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AP World History

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1. A device for rapid - long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.






2. An ancient religion of India with a small following today of only about 10 million followers. Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice rely mainly on self-effort to prog






3. A general term for a class of prosperous families - sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.






4. A system in which - from the time of the Han Empire - countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states - acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China.






5. The 18th century privatization of common lands in England - which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.






6. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






7. Goal of international efforts to prevent countries other than the five declared nuclear powers (United States - Russia - Britain - France - and China) from obtaining nuclear weapons. The first Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in 1968.






8. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.






9. 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.






10. A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food - cloth - and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.






11. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.






12. The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship - divination by means of oracle bones - and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this cultu






13. Date: Italian invasion of Ethiopia (Hint: 1__5)






14. A French general and then French Emperor later exiled to the island of St. Helena






15. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






16. A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.






17. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






18. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






19. 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






20. Greek and Phoenician warship of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. It was sleek and light - powered by 170 oars arranged in three vertical tiers. Manned by skilled sailors - it was capable of short bursts of speed and complex maneuvers.






21. 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






22. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred






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






24. East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.






25. The earliest known form of writing - which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE.






26. A trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507)






27. General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang - he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong.






28. A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.






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






30. First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E.






31. Date: Beginnings of Christianity(Hint: _2 CE)






32. Date: Sepoy Mutiny or failed Indian revolution against British East India Company colonial rule (Hint: 1__7)






33. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






34. Date: declaration of of Israeli statehood






35. Date: End of Han Dynasty(Hint: _20 CE)






36. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because of the tiny needle-like shape of its particles - it can be easily shaped and used for underground structures






37. 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)






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






39. Largest land empire in the history of the world - spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia.






40. Capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during the Middle and New Kingdoms. Amon - patron deity of Thebes - became one of the chief gods of Egypt. Monarchs were buried across the river in the Valley of the Kings. (p. 43)






41. A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution






42. Ultraconservative empress in Qing (Manchu) dynasty China. Ruled china in the turbulent late 19th century - not as a true Empress but as an Empress Dowager.






43. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






44. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






45. Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.






46. Zealous proponent of Christianity who was instrumental in its spread beyond Judaism






47. A grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.






48. Date: Haitian Independence (Hint: 1__4)






49. 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






50. Someone with interracial ancestry - especially found in Latin America