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AP World History

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1. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire - reached the Indus Valley - founded many Greek-style cities - and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.






2. President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Waged war on Iran in 1980-1988. In 1990 he ordered an invasion of Kuwait but was defeated by United States and its allies in the Gulf War (1991). Defeated by US led invasion in 2003.






3. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






4. 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.






5. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






6. 'Restructuring' reforms by the nineteenth-century Ottoman rulers - intended to move civil law away from the control of religious elites and make the military and the bureacracy more efficient.






7. Date: French Revolution begins






8. In China - a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime.






9. Date: Fall of Rome(Hint: _76 CE)






10. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






11. 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.






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






13. Government ruled by a single party and/or person that exerts unlimited control over its citizen's lives.






14. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






15. First bishop of Chiapas - in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 - which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labo






16. 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.






17. A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.






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






19. Dictator of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Defeated in the presidential election of 1930 - he overthrew the government and created Estado Novo ('New State') - a dictatorship that emphasized industrialization.






20. Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.






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






22. Mass murder of Jews under the Nazi Regime






23. Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States - it opened in 1915.






24. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.






25. 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.






26. The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)






27. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






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






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






30. Indian prince who renounced his worldly possessions and founded Buddhism; Buddha






31. The 'Roman Peace' - that is - the state of comparative concord prevailing within the boundaries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) to that of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.)






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






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






34. Release from suffering into a blissful nothingness






35. Soviet leader who was after Khrushchev






36. Literally 'those who serve -' the hereditary military elite in Feudal Japan as well as during the Tokugawa Shogunate.






37. The more mystical and larger of the two main Buddhist sects - this one originated in India in the 400s CE and gradually found its way north to the Silk road and into Central and East Asia.






38. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.






39. 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






40. An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany - founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century.






41. The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E. - during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. (p. 148)






42. Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294). Ruled the Mongol Empire from China and was the founder of the Yuan Empire in China after finishing off the Song Dynasty.






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






44. Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets






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






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






47. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






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






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






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







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