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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. 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.






2. 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.)






3. Date: 9/11 Attacks






4. Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644 - which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.






5. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






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






7. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






8. Date: Battle of Manzikert(Hint: __71 CE)






9. The northeastern sector of Asia or the Eastern half of Russia.






10. Date: Battle of Sekigahara - Beginning of Tokugawa (Hint: 1__0)






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






12. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






13. 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.






14. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






15. Date: Beginnings of Christianity(Hint: _2 CE)






16. Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.






17. Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire






18. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






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






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






21. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






22. Russian term for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is 'restructuring' - referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.






23. Created the Persian Empire by defeating the Medes - Lydians - and Babylonians; was known for his allowance of existing governments to continue governing under his name






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






25. An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron.






26. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






27. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






28. A conduit - either elevated or under ground - using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.






29. Nazis' program during World War II to kill people they considered undesirable. Some 6 million Jews perished during the Holocaust - along with millions of Poles - Gypsies - Communists - Socialists - and others.






30. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






31. Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United States financed armed opposition by the Contras. They lost national elections in 1990.






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






33. Leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1927-1976). He led the Communists on the Long March (1934-1935) and rebuilt the Communist Party and Red Army during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945).






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






35. 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.






36. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






37. Luther's list of accusations against the Roman Catholic Church - which included the sale of indulgences






38. Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France - involving English and French royal families and French noble families.






39. Greek Historian - considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively - collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.






40. German leader of the Nazi Party






41. First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E.






42. Date: Roman Capital moved to Constantinople(Hint: _33 CE)






43. A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men.






44. Date: End of Pax Romana(Hint: _80 CE)






45. 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.






46. The repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism.






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






48. Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India






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






50. 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.