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AP World History

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1. A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires - specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.






2. Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media - Lydia - and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples.






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






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






5. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






6. The northeastern sector of Asia or the Eastern half of Russia.






7. Moroccan Muslim scholar - the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.






8. The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.






9. A school of Chinese philosophy that come into prominence during the period of the Warring states and had great influence on the policies of the Qin dynasty. People following this took a pessimistic view of human nature and believed that social harmon






10. Empress of China and mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest - supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers - and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces.






11. Date: Slaves begin moving to Americas (Hint: 1__2)






12. Overthrow of the Monarchy in France in which Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are executed






13. An imperial eunuch and Muslim - entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean - from Southeast Asia to Africa.






14. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






15. 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.






16. Precursor the United Nations created after World War I.






17. A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.






18. A popular philosophical movement of the 1700s that focused on human reasoning - natural science - political and ethical philosophy.






19. Date: Six-day war in Israel; Chinese Cultural Revolution (Hint: 1__7)






20. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.






21. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






22. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






23. The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy - nobility - and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time - but the 3rd estate demanded more rights






24. Date: 9/11 Attacks






25. Nineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women - especially of the middle class - should have different roles in society: women as wives - mothers - and homemakers; men as breadwinners and participants in business and politics






26. A division in the Latin (Western) Christian Church between 1378 and 1417 - when rival claimants to the papacy existed in Rome and Avignon. (p. 411)






27. General in the Persian army who took power when Cambyses II died; he continued many of Cyrus' policies and was a more capable ruler than Cambyses






28. The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia - where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.






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






30. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires - they were based on gift giving and commercial links.






31. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic Republic of Iran.






32. City in Japan - the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb - on August 6 - 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.






33. A 184 C.E. peasant revolt against emperor Ling of Han. Led by Daoists who proclaimed that a new era would be3ing with the fall of the Han. Although this specific revolt was suppressed - it triggered a continuous string of additional outbreaks.






34. U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942 - in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in the pacific theater of World War II.






35. Date: Rise of Islam(Hint: __2 CE)






36. The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age






37. Conference that German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called to set rules for the partition of Africa. It led to the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium.






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






39. 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.






40. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






41. 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.






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






43. Date: Korean War starts






44. 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.






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






46. Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.






47. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






48. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






49. The repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism.






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