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SAT Subject Test: World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Member of the elite social class of colonial Spanish america - composed of person who has been born in Spain
sakk
constitutional monarchy
estates-general
peninsular
2. The right of a dynasty to rule
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Cultural Revolution
legitimacy
realism
3. Objects shaped by humans
feminist
artifacts
hominid
paleontologists
4. Pre- WWI military pact among Germany - Austria-Hungry - and Italy
estate
triple alliance
creole
civil disobedience
5. The belief in one god
city-state
Deism
monotheism
daimyo
6. Notes the chronological sequence of th annual growth rings in trees
triumvirate
Swahili
new deal
tree-ring dating
7. A period of violence in Russia between 1598 and the choice of Mikhail Romanov as czar in 1613
reparation
time of troubles
Balkans
papal states
8. Movement beginning in the 1890s - its main focus was the establishment of the Jewish homeland in Palestine
treaty of Versailles
Atlantic Charter
Brahmin
Zionism
9. An advocate of gradual political change
Balkans
polygamy
conservative
guest workers
10. A South African policy in which the races were separated by law
laissez-faire
divine right of kings
colony
apartheid
11. According to Darwin;s theory of evolution - process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
natural selection
geneva conference
senate
mandate
12. A Latin American military dictator
caudillo
yin and yang
steppe
specialization of labor
13. A Roman Catholic council convened in 1545 to examine the Church's teachings
containment
Sikhs
kowtow
council of Trent
14. A conflict between papal and secular authority sparked by the use of icons in the Eastern Orthodox Church
republic
iconoclastic controversy
justification by faith
mandate
15. A movement of the 1950's and 1960's in the united states to alter laws in order to eliminate segregation for African Americans and to assure them the right to vote
triangular trade
civil rights movement
psychoanalysis
gospel
16. A painting done on wet plaster that was typical of the art of the Greeks and Romans of the European Renaissance
nation-stae
constitutional monarchy
fresco
new economic policy
17. Agricultural laborer in ancient Sparta
helot
world trade center
burgess
senate
18. A national legislature assembly
DNA dating
iconoclastic controversy
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
parliament
19. Ancient Egyptian picture writing
hieroglyphics
serf
society of Jesus
appeasement
20. Movement of a military force to an area in conflict
triple entente
Huguenots
mobilization
nirvana
21. An organization of European countries to promote free trade among its members
euro
Yom Kippur
European Union
abolition
22. A territory under the direct control of a stronger country
colony
shah
animism
civil rights movement
23. A lavish community of the rulers of Ming China - forbidden to commoners
Nuremberg trials
theory of relativity
forbidden city
Kellogg-Briand Pact
24. Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev in which the soviet people were permitted to own small private businesses
operation sea lion
bourgeoisie
perestroika
republic
25. Agriculture carried out on large scale to produce crops for sale to competitive global markets
internal migration
commercial agriculture
Hagia Sophia
hajj
26. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
Balfour Declaration
Manchaeism
nicene creed
dynasty
27. The study of cultures through the examination of artifacts
archaeology
estates-general
Inquisition
human cloning
28. A member of the middle class in medieval Germany n. ()
factors of production
neolithic age
burgher
hominid
29. The technology associated with the application of robots
missi dominici
robotics
sphere of influence
socialism
30. One of the first 4 books of the Christian new testament
Dadaism
checks and balances
dictator
gospel
31. Theory proposed by Elbert Einstein which stated that the measurement of motion varies relative to a specific observer and that a small amount of mass can be converted into a vast amount of energy
patriarchal
theocracy
archaeology
theory of relativity
32. A guild-sponsored system of training craftsmen
apprenticeship
British Commonwealth
hominid
colony
33. Greek idea of balance - moderation - and proportion
golden mean
ghazi
one-child policy
urdu
34. A monarch who claimed the right of complete authority over the government and the lives of his.her people
four tigers
absolute monarch
comedy
McDonaldization
35. The global culture inspired and promoted by US advertising
McDonaldization
czar (tsar)
patriarch
jainissary
36. A group of families that formed the basis of villages in some part of Africa
impressionism
nicene creed
Taliban
kinship group
37. A pattern of inheritance in which the daughter inherit from their mother and sons from their father
artifacts
epicureanism
parallel descent
operation Barbarossa
38. A term used to denote those European decent who were born in French or Spanish colonies in the Americas
commercial agriculture
space shuttle
czar (tsar)
creole
39. An Enlightenment-era monarch who embraced reform and ruled with the welfare of his or her subjects in mind
millet
enlightened despot
Hagia Sophia
functionalism
40. In 19th century England - a voting districts without residents
thermoluminescent dating
Tamils
emir
rotten borough
41. The Jewish day of atonement
communism
Yom Kippur
geneva conference
Inquisition
42. The five duties required of all Muslims: faith -prayer -alms -fasting during Ramadan - and the hajj
five pillars
world trade center
Royal Road
polis
43. Idea proposed by the enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu in which the powers of government are divided among different branches
separation of powers
Renaissance
lateen sail
Sepoys
44. A society ruled by a number of equal kinship groups rather than by a central government
stateless society
consumerism
apartheid
guest workers
45. A member of French Legislative Assembly who wanted immediate - drastic change in French government
Utopian socialist
radical
karma
ghazi
46. Provincial governor in the Persian empire
internal migration
satrap
neolithic age
manor
47. Measures the amount of radiocarbon remaining in a fossil skeleton ( this reveals it age)
tragedy
radiocarbon dating
DNA dating
divine right of kings
48. A cohort group in which tribal members of a common age range shared experiences and responsibilities appropriate to that age group
Yalta Conference
soviet
age grade
island-hopping
49. 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
reactionary
civilization
ethnic cleansing
patriarchal
50. Measures radioactivity released from electrons in heated flint and clay allowing for dating of objects made from these two materials
third reich
Boers
thermoluminescent dating
apprenticeship