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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. A spacecraft that carries instruments capable of transmitting to earth photographs and information about the planets
space probe
empire
hijra
pogram
2. A tactic of burning in the path of an invading army
Justinian Code
scorched- earth policy
robotics
Tarah
3. A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Hungry - East Germany - Poland - Albania - Bulgaria - and Romania
Warsaw pact
Catholic reformation
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
commune
4. A 1928 agreement to outlaw war that was signed by most countries
Kellogg-Briand Pact
triple entente
Homo sapiens
parallel descent
5. A series of examinations given to determine qualifications for government- related jobs
Taliban
civil service system
bushi
ethnic cleansing
6. A school of art in which the normal shapes of objects or persons are changed into geometric forms
peninsular
helot
cubism
kamikaze
7. Philosophy that holds that life in itself has no meaning and that each person deiced the meaning of life for himself or herself
homeland
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
existentialism
commune
8. Thinking man; the species to which modern humans belong
psychoanalysis
scorched- earth policy
duma
Homo sapiens
9. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
separation of powers
cuneiform
militarism
Utopian socialist
10. One who pursues the meaning of truth
command economy
world trade center
philosopher
Reconquest
11. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
apartheid
commercial agriculture
shah
shia
12. A social class in medieval and pre-revolutionary France
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
estate
Balfour Declaration
lateen sail
13. Policy of murder and other violent acts directed against a particular ethnic group by another; initially applied to the killing of Bosnian Muslims by Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia
vassal
ethnic cleansing
marshall plan
theory of relativity
14. A German emperor
Shiva
papal states
satellite nation
kaiser
15. A blend of Buddhism with some of the teachings of Daoism to form a faith dependent upon meditation and enlightenment
proletariat
zen Buddhism
dowry death
artifact
16. An organization established in 1960 by several of the world's oil- production counties to regulate prices and production
helot
parallel descent
hajj
OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
17. 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
middle passage
checks and balances
militarism
major domo
18. Document singed by Englands King John in 1215 that limited the power of the kind and protected the rights of nobles
enlightenment
theocracy
civilization
manga carta
19. A soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhall Gorbchev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
Columbian exchange
patrician
glasnost
shinto
20. A trapezoid pyramid typical of architecture of pre- Columbia Mesoamerica and South America as well as early Polynesian societies
truncated pyramid
time of troubles
collective bargaining
Magyars
21. In feudal Europe - a peasant bound to the lord's land
serf
council of Trent
hajj
factors of production
22. Code of conduct of the samurai class in feudal Japan that stressed self-discipline - bravery - and simple living
emir
bushido
animism
Dar al- Islam
23. An instrument that allowed mariners to determine altitude by measuring the position of the stars -
astrolabe
city-state
quipu
separation of powers
24. The study of cultures through examination of their artifacts
hieroglyphics
containment
archeology
enlightenment
25. Divine approval used to grant authority to Chinese dynasties
Afrikaner
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
mandate of heaven
fief
26. In 1949 defense alliance initiated the the US - Canada and then nations of western Europe
archaeology
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Sikhs
collective farming
27. The people of southern India who speak the Tamil language
nirvana
stream of consciousness
senate
Tamils
28. A temporary alliance of a number of small political parties
legitimacy
coalition
Tamils
postdam conference
29. A movement in the 1700s in england in which wealthy landowners purchased the lands of smaller farmers or took control of common areas and then fenced off their larger land holdings
enclosure movement
illuminated manuscript
Neolithic Revolution
Mongol Peace
30. In medieval Europe - a privilege granted to a vassal in exchange for military service or agricultural labor
civil rights movement
soviet
benefice
stupa
31. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
Reconquest
realpolitik
u-boats
32. Hebrew word meaning 'the anointed': in Judaism the promised deliverer of the Jews; in Christianity - a term referring to Jesus
messiah
steppe
thermoluminescnce dating
hominid
33. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
seppuku
triangular trade
iconoclastic controversy
space station
34. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
mestizo
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Yalta Conference
archaeology
35. Peace plan for the post world war I world proposed by President Woodrow Wilson; its major points included the principle of self- determination and the establishment of an association of nations
Bolsheviks
Reconquest
nirvana
fourteen points
36. The study of humans as a species
anthropology
push-pull factors
parliament
imperialism
37. The wives and concubines of households in Africa - Arabia - or southwest Asia
shia
fresco
harem
Protestant Reformation
38. The killing of unwanted wives in India by which the husband douses the wife with kerosene - sets her on fire - and then reports the incident as a cooking accident
Cyrillic alphabet
dowry death
propaganda
thermoluminescent dating
39. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
pastoral nomadism
mercantilism
peninsular
apartheid
40. An advocate of philosophy which held that government actions and policies were useful only when they promoted the common good
utilitarian
Inquisition
desalinization
chinampa
41. A form of warfare in which opposing armies dig parallel trenches from which they engage in combat - used in WWI
nuclear non-proliferation treaty
trench warfare
social contract
ghazi
42. A woman who holds to the belief in equal rights and opportunities for both men and women
burgess
feminist
junkers
DNA dating
43. A deep sense of pride in one's nation
nationalism
thermoluminescent dating
city-state
armistice
44. 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
devshirme
legion
karma
external migration
45. A traditional form of Islam that supported the election of only the family members of Muhammad
Truman doctrine
surrealism
hieroglyphics
shia
46. Negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
hajj
city-state
collective bargaining
47. Seasonal wind used by mariners to navigate the Indian Ocean
manga carta
monsoon
push-pull factors
Huguenots
48. The alphabet of the Russian and other Slavic languages
harem
Cyrillic alphabet
justification by faith
tree-ring dating
49. A 26 mile race
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
marathon
Hagia Sophia
commercial revolution
50. Spacecraft that serves as an orbiting scientific type of work
justification by faith
Manhattan project
Inquisition
space station