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AP World History

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1. A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. The Temple priesthood conducted sacrifices - received a tithe or percentage of agricultural revenues.

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2. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






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






4. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






5. The earliest known form of writing - which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE.






6. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






7. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.






8. Collective name for South Korea - Taiwan - Hong Kong - and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.






9. The Ottoman province in the Balkans that rose up against Janissary control in the early 1800s. Terrorists from here triggered WWI. After World War II it became the central province of Yugoslavia.






10. German physicist who developed the theory of relativity - which states that time - space - and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.






11. 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






12. The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles are woven. Native to India - it spread throughout Asia and then to the New World. It has been a major cash crop in various places - including early Islamic Iran - Yi Korea - Egypt - and the US






13. 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.






14. Date: Rise of Islam(Hint: __2 CE)






15. A Roman bribery method of coping with class difference. Entertainment and food was offered to keep plebeians quiet without actually solving unemployment problems.






16. 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.






17. Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers - the United States - and Japan - which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.






18. A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.






19. Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century until its downfall to the Ottomans in 1453. Famous for being a center of Orthodox Christianity and Greek-based culture.






20. Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.






21. 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.






22. The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes.






23. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






24. The smallest units of the Roman army - each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 of these. They also formed political divisions of Roman citizens.






25. Greek and Phoenician warship of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. It was sleek and light - powered by 170 oars arranged in three vertical tiers. Manned by skilled sailors - it was capable of short bursts of speed and complex maneuvers.






26. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Date: Ottomans capture Constantinople (Hint: __53 CE)






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






31. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






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






33. Capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during the Middle and New Kingdoms. Amon - patron deity of Thebes - became one of the chief gods of Egypt. Monarchs were buried across the river in the Valley of the Kings. (p. 43)






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






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






36. City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire






37. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






38. Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic - reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.






39. Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly - beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel - electricity - machinery - and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state.






40. 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






41. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






42. 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.






43. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






44. Substance used for the domination of trade in the Indian Ocean by the British






45. Chinese dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished - Border Policy was good - but not well enough enforced - as they were taken over by the Manchu from the North in 1644.






46. 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






47. Date: Start of the ten year long Mexican Revolution. Not to be confused with Mexican war of Independence (1810-1821) (Hint: 1__0)






48. 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.






49. In Indian tradition - the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life.






50. A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth - when the revolution started - he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata.