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AP World History

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1. A coalition starting in the late 1870s of various groups favoring modernist liberal reform of the Ottoman Empire. It Against monarchy of Ottoman Sultan and favored a constitution. In 1908 they succeed in establishing a new constitutional era. Members






2. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






3. The longest single poem in the world - about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC






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






5. 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






6. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






7. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






8. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






9. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






10. The 'Roman Peace' - that is - the state of comparative concord prevailing within the boundaries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) to that of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.)






11. Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to his new city of St. Petersburg.






12. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - but its function is unknown.






13. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






14. A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain - one grows legumes - and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe.






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Mainly found in Iran and a small part of Iraq. It is the state religion of Iran. A member of this group is called a Shi'ite.

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18. 1st unified imperial Chinese dynasty






19. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.






20. Japanese business groups after the post-WWII dismantling of the zaibatsu. They are Alliances of corporations each often centered around a bank. They dominate the post-WWII Japanese economy.






21. These strong and predictable winds have long been ridden across the open sea by sailors - and the large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India - Southeast Asia - and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year.






22. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






23. He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.






24. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.






25. City - now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) - whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 - when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.






26. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






27. Soviet blocking of Berlin from allies; Causing the Berlin Airlift






28. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death






29. War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately - Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonian






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






31. Roman philosophy which emphasizes accepting life dispassionately






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






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






34. The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.






35. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






36. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






37. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba






38. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






39. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.






40. King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire - which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate - though started an intellectual revival.






41. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






42. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






43. Large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria.






44. Date: Tiananmen Square protest in China; Fall of Berlin Wall in Germany






45. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






46. Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.






47. An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress - it changed its name in 1923. Eventually brought greater equality.






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






49. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.






50. Date: End of Pax Romana(Hint: _80 CE)







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