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AP World History

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1. First bishop of Chiapas - in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 - which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labo






2. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






3. The central text of Daoism.






4. 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.






5. The peace agreement made between Napoleon and the Pope following the chaos of the French Revolution.






6. Region of Northeast Asia North of Korea.






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






8. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






9. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






10. Associations of businessmen and producers






11. Leader of the reformation that was excommunicated by the Catholic church due to his opposition to certain practices






12. A worldview and a moral philosophy that considers humans to be of primary importance. It is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity - concerns - and capabilities - particularly rationality. A






13. Date: Tiananmen Square protest in China; Fall of Berlin Wall in Germany






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






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






16. A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity - said to be a 'rebirth' of Greco-Roman culture. From roughly the mid-fourteenth to mid-fifteenth century followed by this movement spreading into the Northern Europe during 1400-1600






17. Connected China - India - and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.






18. The 18th century privatization of common lands in England - which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.






19. 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.






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






21. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century.






22. Woodrow Wilson's plan put before the League of Nations to prevent future war.






23. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






24. Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294). Ruled the Mongol Empire from China and was the founder of the Yuan Empire in China after finishing off the Song Dynasty.






25. A soldier in South Asia - especially in the service of the British.






26. Indian statesman. He succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India and became India's first prime minister (1947-1964).






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






28. Date: Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights (Hint: 1__9)






29. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






30. 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.






31. English inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the first Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame - a machine that - with minimal human supervision - could spin several threads at onc






32. The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela - he led military forces there and in Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - and Bolivia.






33. A social system that separated people by occupation - the caste system in India has virtually no social mobility






34. The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus.






35. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.






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






37. Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population






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






39. In medieval Europe - a large - self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house) - outbuildings - peasant village - and surrounding land.






40. Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India - it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary system.)






41. 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






42. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.






43. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






44. Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.






45. Largest land empire in the history of the world - spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia.






46. Date: Beginning of Bronze Age and river valley civilizations (Hint: _000s BCE)






47. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






48. 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.






49. Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire






50. Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars - the earliest surviving Indian writing.