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AP World History
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1. 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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hatshepsut
Holy Roman Empire
Indian National Congress
2. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.
Peloponnesian War
Fransisco Pizarro
Colonialism
Moksha
3. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian - Babylonian and Assyrian empires - In the Iron Age - it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Baby
Capitalism
Papacy
Mesopotamia
Sikhism
4. First bishop of Chiapas - in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 - which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labo
Bartolome de Las Casas
Armenia
1945
Plebeians
5. City - now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) - whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 - when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.
Shamanism
Mohenjo-Daro
Steel
Great Zimbabwe
6. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.
Colonialism
Diaspora
Bread and Circuses
New Imperialism
7. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)
1885
Nehru
Ziggurat
Papacy
8. 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.
Enlightenment
Socrates
Joint-stock company
Safavid Empire
9. Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England - he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.
Jacobins
Kievan Russia
Mohandas Gandhi
French Revolution
10. He created this dynasty in China and Siberia. Khubilai Khan was head of the Mongol Empire and grandson of Genghis Khan.
1521
Gunpowder
Yuan Empire
Constitutional Convention
11. 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.
Railroads
Zoroaster
Republic
Olmec
12. Leader of the reformation that was excommunicated by the Catholic church due to his opposition to certain practices
Bourgeoisie
Labor union
Martin Luther
1959
13. Land-owning noblemen in Ancient Rome
Patricians
Song Dynasty
Submarine telegraph cables
Otto von Bismarck
14. A well known Italian Renaissance artist - architect - musician - mathemetician - engineer - and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.
Olmec
Charles Darwin
Macartney Mission
Leonardo da Vinci
15. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.
Mamluks
Nazism
Dalai Lama
Tennis Court Oath
16. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's
Zoroaster
Tribute system
Ghana
Empiricism
17. A member of the warrior class in premodern feudal Japan
Akhenaten
Mantra
Shang Dynasty
Samurai
18. 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.
Julius Caesar
Scholasticism
Mandate of Heaven
Karl Marx
19. The 'Roman Peace' - that is - the state of comparative concord prevailing within the boundaries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) to that of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.)
Agricultural Revolution
2001
Treaty of Versailles
Pax Romana
20. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.
Pancho Villa
Shi Huangdi
Cortes
Mita
21. Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871 - when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist - he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire
Conquistadors
Sandinistas
Bengal
Otto von Bismarck
22. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Teotihuacan
Suez Canal
Serbia
Parthians
23. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.
1911
Golden Horde
Marco Polo
Tribune
24. 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
Royal African Company
Deism
Jainism
Tanzimat
25. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.
Indian National Congress
Safavid Empire
Gentry
Cyrus
26. 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.
James Watt
Stock exchange
Laissez Faire
Mandate of Heaven
27. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.
Humanism
Qing Empire
urbanization
Harappa
28. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics - astronomy - and development of the calendar.
pictograms
Maya
Wheel of Life
Iroquois Confederacy
29. Place that the British first colonized in Australia
Mahayana Buddhism
Botany Bay
Puranas
Monsoon
30. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.
Cultural imperialism
Extraterritoriality
Vishnu
Cixi
31. The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)
Shamanism
Chavin
2001
Hundred Years War
32. 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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33. Mass murder of Jews under the Nazi Regime
Treaty of Versailles
Holocaust
Vasco da Gama
assimilation
34. A member of the more mystical third sect of Islam
Zoroaster
Sufi
All-India Muslim League
Manor
35. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)
Grand Canal
Bolshevik
1861
National Assembly
36. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.
Cambyses II
Thomas Edison
Daoism
Siddhartha Gautama
37. 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.
Proxy wars
6th century BCE
Sun Yat-Sen
Shi Huangdi
38. 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.
Gupta Empire
Shi'a
Modernization
1521
39. Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste - and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.
Rajputs
Berlin Blockade
Centuries
Czar
40. German physicist - father of modern quantum physics.
Theravada Buddhism
Indian National Congress
Albert Einstein
Colonialism
41. Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety - fulfill vows - or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions - such as the Muslim journey to Mecca.
Little Ice Age
Durbar
Pilgrimage
Muhammad Ali
42. Chinese dynasty that followed the overthrow of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China. Among other things - the emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. It was mostly a time of vibrant economic productivity
Tao-te Ching
Patricians
Dar al-Islam
Ming
43. An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period.
Aztecs
Joseph Stalin
1300 BCE
Shang Dynasty
44. 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)
Bartolomeu Dias
1911
Khubilai Khan
Indentured servitude
45. American intellectual - inventor - and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Chinampas
Benjamin Franklin
Scientific Revolution
Indian Ocean
46. The early Communists that overthrew the Czar in the Russian Revolution.
Socialists
Bolshevik
Siddhartha Gautama
Weimar Republic
47. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
Extraterritoriality
Humanists
Alexandria
Proxy war
48. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.
Safavid Persia
Pilgrimage
Hegemony
Babylonian Empire
49. Part of the second triumvirate whom the power eventually shifted to. Assumed the name Augustus Caesar - and became emperor. Was the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Pax Romana.
Octavian
Diffusion
Printing press
Congress of Vienna
50. The most important work of Indian sacred literature - a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.
Great Western Schism
Bhagavad-Gita
Mestizo
Woodrow Wilson