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AP World History

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






2. City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad - and ritual center of the Islamic religion.






3. Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe during a time after the Congress of Vienna when conservative monarchs were trying to maintain their power. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany - Austria - Italy - and Hunga






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






5. The general named often used to describe the original inhabitants of Australia






6. Shah of Iran (r. 1587-1629). The most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire - he moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598 - where he erected many palaces - mosques - and public buildings. (p. 533)






7. Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.






8. 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.)






9. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






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






11. A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.






12. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






13. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea






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






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






16. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






17. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because of the tiny needle-like shape of its particles - it can be easily shaped and used for underground structures






18. 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.






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






20. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






21. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






22. War between France and Britain - lasted 116 years - mostly a time of peace - but it was punctuated by times of brutal violence (1337 to 1453)






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






24. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






25. Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet - despite the lack of true centralization - this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties - lasting about 600 years. It left subs






26. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






27. 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.






28. Date: fall of USSR; 1st Gulf war near Iraq (Hint: 1__1)






29. The trading of various animals - diseases - and crops between the Eastern and Western hemispheres






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






31. The smallest units of the Roman army - each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 of these. They also formed political divisions of Roman citizens.






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






33. Heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation. Hoplite armies-militias composed of middle- and upper-class citizens supplying their own equipment. Famously defeated superior nu






34. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






35. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - but its function is unknown.






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






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






38. A Greek word meaning 'dispersal -' used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. Jews - for example - were spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in by the Romans.






39. 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).






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






41. Date: French Revolution begins






42. Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states. Born in Tunis - he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher and judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city.






43. 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.






44. Date: Slaves begin moving to Americas (Hint: 1__2)






45. The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)






46. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






47. African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy - trading gold - slaves - and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain.






48. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






49. 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






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







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