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AP World History

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






2. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7 - 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II.






3. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






4. 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






5. Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets






6. Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war






7. 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






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






9. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






10. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






11. A collection of ancient stories that feature Hindu gods such as Vishnu and Shiva






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






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






14. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






15. Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935) - joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936) - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.






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






17. An important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.






18. A grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.






19. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






20. Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority.






21. (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).






22. Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. See Jacobins.






23. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






24. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.






25. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






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






27. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






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






29. Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE.






30. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






31. Powerful Indian state based - like its Mauryan predecessor - in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture.






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






33. Date: Boer War - British in control of South Africa (Hint: 1__9)






34. Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe 'putting man first' - and considering humans to be of primary importance.






35. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century.






36. 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.






37. French revolutionary group formed mainly by middle classes who opposed more radical






38. Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population






39. Radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. They eventually seized power in Russia in 1917.






40. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






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






42. One of the first monotheistic religions - particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.






43. Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste - and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.






44. City located in present-day Tunisia - founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.






45. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.






46. The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Romans did not seek to Romanize them - but the subjugated people pursued it.






47. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church - begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.






48. Date: Korean War starts






49. Date: de-Stalinization in Russia; Egyptian nationalization of Suez Canal (Hint: 1__6)






50. A council whose members were the heads of wealthy - landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings - in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.






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