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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.






2. Date: Korean War starts






3. City in North Africa that developed trading outposts in Italy; Rome toke control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars






4. A term for the books of the Bible that make up the Hebrew canon.






5. Date: Year of successful Russian Revolution(s)






6. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






7. The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes.






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






9. 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.






10. Date: Start of the ten year long Mexican Revolution. Not to be confused with Mexican war of Independence (1810-1821) (Hint: 1__0)






11. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






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






13. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






14. 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






15. Women forced into prostitution by the Japanese during WWII. The women came from countries in East and Southeast Asia as Japan's empire expanded.






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






17. He created this dynasty in China and Siberia. Khubilai Khan was head of the Mongol Empire and grandson of Genghis Khan.






18. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






19. Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets






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






21. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.






22. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






23. Son of Cyrus II; extended the Persian Empire into Egypt






24. 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.






25. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






26. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






27. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.






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






29. A general term for a class of prosperous families - sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.






30. Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.






31. Date: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British (Hint: 1__8)






32. Descendants of the Europeans in Latin America - usually implies an upper class status.






33. The process by which different ethnic groups lose their distinctive cultural identity through contact with the dominant culture of a society - and gradually become absorbed and integrated into it.






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






35. Ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. Ruled with an iron fist - using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition.






36. Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.






37. (1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.






38. Associations of businessmen and producers






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






40. Invented the condenser and other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry and transportation. The watt - an electrical measurement - is named after him.






41. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






42. Greek for 'high city'. The chief temples of the city were located here.






43. Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: __66 CE)






44. 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.






45. The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.






46. A religion - originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China - Burma - Japan - Tibet - and parts of southeast Asia - holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enligh






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






48. Region of Northeast Asia North of Korea.






49. Famous artist/painter in the 15th century. Created 'The Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'






50. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.