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AP World History

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1. President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis






2. 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.






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






4. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






5. A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.






6. Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers - the United States - and Japan - which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.






7. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






8. The most significant Mesoamerican city.






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






10. Indian statesman. He succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India and became India's first prime minister (1947-1964).






11. Region of Northeast Asia North of Korea.






12. Son of Cyrus II; extended the Persian Empire into Egypt






13. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






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






15. Capital of the Aztec Empire - located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150 -000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.






16. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428)






17. The community of believers in Islam - which transcends ethnic and political boundaries.






18. Period in the 16th and 17th centuries where many thinkers rejected doctrines of the past dealing with the natural world in favor of new scientific ideas.






19. War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment - torture - and executions by the military.






20. Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.






21. The collection of Jewish rabbinic discussion pertaining to law - ethics - and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara.






22. The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)






23. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






24. Collective name for South Korea - Taiwan - Hong Kong - and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.






25. An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama - who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of this word) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.






26. The greatest of the Mughald Emperors. Second half of 1500s. Descendant of Timur. Consolidated power over northern India. Religiously tolerant. Patron of arts - including large mural paintings.






27. Was a semi-feudal government of Japan in which one of the shoguns unified the country under his family's rule. They moved the capital to Edo - which now is called Tokyo. This family ruled from Edo 1868 - when it was abolished during the Meiji Restora






28. The kingdoms of southern India - inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages - which developed in partial isolation - and somewhat differently - from the Aryan north.






29. Date: Haitian Independence (Hint: 1__4)






30. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






31. Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism






32. The process of reforming political - military - economic - social - and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies - often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies.






33. Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital






34. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)






35. Date: Italian invasion of Ethiopia (Hint: 1__5)






36. Beginning in the eleventh century - military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims. In 1492 the last Muslim ruler was defeated - and Spain and Portugal emerged as united kingdoms.






37. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. In the late 1980s this techno






38. Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle - al-Abbas - they overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258.






39. German physicist who developed quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.






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






41. Family of related languages long spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa. In antiquity these languages included Hebrew - Aramaic - and Phoenician. The most widespread modern member of the this language family is Arabic.






42. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






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






44. Soviet blocking of Berlin from allies; Causing the Berlin Airlift






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






46. Date: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British (Hint: 1__8)






47. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.






48. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






49. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






50. Many people (mostly women) were accused of this and burned at the stake in medieval and early modern Europe.