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AP World History

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1. He led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started a new period of modernization and socialist reform in Egypt






2. Treaty that concluded the Opium War. It awarded Britain a large indemnity from the Qing Empire - denied the Qing government tariff control over some of its own borders - opened additional ports of residence to Britons - and ceded Hong Kong to Britain






3. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics - astronomy - and development of the calendar.






4. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






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






6. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order and establish a plan for a new balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon.






7. South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations






8. Date: Haitian Independence (Hint: 1__4)






9. The common name for a major outbreak of plague that spread across Asia - North Africa - and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century - carrying off vast numbers of persons.






10. Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou - was the prerogative of Heaven - the chief deity - to grant power to the ruler of China.






11. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






12. Date: Cortez conquered the Aztecs (Hint: 1__1)






13. Date: Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Hint: 1__1)






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






15. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






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. When colonists were allowed to use Indians for forced labor in colonial South America - also known as the repartimiento system






18. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






19. Boycotts - embargoes - and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.






20. Literally 'middle age -' a term that historians of Europe use for the period between roughly 500 and 1400 - signifying the period between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.






21. A thermonuclear bomb which uses the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen






22. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.

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23. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.






24. An epic poem from Mesopotamia - and among the earliest known works of literary writing.






25. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






26. Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety - fulfill vows - or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions - such as the Muslim journey to Mecca.






27. The smallest units of the Roman army - each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 of these. They also formed political divisions of Roman citizens.






28. Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste - and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.






29. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.






30. Radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. They eventually seized power in Russia in 1917.






31. The Russian feudal duchy that emerged as a local power gradually during the era of Mongol domination. The Muscovite princes convinced their Mongol Tatar overlords to let them collect all the tribute gold from the other Russian princes on behalf of th






32. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church - begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.






33. A Greek word meaning 'dispersal -' used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. Jews - for example - were spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in by the Romans.






34. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.






35. Date: Beginnings of Christianity(Hint: _2 CE)






36. Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes.






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






38. Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe during a time after the Congress of Vienna when conservative monarchs were trying to maintain their power. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany - Austria - Italy - and Hunga






39. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical ultra-nationalist government. Favors nationalizing economic elites rather than promoting egalitarian socialist collectivization.






40. Emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1889-1911). He enlarged Ethiopia to its present dimensions and defeated an Italian invasion at Adowa (1896).






41. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






42. Date: Pearl Harbor - entry of US into WWII






43. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






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






45. Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.






46. Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion of the empire.






47. Assyrian resurgence that initiated a series of conquests until a combined attack by Medes and Babylon defeated them






48. Islamic society that ruled the area that is currently Iran during 1502-1736






49. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






50. Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.