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AP World History

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1. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






2. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






3. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






4. Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935) - joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936) - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.






5. A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men.






6. 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.






7. A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malaysian Peninsula - Indonesia - and the Philippines - then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190)






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






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






10. Date: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British (Hint: 1__8)






11. The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.






12. War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately - Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonian






13. Date: Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu (Hint: 1__4)






14. One of the early proto-Greek peoples from 2600 BCE to 1500 BCE. Inhabitants of the island of Crete. Their site of Knossos is pictured above.






15. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






16. A soldier in South Asia - especially in the service of the British.






17. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






18. Removal of entire peoples used as terror tactic by Assyrian and Persian Empires.






19. Theory that all knowledge originates from experience. It emphasizes experimentation and observation in order to truly know things.






20. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire - reached the Indus Valley - founded many Greek-style cities - and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.






21. Date: Fall of Rome(Hint: _76 CE)






22. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






23. Date: Congress of Vienna (Hint: 1__5)






24. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






25. Date: Cortez conquered the Aztecs (Hint: 1__1)






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






27. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






28. Shah of Iran (r. 1587-1629). The most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire - he moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598 - where he erected many palaces - mosques - and public buildings. (p. 533)






29. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






30. Date: Martin Luther and 95 Theses (Hint: 1__9)






31. Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.






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. First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus - the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.






34. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






35. 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






36. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






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






38. 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.)






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






40. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






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






42. A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia - constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size - usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top






43. System of government in which all 'citizens' (however defined) have equal political and legal rights - privileges - and protections - as in the Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. Demographic Transition -A change in th






44. 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.






45. Date: Pizarro Toppled the Incas (Hint: 1__3)






46. 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.






47. Effort to eradicate a people and its culture by means of mass killing and the destruction of historical buildings and cultural materials. It was used for example by both sides in the conflicts that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia.






48. The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)






49. Date: Beginnings of Agriculture






50. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.







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