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AP World History

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1. Islamic society that ruled the area that is currently Iran during 1502-1736






2. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






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






4. 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






5. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






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






7. Large churches originating in twelfth-century France; built in an architectural style featuring pointed arches - tall vaults and spires - flying buttresses - and large stained-glass windows.






8. A portable dwelling used by the nomadic people of Centa Asia - consisting of a tentlike structure of skin - felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles.






9. A long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt (r. 1290-1224 B.C.E.). He reached an accommodation with the Hittites of Anatolia after a military standoff. He built on a grand scale throughout Egypt.






10. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






11. 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.






12. A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.






13. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece - Egypt - and Persia






14. 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.






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






16. 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






17. Date: 9/11 Attacks






18. 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.






19. Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.






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






21. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953






22. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry






23. An Indo-European - Indic language - in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India.






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






25. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.






26. Date: First Crusade(Hint: ___5 CE)






27. A general term for a class of prosperous families - sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.






28. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






29. The idea that government should refrain from interfering in economic affairs. The classic exposition of laissez-faire principles is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776).






30. Conflict between Athens and Sparta






31. 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






32. Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion of the empire.






33. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






34. Traditional records of the deeds of Muhammad - and his quotations






35. In medieval Europe - an association of men (rarely women) - such as merchants - artisans - or professors - who worked in a particular trade and created an organized institution to promote their economic and political interests.






36. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.






37. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






38. 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.






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. A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia - Archaic and Classical Greece - Phoenicia - and early Italy.






41. Date: German blitzkrieg in Poland starting WWII in Europe.






42. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






43. Government established at Kiev in Ukraine around 879 CE by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population.






44. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






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






46. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.






47. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






48. The 18th century privatization of common lands in England - which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.






49. 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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50. Compilations of hymns - religious reflections - and Aryan conquests