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AP World History

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. A political ideology that emphasizes rule of law - representative democracy - rights of citizens - and the protection of private property. This ideology - derived from the Enlightenment - was especially popular among the property-owning middle classe






4. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate






5. All non-land-owning - free men in Ancient Rome






6. Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa - France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany - Belgium - Portugal - Italy - and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.






7. A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution






8. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death






9. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General - the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. nationalism -Political ideology that stresses people






10. Invented the condenser and other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry and transportation. The watt - an electrical measurement - is named after him.






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






12. A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source






13. in Ancient Rome - a plebian officer elected by plebeians charged to protect their lives and properties - with a right of veto against legislative proposals of the Senate.






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






15. A soldier in South Asia - especially in the service of the British.






16. Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.






17. The most important work of Indian sacred literature - a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.






18. Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899 - but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.






19. The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.). Its capital was located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavin became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region.






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






21. Nonprofit international organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing humanitarian relief. Two NGOs won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1990s: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and Doctors Without Borders (1999).






22. A system that the Spanish let colonists employ Indians in forced labor






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






24. The spread of ideas - objects - or traits from one culture to another






25. Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: __66 CE)






26. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities - but the large-scale implies central planning.






27. The formula - brought to China in the 400s or 500s - was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs - shot - and bullets.






28. A major public works program in the United States during the Great Depression.






29. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






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






31. Chinese nationalist revolutionary - founder and leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders.






32. President of Argentina (1946-1955 - 1973-1974). As a military officer - he championed the rights of labor. Aided by his wife Eva Duarte Peron - he was elected president in 1946. He built up Argentinean industry - became very popular among the urban p






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






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






35. Devised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center - and not earth.






36. The 1 -100-mile (1 -700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.






37. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






38. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






39. The part of the Great Circuit involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.






40. Effort to eradicate a people and its culture by means of mass killing and the destruction of historical buildings and cultural materials. It was used for example by both sides in the conflicts that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia.






41. In medieval Europe - an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord. In Russia some of them worked as artisans and in factories; in Russia it was not abolished until 1861.






42. Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico - Central America - and Peru. (Examples Cortez - Pizarro - Francisco.)






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






44. Date: Battle of Lepanto (Hint: 1__1)






45. Term applied to a group of 'developing' or 'underdeveloped' countries who professed nonalignment during the Cold War.






46. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






47. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.






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






49. Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






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