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AP World History

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1. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






2. A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818.






3. Date: First Crusade(Hint: ___5 CE)






4. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






5. A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth - when the revolution started - he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata.






6. A person who lives a way of life - forced by a scarcity of resources - in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.






7. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General - the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. nationalism -Political ideology that stresses people






8. A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins - experiences - beliefs - and practices of the early Hebrew people. Most of the extant text was compiled by members of the priestly class in the fifth century B.C.E.






9. Date: Korean War starts






10. Leader of the reformation that was excommunicated by the Catholic church due to his opposition to certain practices






11. Heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation. Hoplite armies-militias composed of middle- and upper-class citizens supplying their own equipment. Famously defeated superior nu






12. The period of stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the lands of the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E. The movement of people and trade goods along Roman roads and safe seas allowed for the spread of cuture/ideas.






13. Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935) - joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936) - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.






14. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






15. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






16. Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century until its downfall to the Ottomans in 1453. Famous for being a center of Orthodox Christianity and Greek-based culture.






17. The last of pre-Islamic Persian Empire - from 224 to 651 CE. One of the two main powers in Western Asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years






18. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's






19. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






20. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






21. President of Argentina (1946-1955 - 1973-1974). As a military officer - he championed the rights of labor. Aided by his wife Eva Duarte Peron - he was elected president in 1946. He built up Argentinean industry - became very popular among the urban p






22. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






23. Process of changing property from private ownership to communal ownership. Usually this went along with communist efforts to form communal work units for agriculture and manufacturing.






24. Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured and executed in 1811.






25. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






26. Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






27. The founder of Buddhism






28. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






29. Date: Battle of Sekigahara - Beginning of Tokugawa (Hint: 1__0)






30. The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft - especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






31. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred






32. Associations of businessmen and producers






33. Nazis' program during World War II to kill people they considered undesirable. Some 6 million Jews perished during the Holocaust - along with millions of Poles - Gypsies - Communists - Socialists - and others.






34. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






35. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






36. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






37. Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church - such as for money






38. During the Cold War - countries who did not want to support either side sometimes declared themselves to be.






39. A long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt (r. 1290-1224 B.C.E.). He reached an accommodation with the Hittites of Anatolia after a military standoff. He built on a grand scale throughout Egypt.






40. The 18th century privatization of common lands in England - which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.






41. An Indo-European - Indic language - in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India.






42. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. A major catalyst for WWI.






43. Date: End of Zheng He's Voyages/Rise of Ottomans (Hint: __33 CE)






44. in Ancient Rome - a plebian officer elected by plebeians charged to protect their lives and properties - with a right of veto against legislative proposals of the Senate.






45. Persian capital from the 16th to 18th centuries found in central Iran






46. Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.






47. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






48. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






49. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean - both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.






50. Date: End of Han Dynasty(Hint: _20 CE)