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AP World History

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1. Date: Fall of Rome(Hint: _76 CE)






2. An umbrella term for people of diverse perspectives but many of whom typically advocate equality - protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and state ownership of major industries. This ideology led to the founding of certain labor






3. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






4. Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity - obedience - and poverty. (Primary Centers of Learning in Medieval Europe)






5. During the Cold War - local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed - trained - and financed the combatants.






6. 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.






7. The general named often used to describe the original inhabitants of Australia






8. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






9. The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History.






10. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities






11. 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.






12. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church - begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.






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






14. A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia - he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but - according to Christian belief - after receiving a revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus - he became arguably the most significant figure in the






15. First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top - followed by farmers - artisans - and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.






16. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






17. 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.






18. Soviet leader who was after Khrushchev






19. Date: Sepoy Mutiny or failed Indian revolution against British East India Company colonial rule (Hint: 1__7)






20. Political party in China from 1911 to 1949; enemy of the Communists. Often abbreviated at GMD.






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






22. Philosophy that emphasizes human reason and ethics; sometimes denies the existence of a god






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






24. Under the Roman Republic - one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata - the consuls held office for one year and each had power of veto over the o






25. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution






26. A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.






27. A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.






28. An array of Germanic peoples - pushed further westward by nomads from central Asia. They in turn migrated west into Rome - upsetting the rough balance of power that existed between Rome and these people.






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






30. Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.






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






32. A collection of ancient stories that feature Hindu gods such as Vishnu and Shiva






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






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






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






36. Emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1889-1911). He enlarged Ethiopia to its present dimensions and defeated an Italian invasion at Adowa (1896).






37. The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 - in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization - industrialization - and imperialism.






38. 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.






39. Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424) - the third emperor of the Ming Empire (r. 1403-1424).Sponsored the building of the Forbidden City - a huge encyclopedia project - the expeditions of Zheng He - and the reopening of China's borders to trade and trav






40. Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet - despite the lack of true centralization - this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties - lasting about 600 years. It left subs






41. Date: genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa (Hint: 1__4)






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






43. Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England - he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.






44. Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.






45. Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe during a time after the Congress of Vienna when conservative monarchs were trying to maintain their power. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany - Austria - Italy - and Hunga






46. in Ancient Rome - a plebian officer elected by plebeians charged to protect their lives and properties - with a right of veto against legislative proposals of the Senate.






47. The extension of political rule by one people over other - different peoples. First done by Sargon of Akkad to the Sumerian city states.






48. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






49. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






50. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.