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1. A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies - built cities - and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script.






2. 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






3. Wife of Juan Peron and champion of the poor in Argentina. She was a gifted speaker and popular political leader who campaigned to improve the life of the urban poor by founding schools and hospitals and providing other social benefits.






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






5. A term for the books of the Bible that make up the Hebrew canon.






6. Pupil of Plato who tutored Alexander the Great; argued for small units of government like the city-state






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






8. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






9. The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)






10. French General who founded the French Fifth Republicn in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969






11. A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.






12. Large churches originating in twelfth-century France; built in an architectural style featuring pointed arches - tall vaults and spires - flying buttresses - and large stained-glass windows.






13. Infantry - originally of slave origin - armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.






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






15. A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces - they vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria.






16. Economic system with private/ corporate ownership/ competitive market






17. International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy - Japan - and Germany in the 1930s.






18. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






19. A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins - experiences - beliefs - and practices of the early Hebrew people. Most of the extant text was compiled by members of the priestly class in the fifth century B.C.E.






20. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






21. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






22. 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






23. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.






24. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






25. A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.






26. European scholars - writers - and teachers associated with the study of the humanities (grammar - rhetoric - poetry - history - languages - and moral philosophy) - influential in the fifteenth century and later.






27. A business - often backed by a government charter - that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.






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






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






30. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






31. Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome - but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Isl






32. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution






33. Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.






34. Completed in 449 BCE - these civil laws developed by the Roman Republic to protect individual following demands by plebeians.






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






36. A major public works program in the United States during the Great Depression.






37. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






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






39. The northeastern sector of Asia or the Eastern half of Russia.






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






41. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death






42. 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.






43. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's






44. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






45. Capital of the Aztec Empire - located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150 -000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.






46. Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church - such as for money






47. He created this dynasty in China and Siberia. Khubilai Khan was head of the Mongol Empire and grandson of Genghis Khan.






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






49. Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic - reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.






50. A popular philosophical movement of the 1700s that focused on human reasoning - natural science - political and ethical philosophy.







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