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AP World History

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1. American intellectual - inventor - and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.






2. Place that the British first colonized in Australia






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






4. (r. 1865-1909) - He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the infamous ruler of the Congo Free State (to 1908).






5. The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age






6. 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.






7. The process by which different ethnic groups lose their distinctive cultural identity through contact with the dominant culture of a society - and gradually become absorbed and integrated into it.






8. A small - highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.






9. A French general and then French Emperor later exiled to the island of St. Helena






10. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






11. President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II.






12. Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520






13. The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology - cuneiform - and religious concept






14. The Russian feudal duchy that emerged as a local power gradually during the era of Mongol domination. The Muscovite princes convinced their Mongol Tatar overlords to let them collect all the tribute gold from the other Russian princes on behalf of th






15. Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.






16. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






17. A social system that separated people by occupation - the caste system in India has virtually no social mobility






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






19. An epic poem from Mesopotamia - and among the earliest known works of literary writing.






20. A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse - paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.






21. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.






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






23. Greek for 'high city'. The chief temples of the city were located here.






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






25. Also known as Mexica - they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.






26. Macedonian king who sought to unite Greece under his banner until his murder






27. Belief in a single divine entity. The Israelite worship of Yahweh developed into an exclusive belief in one god - and this concept passed into Christianity and Islam.






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






29. Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet - despite the lack of true centralization - this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties - lasting about 600 years. It left subs






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






31. Concession from Spanish letting a colonist take tribute from Indians in a certain area






32. English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.






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






34. The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela - he led military forces there and in Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - and Bolivia.






35. Empire in southern China (1127-1279) while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology - medicine - astronomy - and mathematics.






36. Date: Iranian Revolution (Hint: 1__9)






37. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






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






39. European scholars - writers - and teachers associated with the study of the humanities (grammar - rhetoric - poetry - history - languages - and moral philosophy) - influential in the fifteenth century and later.






40. Date: French Revolution begins






41. Rebel forces in Nicaragua who struggled against what they saw as US occupation of their nation and US backed puppet rulers in their nation's government. Particularly active in the 1970s and 1980s. The US frequently arranged groups to fight against th






42. 1st unified imperial Chinese dynasty






43. African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy - trading gold - slaves - and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain.






44. Leader of the Soviet Union directly after the Russian Revolution.






45. 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.






46. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred






47. Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India. They are the earliest kingdoms set up by the Indo-Aryans migrants to India.






48. The forgiveness of the punishment due for past sins - granted by the Catholic Church authorities as a reward for a pious act. Martin Luther's protest against the sale of these is often seen as touching off the Protestant Reformation.






49. A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade - farming - and mining.






50. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.