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AP World History

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1. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






2. Concession from Spanish letting a colonist take tribute from Indians in a certain area






3. The most significant Mesoamerican city.






4. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






5. City located in present-day Tunisia - founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.






6. Family of related languages long spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa. In antiquity these languages included Hebrew - Aramaic - and Phoenician. The most widespread modern member of the this language family is Arabic.






7. 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.






8. Continuing the imperial revival started by the Sui Dynasty this dynasty that followed restored the Chinese imperial impulse four centuries after the decline of the Han - extending control along the silk route. Trade flourished and China finally reach






9. German princely family who ruled in alliance with the Holy Roman Empire and controlled most of Central Europe






10. Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294). Ruled the Mongol Empire from China and was the founder of the Yuan Empire in China after finishing off the Song Dynasty.






11. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.






12. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.






13. The four major social divisions in India's caste system: the Brahmin priest class - the Kshatriya warrior/administrator class - the Vaishya merchant/farmer class - and the Shudra laborer class.






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






15. Date: Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Hint: 1__1)






16. Boycotts - embargoes - and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.






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






18. The 'divine wind -' which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shores in 1281.






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






20. Peoples of the Russian Empire who lived outside the farming villages - often as herders - mercenaries - or outlaws. Cossacks led the conquest of Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






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






22. Date: Boer War - British in control of South Africa (Hint: 1__9)






23. 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






24. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because of the tiny needle-like shape of its particles - it can be easily shaped and used for underground structures






25. Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward - the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)






26. Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: __66 CE)






27. Date: 7 years war between France and Britain begins (Hint: 1__6)






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






29. The belief that there is a God - but after the creation of the world became indifferent to it






30. Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. (p. 438)






31. The network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods - wealth - people - and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin. (p. 497)






32. 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.






33. Date: Treaty of Versailles - End of WWI






34. A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.






35. In medieval Europe - a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord - usually in exchange for the use of land.






36. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






37. The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.). Its capital was located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavin became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region.






38. An array of Germanic peoples - pushed further westward by nomads from central Asia. They in turn migrated west into Rome - upsetting the rough balance of power that existed between Rome and these people.






39. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






40. Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe. Reflecting the ancient Egyptians' belief in an essentially beneficent world - the divine ruler was the earthly guarantor of this order.

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41. The extension of political rule by one people over other - different peoples. First done by Sargon of Akkad to the Sumerian city states.






42. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






43. 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






44. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical ultra-nationalist government. Favors nationalizing economic elites rather than promoting egalitarian socialist collectivization.






45. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






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






47. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.






48. Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West - but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.






49. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






50. 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.