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AP World History

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






2. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






3. Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script - particularly that of the ancient Egyptians - in which many of the symbols are conventionalized - recognizable pictures of the things represented






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






5. Elected assembly in colonial Virginia - created in 1618.






6. Under the Roman Republic - one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata - the consuls held office for one year and each had power of veto over the o






7. Zealous proponent of Christianity who was instrumental in its spread beyond Judaism






8. Dictator of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Defeated in the presidential election of 1930 - he overthrew the government and created Estado Novo ('New State') - a dictatorship that emphasized industrialization.






9. The period of stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the lands of the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E. The movement of people and trade goods along Roman roads and safe seas allowed for the spread of cuture/ideas.






10. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






11. Part of the second triumvirate whom the power eventually shifted to. Assumed the name Augustus Caesar - and became emperor. Was the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Pax Romana.






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






13. A large central city in the Mesoamerican region. Located about 25 miles Northeast of present day Mexico City. Exhibited city planning and unprecedented size for its time. Reached its peak around the year 450.






14. 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.)






15. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






16. Wars between Britain and the Qing Empire (mind 1800s) - caused by the Qing government's refusal to let Britain import Opium. China lost and Britain and most other European powers were able to develop a strong trade presence throughout China against t






17. Date: Italian invasion of Ethiopia (Hint: 1__5)






18. Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church - such as for money






19. City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad - and ritual center of the Islamic religion.






20. Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 B.C.E.). He built a new capital at Amarna - fostered a new style of naturalistic art - and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk.






21. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.






22. The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy - nobility - and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time - but the 3rd estate demanded more rights






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






24. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






25. Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa - France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany - Belgium - Portugal - Italy - and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.






26. 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.






27. Empress of China and mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest - supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers - and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces.






28. Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.






29. 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)






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






31. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






32. Woodrow Wilson's plan put before the League of Nations to prevent future war.






33. Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.






34. Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India - opening an important commercial sea route.






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






36. 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.






37. General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang - he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong.






38. A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.






39. Date: WWI (from start to finish)(Hint: '19__-19__')






40. Infantry - originally of slave origin - armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.






41. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.






42. City in Japan - the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb - on August 6 - 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.






43. Date: Stock Market Crash






44. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






45. Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism






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






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






48. Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: _21 BCE)






49. British entrepreneur and politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa. The colonies of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were named after him. (p. 736)






50. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).