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AP World History

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1. Date: 1st Palestinian Intifada (Hint: 1__7)






2. Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom. In Homer's epic poems Mycenae was the base of King Agamemnon - who commanded the Greeks besieging Troy.






3. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






4. Date: Sepoy Mutiny or failed Indian revolution against British East India Company colonial rule (Hint: 1__7)






5. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






6. The network of Atlantic Ocean trade routes between Europe - Africa - and the Americas that underlay the Atlantic system.






7. 1st unified imperial Chinese dynasty






8. A system in which - from the time of the Han Empire - countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states - acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China.






9. A term for the middle class. A social class characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture. They derive social and economic power from employment - education - and wealth - as opposed to the inherited power of aristocratic fami






10. The early Communists that overthrew the Czar in the Russian Revolution.






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






12. Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states. Born in Tunis - he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher and judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city.






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






14. The chief marketplace of Athens - center of the city's civic life.






15. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






16. The central text of Daoism.






17. Allocation of former German colonies and Ottoman possessions to the victorious powers after World War I - to be administered under League of Nations supervision. Used especially in reference to the Western European possession of the Middle East after






18. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






19. An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama - who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of this word) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.






20. The common name for a major outbreak of plague that spread across Asia - North Africa - and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century - carrying off vast numbers of persons.






21. Date: 9/11 Attacks






22. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






23. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






24. Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675 - warriors from this group mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.






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






26. A device for rapid - long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.






27. Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down.






28. The Spanish conqueror of Mexico






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






30. 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.






31. Roman emperor of 284 C.E. Attempted to deal with fall of Roman Empire by splitting the empire into two regions run by co-emperors. Also brought armies back under imperial control - and attempted to deal with the economic problems by strengthening the






32. Techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as - in early China - the cracks on oracle bones or - in ancient Greece - the flight of birds through sectors of the sky.






33. Political organization founded in India in 1906 to defend the interests of India's Muslim minority. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah - it attempted to negotiate with the Indian National Congress. Demanded the partition of a Muslim Pakistan.






34. 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.






35. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






36. An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.






37. Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. The revolt against the British by many different groups across India 1857 but led particularly by some of the disgruntled Indian soldiers working for the British. It caused the British government to take over more direct control of India from the Bri






41. Date: End of Zheng He's Voyages/Rise of Ottomans (Hint: __33 CE)






42. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






43. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






44. Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki - Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.






45. 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.






46. Treaty with harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.






47. Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.






48. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






49. Literally 'middle age -' a term that historians of Europe use for the period between roughly 500 and 1400 - signifying the period between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.






50. German astronomer and mathematician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries - known as the founder of celestial mechanics