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AP World History

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. Part of the first triumvirate who eventually became 'emperor for life'. Chose not to conquer Germany. Was assassinated by fellow senators in 44 B.C.E.






5. Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC






6. 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.






7. A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.






8. Rebel forces in Nicaragua who struggled against what they saw as US occupation of their nation and US backed puppet rulers in their nation's government. Particularly active in the 1970s and 1980s. The US frequently arranged groups to fight against th






9. Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.






10. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






11. The 1 -100-mile (1 -700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.






12. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






13. Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France - involving English and French royal families and French noble families.






14. A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818.






15. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






16. 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






17. City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire






18. A small - highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.






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






20. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






21. Invented the condenser and other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry and transportation. The watt - an electrical measurement - is named after him.






22. Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. See Jacobins.






23. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






24. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






25. He led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started a new period of modernization and socialist reform in Egypt






26. Chinese School of Thought that believes the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it - avoid futile struggles - and deviate as little as possible from 'the way' or 'path' of nature.






27. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






28. Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China






29. 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.






30. The belief that the government shouldn't intervene much and should instead let the people do






31. Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico - Central America - and Peru. (Examples Cortez - Pizarro - Francisco.)






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






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






34. Queen of Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia) - the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler - and after her death her name was frequently expunged.






35. Very radical French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






36. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






37. Soviet blocking of Berlin from allies; Causing the Berlin Airlift






38. The last Aztec emperor. Here he is on vacation at the beach - just days before being captured and killed by Cortés in 1520.






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






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






41. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






42. Peoples of the Russian Empire who lived outside the farming villages - often as herders - mercenaries - or outlaws. Cossacks led the conquest of Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






43. A conduit - either elevated or under ground - using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.






44. Date: Tiananmen Square protest in China; Fall of Berlin Wall in Germany






45. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






46. Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.






47. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.

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48. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. A major catalyst for WWI.






49. 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.






50. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India