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AP World History

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1. The founder of Buddhism






2. Economic system with private/ corporate ownership/ competitive market






3. A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men.






4. A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.






5. Place that the British first colonized in Australia






6. English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands - and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.






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






8. Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: _21 BCE)






9. A term for the middle class. A social class characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture. They derive social and economic power from employment - education - and wealth - as opposed to the inherited power of aristocratic fami






10. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






11. Greek Historian - considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively - collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.






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






13. Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent






14. 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.






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






16. The English monarch who was beheaded by Puritans (see English Civil War) who then established their own short-lived government ruled by Oliver Cromwell (Mid 1600s).






17. The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship - divination by means of oracle bones - and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this cultu






18. Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE.






19. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






20. Type in which each individual character is cast on a separate piece of metal. It replaced woodblock printing - allowing for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on a page. Invented in Korea 13th Century.






21. Large churches originating in twelfth-century France; built in an architectural style featuring pointed arches - tall vaults and spires - flying buttresses - and large stained-glass windows.






22. 'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods






23. A Roman bribery method of coping with class difference. Entertainment and food was offered to keep plebeians quiet without actually solving unemployment problems.






24. A member of the warrior class in premodern feudal Japan






25. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






26. Large conglomerate corporations that exerted a great deal of political and economic power in Imperial Japan. By WWII - four of them controlled most of the economy of Japan.






27. Associations like those of merchants or artisans - organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members - and that sometimes constituted a local governing body.






28. A term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely.






29. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






30. Date: 7 years war between France and Britain begins (Hint: 1__6)






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






32. Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644 - which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.






33. President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II.






34. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






35. The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American and European descent.






36. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.






37. Zealous proponent of Christianity who was instrumental in its spread beyond Judaism






38. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






39. Date: Korean War starts






40. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities






41. A place where shares in a company or business enterprise are bought and sold.






42. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






43. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






44. 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.






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






46. One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt






47. The trading of various animals - diseases - and crops between the Eastern and Western hemispheres






48. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






49. Term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic - Buddhist - and south Indian religious concepts and practices.






50. French General who founded the French Fifth Republicn in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969







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