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AP World History

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1. Connected China - India - and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.






2. Descendants of the Europeans in Latin America - usually implies an upper class status.






3. African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy - trading gold - slaves - and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain.






4. A tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran - the most important basis for Islamic law.






5. A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class - and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi - appealing to the poor.






6. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






7. Date: End of Pax Romana(Hint: _80 CE)






8. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






9. Influential book Written by Adolf Hitler describing his life and ideology.






10. Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state.






11. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






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






13. 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.)






14. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






15. 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






16. During the Cold War - local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed - trained - and financed the combatants.






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






18. The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another.






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






20. An organization promoting economic unity in Europe formed in 1967 by consolidation of earlier - more limited - agreements. Replaced by the European Union (EU) in 1993.






21. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






22. Dictator of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Defeated in the presidential election of 1930 - he overthrew the government and created Estado Novo ('New State') - a dictatorship that emphasized industrialization.






23. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






24. Date: 9/11 Attacks






25. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






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






27. Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.






28. Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.






29. The supporters of a doctrine in the early Christian Church that held that the incarnate Christ possessed a single - wholly divine nature. they opposed the orthodox view that Christ had a double nature - one divine and one human - and emphasized his d






30. 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.






31. 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).






32. In medieval Europe - a large - self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house) - outbuildings - peasant village - and surrounding land.






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






34. Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.






35. 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.






36. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






37. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






38. A French Protestant






39. Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424) - the third emperor of the Ming Empire (r. 1403-1424).Sponsored the building of the Forbidden City - a huge encyclopedia project - the expeditions of Zheng He - and the reopening of China's borders to trade and trav






40. Pupil of Plato who tutored Alexander the Great; argued for small units of government like the city-state






41. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






42. The community of believers in Islam - which transcends ethnic and political boundaries.






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






44. 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.






45. The theory developed in early modern England and spread elsewhere that royal power should be subject to legal and legislative checks.






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






47. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






48. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






49. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






50. System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information. These knots are interesting because the Inca are notable for being a relatively sophisticated empire and civilization - but they had no written language (very