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AP World History

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1. Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.






2. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953






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






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






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






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






7. The cycle of life in Hinduism






8. 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.






9. City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.






10. Overthrow of the Monarchy in France in which Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are executed






11. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






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






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






14. Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured and executed in 1811.






15. This area possessed the biggest network of sea-based trade in the postclassical period prior to the rise of Atlantic-based trade.






16. Last imam in a series of twelve descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali - whom Shi'ites consider divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. In occlusion since ca. 873 - he is expected to return as an apocolyptic messiah at the end of time.






17. Persian capital from the 16th to 18th centuries found in central Iran






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






19. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






20. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






21. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.






22. 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.






23. Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia






24. Cities opened to foreign residents as a result of the forced treaties between the Qing Empire and foreign signatories. In the in these cities - foreigners enjoyed extraterritoriality.






25. 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.






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






27. A coalition starting in the late 1870s of various groups favoring modernist liberal reform of the Ottoman Empire. It Against monarchy of Ottoman Sultan and favored a constitution. In 1908 they succeed in establishing a new constitutional era. Members






28. Literally 'those who serve -' the hereditary military elite in Feudal Japan as well as during the Tokugawa Shogunate.






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






30. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






31. Born in Austria - became a radical German nationalist during World War I. He became dictator of Germany in 1933. He led Europe into World War II.






32. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






33. 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






34. Powerful Indian state based - like its Mauryan predecessor - in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture.






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






36. A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.






37. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






38. 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.






39. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






40. Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.






41. 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.






42. An ancient Greek philosophy that became popular amongst many notable Romans. Emphasis on ethics. They considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment - and that a wise person would repress emotions - especially negative ones an






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






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






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






46. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






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






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






49. Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa - France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany - Belgium - Portugal - Italy - and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.






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







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