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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hitler's 1941 invasion of the soviet union
perestroika
kowtow
operation Barbarossa
devshirme
2. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
mandate
dynasty
time of troubles
romanticism
3. A Protestant Church that stressed adult baptism and the separation of church and state
quipu
Reconquest
Anabaptists
qanat
4. 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
Royal Road
glyph
blitzkrieg
abolition
5. Great shrines of stone constructed to house relics of the Buddha
republic
loess
geneva conference
stupa
6. Arabic word meaning 'house of Islam.' referring to lands under the rule of Islam
third world
league of nations
Dar al- Islam
lateen sail
7. Two-dimensional religious images used by Eastern Christians in their celebrations and devotions
icon
civil disobedience
absolute monarch
griot
8. Hunting and gathering
enclosure movement
foraging
guild
tribune
9. A mild 19th century movement in art and literature that focused on the ills of industrialism
yin and yang
realism
coalition
gulf of tonkin resolution
10. The study of humans as a species
serf
anthropology
purdah
extraterritorial rights
11. A policy announced by the US President Truman in 1947 to offer military and economic aid to free nations treated by communism
Truman doctrine
papal states
urdu
constitutional monarchy
12. A common European currency introduced in January 2002 by European Union
hellenistic culture
euro
nation-stae
space shuttle
13. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
one-child policy
cubism
indulgence
triumvirate
14. An antimalarial drug
kibbutzim
quinine
realpolitik
nirvana
15. The most popular of the Hellenistic philosophies - the belief that individuals had a responsibility to aid others and lead virtuous lives
stoicism
strategic defense initiative
triple alliance
cubism
16. Area that granted investment or trading privileges to another country
griot
scientific revolution
Truman doctrine
sphere of influence
17. A government in which the monarch's power is limited by law
constitutional monarchy
rotten borough
third reich
Allah
18. A trans- Atlantic trade route from Europe to Africa - then to the Americans - and then returning Rome
Neo- Confucianism
empire
ghazi
triangular trade
19. The study of cells that have the capacity to divide in a culture and produce specialized cells
commune
parliament
edict of Nantes
stem cell research
20. The Hebrew name for God
Neolithic Revolution
Yahweh
marathon
apostle
21. Ancient Japanese religion centered around the veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
four tigers
external migration
shinto
legion
22. In the 16th century Roman Catholic Church - a paper whose purchase guaranteed the buyer the forgiveness of sins
patriarchal
indulgence
four tigers
mau mau
23. French Protestants
kaiser
Huguenots
patrician
ghetto
24. Russian emperor
mercantilism
czar (tsar)
burgess
intifada
25. Members of the same ruling family maintaining control of their country's government for several generations
junkers
European Union
Bolsheviks
dynasty
26. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
society of Jesus
five pillars
green revolution
zen Buddhism
27. The 16th century reform movement in the christian church that emphasized salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone
Protestant Reformation
global village
strategic defense initiative
third world
28. A ritualized bow required of all visitors to the Chinese court
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
brinkmanship
kowtow
Warsaw pact
29. A government unit in which several countries or peoples are under the authority of one ruler
proletariat
space shuttle
separation of powers
empire
30. Japanese name for the areas it occupied during World War II
polygamy
mystery religion
geocentric theory
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
31. The technology associated with the application of robots
robotics
five-year plans
Huguenots
Yalta Conference
32. A compilation of Roman laws - legal treatises - and Byzantine laws passed after 534 that were codifies by the emperor Justinian
Justinian Code
caste
space shuttle
domino theory
33. Currently know and the Commonwealth of Nation - an association of nations whose members accept the British monarch as a symbolic head; most member nations were at one time associated wit the British empire or with another current member nation
British Commonwealth
mau mau
realism
chivalry
34. Spacecraft with the capacity to return to earth under its own power
Dar al- Islam
repartamiento
space shuttle
theory of evolution
35. A member of the priestly class in Aryan society
Brahmin
Taliban
operation overlord
chivalry
36. The period from 2 -500 -000 to about 8000 BCE; also called the old stone age
paleolithic age
thermoluminescent dating
global village
collective bargaining
37. 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
dharma
devshirme
apprenticeship
Homo sapiens
38. A sole ruler with absolute power
euro
dictator
feudalism
humanism
39. The belief in one god
external migration
society of Jesus
epicureanism
monotheism
40. A literally technique by psychoanalysis that reveals the character's thoughts and feelings a the moment in which they occur
Homo sapiens
stream of consciousness
commercial revolution
macadam road
41. Serious Greek drama dealing with the downfall of the main character
civil disobedience
cuneiform
tragedy
hominid
42. The organized elimination of an entire population group
qanat
genocide
constitutional monarchy
bourgeoisie
43. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
satrap
radiocarbon dating
stem cell research
shinto
44. Agreement between the united states and the Philippines that granted the Filipinos war damages in exchange for the establishment of free trade between the Philippines and the United States
Protestant Reformation
Bell Act
urdu
civil rights movement
45. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
checks and balances
council of Trent
Warsaw pact
Sikhs
46. 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
postdam conference
urdu
space shuttle
blitzkrieg
47. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
oracle bone
commercial revolution
eightfold path
separation of powers
48. Russian Marxist group who desired radical change carried out by a small group of extremely committed revolutionaries
astrolabe
Bolsheviks
patrician
justification by faith
49. Reserved territory in the least desirable area of South Africa set aside for black residents
socialism
homeland
parliament
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
50. 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
hubris
shogun
democratization
usury