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AP World History

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1. The Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.






2. English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands - and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.






3. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






4. Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.






5. One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt






6. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






7. The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela - he led military forces there and in Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - and Bolivia.






8. Date: Six-day war in Israel; Chinese Cultural Revolution (Hint: 1__7)






9. 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.






10. Soviet leader who was after Khrushchev






11. Chinese nationalist revolutionary - founder and leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders.






12. Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.






13. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






14. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






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






16. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






17. 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






18. The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.






19. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






20. Empire in southern China (1127-1279) while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology - medicine - astronomy - and mathematics.






21. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.






22. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






23. Was a semi-feudal government of Japan in which one of the shoguns unified the country under his family's rule. They moved the capital to Edo - which now is called Tokyo. This family ruled from Edo 1868 - when it was abolished during the Meiji Restora






24. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece - Egypt - and Persia






25. Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation - and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.






26. The policy in international relations by which - beginning in the eighteenth century - the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful.






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






28. 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.






29. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






30. Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.






31. Date: First Opium War in China (Hint: 1__9)






32. Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars - the earliest surviving Indian writing.






33. A term for the middle class. A social class characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture. They derive social and economic power from employment - education - and wealth - as opposed to the inherited power of aristocratic fami






34. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic Republic of Iran.






35. Famous artist/painter in the 15th century. Created 'The Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'






36. 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)






37. Spanish estates that were often plantations






38. Weaving - sewing - carving - and other small-scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers - frequently women - are usually independent. Most manufacturing was done this way before the industrial revolution.






39. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.






40. A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita - the most important work of Indian sacred literature. Mahayana Buddhism -Branch of Buddhism followed i






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






42. Date: Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade (Hint: 1__3)






43. German physicist who developed quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.






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






45. A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E. - based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship.






46. 'Selection' in Turkish. The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries.






47. Incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu made famous in the Ramayana






48. Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.






49. 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.






50. Building erected in London - for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made of iron and glass - like a gigantic greenhouse - it was a symbol of the industrial age.







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