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AP World History

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1. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






2. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






3. Date: Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippines -Cuba - Guam - and Puerto Rico (Hint: 1__8)






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






5. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






6. 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






7. Date: genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa (Hint: 1__4)






8. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






9. Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China






10. Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens.






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






12. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)






13. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






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






15. The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.






16. Chinese dynasty that followed the overthrow of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China. Among other things - the emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. It was mostly a time of vibrant economic productivity






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






18. The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.






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






20. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






21. Centralized Indian empire of varying extent - created by Muslim invaders.






22. Sea-faring proto-Greek kingdom whose abrupt demise triggered the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1200 BCE-800 BCE






23. Weaving - sewing - carving - and other small-scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers - frequently women - are usually independent. Most manufacturing was done this way before the industrial revolution.






24. 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.






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






26. A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins - experiences - beliefs - and practices of the early Hebrew people. Most of the extant text was compiled by members of the priestly class in the fifth century B.C.E.






27. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






28. The last of pre-Islamic Persian Empire - from 224 to 651 CE. One of the two main powers in Western Asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years






29. Date: end of WWII






30. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






31. The 1 -100-mile (1 -700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.






32. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






33. 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






34. Region of Northeast Asia North of Korea.






35. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






36. Political party in China from 1911 to 1949; enemy of the Communists. Often abbreviated at GMD.






37. City in North Africa that developed trading outposts in Italy; Rome toke control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars






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






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






40. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






41. Japanese business groups after the post-WWII dismantling of the zaibatsu. They are Alliances of corporations each often centered around a bank. They dominate the post-WWII Japanese economy.






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






43. 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






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






45. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






46. Chinese nationalist revolutionary - founder and leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders.






47. Date: First Opium War in China (Hint: 1__9)






48. Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






49. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






50. City in Russia - site of a Red Army victory over the Germany army in 1942-1943. The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. Today Volgograd.