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AP World History

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1. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order and establish a plan for a new balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon.






2. An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century - apparently in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire.






3. Literally 'middle age -' a term that historians of Europe use for the period between roughly 500 and 1400 - signifying the period between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.






4. Title given the the Roman emperor Octavian which means 'sacred' or 'venerable'






5. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






6. Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou - was the prerogative of Heaven - the chief deity - to grant power to the ruler of China.






7. A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia - Archaic and Classical Greece - Phoenicia - and early Italy.






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






9. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






10. The network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods - wealth - people - and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin. (p. 497)






11. South Africans descended from Dutch and French settlers of the seventeenth century. Their Great Trek founded new settler colonies in the nineteenth century. Though a minority among South Africans - they held political power after 1910.






12. Portuguese navigator that discovered the Cape of Good Hope






13. Date: Treaty of Versailles - End of WWI






14. City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.






15. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






16. Date: Roman Capital moved to Constantinople(Hint: _33 CE)






17. Date: Cortez conquered the Aztecs (Hint: 1__1)






18. Greek for 'high city'. The chief temples of the city were located here.






19. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






20. Large nomadic group from northern Asia who invaded territories extending from China to Eastern Europe. They virtually lived on their horses - herding cattle - sheep - and horses as well as hunting.






21. An organization promoting economic unity in Europe formed in 1967 by consolidation of earlier - more limited - agreements. Replaced by the European Union (EU) in 1993.






22. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






23. A French Protestant






24. An umbrella term for people of diverse perspectives but many of whom typically advocate equality - protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and state ownership of major industries. This ideology led to the founding of certain labor






25. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.






26. Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675 - warriors from this group mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.






27. A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires - specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.






28. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.






29. The 'divine wind -' which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shores in 1281.






30. Muslim dynasty after Ummayd - a dynasty that lasted about two centuries that had about 150 years of Persia conquer and was created by Mohammad's youngest uncle's sons






31. Date: Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu (Hint: 1__4)






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






33. 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






34. The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American and European descent.






35. Date: Alexander the Great dies(Hint: '_23 BCE')






36. 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.)






37. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.






38. Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia






39. A worldview and a moral philosophy that considers humans to be of primary importance. It is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity - concerns - and capabilities - particularly rationality. A






40. Date: end of WWII






41. Persian capital from the 16th to 18th centuries found in central Iran






42. The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History.






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






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






45. An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress - it changed its name in 1923. Eventually brought greater equality.






46. 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.






47. A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.






48. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






49. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






50. Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa.