before the beginning of the world - had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
Dadaism
Huguenots
factors of production
predestination
38. One who pursues the meaning of truth
collective farming
protectorate
helsinki accords
philosopher
39. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
Manchaeism
homeland
artifacts
yin and yang
40. A city and its surroundings territory under the rule of a single government
city-state
middle passage
loess
reactionary
41. An effort begun the 20th century to increase the global food supply by the use of pesticides - fertilizers and developments in disease-resistant crops
neolithic age
natural selection
encomienda
green revolution
42. An organization whose chief aim is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in southwest america
harem
reactionary
Palestine liberation organization
guild
43. The 19th and early 20th century application of the theories of Charles Darwin to social science in a effort to create the notion that some races were superior to others
karma
emir
Columbian exchange
social Darwinism
44. A region that is controlled by an outside power but is allowed to maintain its own government
protectorate
icon
patriarchal
dowry death
45. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
world health organization
Warsaw pact
civil rights movement
trench warfare
46. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
moderate
iconoclastic controversy
dowry death
gospel
47. Ethnically homogeneous nations under the Ottoman empire who were allowed a representative to serve as a voice before the sultan
Inquisition
Dadaism
millet
middle passage
48. An economic system in which the means of production belong to the public and are operated for the common welfare
Renaissance
stream of consciousness
socialism
quinine
49. Hellenistic philosophy calling for a return to simplicity and a rejection of materialism -;;
Palestine liberation organization
duma
mensheviks
cynicism
50. The politics of reality put into practice by Otto von Bismarck
humanism
realpolitik
terra cotta
empire