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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa.






2. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






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






4. Suffering is always present in life; desire is the cause of suffering; freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana; the Eightfold Path leads to nirvana






5. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba






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






7. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






8. The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 - in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization - industrialization - and imperialism.






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






10. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






11. Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.






12. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






13. An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period.






14. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.






15. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






16. The revolt against the British by many different groups across India 1857 but led particularly by some of the disgruntled Indian soldiers working for the British. It caused the British government to take over more direct control of India from the Bri






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






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






19. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic Republic of Iran.






20. Economic policy that restricted the outflow of money; made state stronger economically






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






24. Roman philosophy which emphasizes accepting life dispassionately






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






26. Revolutionary and leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time - he was ultimately assassinate






27. Nationalist political party founded on democratic principles by Sun Yat-sen in 1912. After 1925 - the party was headed by Chiang Kai-shek - who turned it into an increasingly authoritarian movement.






28. 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.






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






30. Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.






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






32. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






33. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






34. A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development - trade promotion - and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.






35. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






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






37. Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.






38. East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.






39. The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes.






40. A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.






41. The founder of Buddhism






42. Telegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.






43. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






44. Date: Six-day war in Israel; Chinese Cultural Revolution (Hint: 1__7)






45. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






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






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






48. The belief that the government shouldn't intervene much and should instead let the people do






49. Date: Tiananmen Square protest in China; Fall of Berlin Wall in Germany






50. Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.