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AP World History

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






2. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






3. 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.






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






5. European government policies of the sixteenth - seventeenth - and eighteenth centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country and its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland coun






6. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






7. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea






8. Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly - beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel - electricity - machinery - and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state.






9. German astronomer and mathematician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries - known as the founder of celestial mechanics






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






11. Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.






12. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






13. 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






14. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






15. 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.






16. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






17. A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital of the Byzantine empire and later the Ottoman empire - now known as Istanbul






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






19. Macedonian king who sought to unite Greece under his banner until his murder






20. An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century - apparently in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire.






21. 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.






22. Region of Northeast Asia North of Korea.






23. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






24. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






25. A trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507)






26. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire - reached the Indus Valley - founded many Greek-style cities - and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.






27. Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.






28. A major public works program in the United States during the Great Depression.






29. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






30. Continuing the imperial revival started by the Sui Dynasty this dynasty that followed restored the Chinese imperial impulse four centuries after the decline of the Han - extending control along the silk route. Trade flourished and China finally reach






31. Spanish estates that were often plantations






32. Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states. Born in Tunis - he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher and judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






36. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






37. Date: Alexander the Great dies(Hint: '_23 BCE')






38. South Africans descended from Dutch and French settlers of the seventeenth century. Their Great Trek founded new settler colonies in the nineteenth century. Though a minority among South Africans - they held political power after 1910.






39. Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down.






40. A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade - farming - and mining.






41. Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.






42. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






43. Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa.






44. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






45. Date: Ottomans capture Constantinople (Hint: __53 CE)






46. Date: Martin Luther and 95 Theses (Hint: 1__9)






47. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






48. A large central city in the Mesoamerican region. Located about 25 miles Northeast of present day Mexico City. Exhibited city planning and unprecedented size for its time. Reached its peak around the year 450.






49. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






50. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.