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AP World History

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1. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






2. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.






3. Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets






4. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






5. Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states. Born in Tunis - he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher and judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city.






6. Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward - the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)






7. The central text of Daoism.






8. Date: Roman Capital moved to Constantinople(Hint: _33 CE)






9. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






10. 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.






11. The idea that government should refrain from interfering in economic affairs. The classic exposition of laissez-faire principles is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776).






12. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.






13. In Indian tradition - the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life.






14. General in the Persian army who took power when Cambyses II died; he continued many of Cyrus' policies and was a more capable ruler than Cambyses






15. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






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






17. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






18. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






19. German astronomer and mathematician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries - known as the founder of celestial mechanics






20. 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.






21. In medieval Europe - an association of men (rarely women) - such as merchants - artisans - or professors - who worked in a particular trade and created an organized institution to promote their economic and political interests.






22. 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.






23. Date: Founding of Jamestown (Hint: 1__7)






24. Eighteenth-century English intellectual who warned that population growth threatened future generations because - in his view - population growth would always outstrip increases in agricultural production.






25. Nazi extermination camp in Poland - the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews - Gypsies - Communists - and others were killed there. (p. 800)






26. He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.






27. 1st unified imperial Chinese dynasty






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






29. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






30. English overthrow of 1688-1689 in which James II was expelled and William and Mary were made king and queen. The significance is that Parliament made the monarchy powerless - gave themselves all the power - and wrote a bill of Rights. The whole thing






31. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






32. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. In the late 1980s this techno






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






34. American intellectual - inventor - and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.






35. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






36. Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital






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






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. Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.






40. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






41. 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.






42. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






43. Telegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.






44. The English monarch who was beheaded by Puritans (see English Civil War) who then established their own short-lived government ruled by Oliver Cromwell (Mid 1600s).






45. A well known Italian Renaissance artist - architect - musician - mathemetician - engineer - and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.






46. Date: German blitzkrieg in Poland starting WWII in Europe.






47. The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.






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






49. Japanese business groups after the post-WWII dismantling of the zaibatsu. They are Alliances of corporations each often centered around a bank. They dominate the post-WWII Japanese economy.






50. Date: 1st Palestinian Intifada (Hint: 1__7)