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AP World History

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1. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






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






3. The spread of ideas - objects - or traits from one culture to another






4. A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese)






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






6. East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.






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






8. A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. It was first mass-produced in the 1860s and quickly became the most widely used metal in construction - machinery - and railroad equipment.






9. Nationalist political party founded on democratic principles by Sun Yat-sen in 1912. After 1925 - the party was headed by Chiang Kai-shek - who turned it into an increasingly authoritarian movement.






10. The supporters of a doctrine in the early Christian Church that held that the incarnate Christ possessed a single - wholly divine nature. they opposed the orthodox view that Christ had a double nature - one divine and one human - and emphasized his d






11. Date: German Unification (Hint: 1__1)






12. A grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.






13. The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another.






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






15. Chinese dynasty that followed the overthrow of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China. Among other things - the emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. It was mostly a time of vibrant economic productivity






16. The chief marketplace of Athens - center of the city's civic life.






17. 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






18. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






19. War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately - Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonian






20. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






21. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






22. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution






23. A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting - industrial motors - and railroads beginning in the 1880s.






24. The kingdoms of southern India - inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages - which developed in partial isolation - and somewhat differently - from the Aryan north.






25. 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.






26. A person who lives a way of life - forced by a scarcity of resources - in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.






27. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






28. Eastern part of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the western part






29. 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






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






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






32. Date: End of Han Dynasty(Hint: _20 CE)






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






34. The world's first civilization - founded in Mesopotamia - which existed for over 3 -000 years.






35. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.






36. A form of government - usually hereditary monarchy - in which the ruler has no legal limits on his or her power.






37. 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.






38. Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state.






39. Date: Greek Golden Age - Philosophers(Hint '___ century BCE')






40. Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.






41. The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.






42. 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.






43. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order and establish a plan for a new balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon.






44. 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.






45. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






46. Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety - fulfill vows - or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions - such as the Muslim journey to Mecca.






47. Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe 'putting man first' - and considering humans to be of primary importance.






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






49. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






50. Building erected in London - for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made of iron and glass - like a gigantic greenhouse - it was a symbol of the industrial age.