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AP World History

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1. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






2. Removal of entire peoples used as terror tactic by Assyrian and Persian Empires.






3. Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens.






4. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






5. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






6. 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






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






8. British passenger ship holding Americans that sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1915 by German U-Boats killing 1 -198 people. It was decisive in turning public favor against Germany and bringing America into WWI.






9. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






10. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






11. Chinese dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished - Border Policy was good - but not well enough enforced - as they were taken over by the Manchu from the North in 1644.






12. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






13. A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia - constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size - usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top






14. Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time.






15. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece - Egypt - and Persia






16. 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.






17. One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home to approximately 50 -000 people at its height. Evidence suggests domestication of agriculture and trade with nearby regions.






18. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






19. Date: end of WWII






20. The treaty imposed on Germany by France - Great Britain - the United States - and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans.






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






22. A term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely.






23. Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871 - when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist - he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire






24. The part of the Great Circuit involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.






25. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






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






27. Nazis' program during World War II to kill people they considered undesirable. Some 6 million Jews perished during the Holocaust - along with millions of Poles - Gypsies - Communists - Socialists - and others.






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






29. 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.






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






31. President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis






32. Collective name for South Korea - Taiwan - Hong Kong - and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.






33. 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






34. The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.






35. The Ottoman province in the Balkans that rose up against Janissary control in the early 1800s. Terrorists from here triggered WWI. After World War II it became the central province of Yugoslavia.






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






37. Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority.






38. System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information. These knots are interesting because the Inca are notable for being a relatively sophisticated empire and civilization - but they had no written language (very






39. This area possessed the biggest network of sea-based trade in the postclassical period prior to the rise of Atlantic-based trade.






40. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






44. A major Hindu god called The Preserver.






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. Telegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.






49. Date: French Revolution begins






50. English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands - and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.