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AP World History

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1. The period of stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the lands of the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E. The movement of people and trade goods along Roman roads and safe seas allowed for the spread of cuture/ideas.






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse - paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.






6. 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.






7. Date: First Opium War in China (Hint: 1__9)






8. Date: Battle of Lepanto (Hint: 1__1)






9. 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.






10. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






11. Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.






12. A French Protestant






13. The most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520-1566); also known as 'The Lawgiver.' He significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.






14. The Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.






15. A slave soldier of the Ottoman Army






16. Techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as - in early China - the cracks on oracle bones or - in ancient Greece - the flight of birds through sectors of the sky.






17. An organization promoting economic unity in Europe formed in 1967 by consolidation of earlier - more limited - agreements. Replaced by the European Union (EU) in 1993.






18. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






19. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






20. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities - but the large-scale implies central planning.






21. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






22. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






23. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






24. City in Russia - site of a Red Army victory over the Germany army in 1942-1943. The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. Today Volgograd.






25. In China - a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime.






26. Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom. In Homer's epic poems Mycenae was the base of King Agamemnon - who commanded the Greeks besieging Troy.






27. City - now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) - whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 - when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.






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






29. Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century until its downfall to the Ottomans in 1453. Famous for being a center of Orthodox Christianity and Greek-based culture.






30. Boycotts - embargoes - and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.






31. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






32. Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.






33. Concession from Spanish letting a colonist take tribute from Indians in a certain area






34. The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)






35. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






36. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






37. The repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism.






38. Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe. Reflecting the ancient Egyptians' belief in an essentially beneficent world - the divine ruler was the earthly guarantor of this order.

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39. Date: Marco Polo Travels(Hint: '__71-__95 CE')






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






41. War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment - torture - and executions by the military.






42. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic Republic of Iran.






43. The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men - it gradually added qualified Indians.






44. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






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






46. 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.






47. Family of related languages long spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa. In antiquity these languages included Hebrew - Aramaic - and Phoenician. The most widespread modern member of the this language family is Arabic.






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






49. French revolutionary group formed mainly by middle classes who opposed more radical






50. City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad - and ritual center of the Islamic religion.







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