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AP World History

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1. 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.






2. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






3. President of Argentina (1946-1955 - 1973-1974). As a military officer - he championed the rights of labor. Aided by his wife Eva Duarte Peron - he was elected president in 1946. He built up Argentinean industry - became very popular among the urban p






4. A large central city in the Mesoamerican region. Located about 25 miles Northeast of present day Mexico City. Exhibited city planning and unprecedented size for its time. Reached its peak around the year 450.






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






6. 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.






7. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






8. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






9. The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy - nobility - and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time - but the 3rd estate demanded more rights






10. Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism






11. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities






12. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






13. 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






14. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






15. A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade - farming - and mining.






16. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.






17. Many people (mostly women) were accused of this and burned at the stake in medieval and early modern Europe.






18. 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.






19. Islamic society that ruled the area that is currently Iran during 1502-1736






20. 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.






21. 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)






22. 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.






23. Date: First Crusade(Hint: ___5 CE)






24. English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.






25. Women forced into prostitution by the Japanese during WWII. The women came from countries in East and Southeast Asia as Japan's empire expanded.






26. Area between the Greek and Slavic regions; conquered Greece and Mesopotamia under the leadership of Philip II and Alexander the Great






27. The most significant Mesoamerican city.






28. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






29. Considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers in sub-Saharan Africa.






30. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953






31. Government ruled by a single party and/or person that exerts unlimited control over its citizen's lives.






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






33. 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.






34. Date: Korean War starts






35. 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.






36. Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent






37. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)






38. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.






42. In colonial Spanish America - term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas - the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples.






43. Date: Rise of Islam(Hint: __2 CE)






44. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428)






48. The period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty - characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty.






49. Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.






50. Assyrian resurgence that initiated a series of conquests until a combined attack by Medes and Babylon defeated them