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AP World History

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






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






3. A privileged male slave whose job was to ensure that a slave gang did its work on a plantation.






4. The initials of the international body established in 1995 to foster and bring order to international trade.






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






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






7. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






8. A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting - industrial motors - and railroads beginning in the 1880s.






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






10. A form of government - usually hereditary monarchy - in which the ruler has no legal limits on his or her power.






11. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






12. Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down.






13. 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.






14. 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






15. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






16. The most significant Mesoamerican city.






17. An imperial eunuch and Muslim - entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean - from Southeast Asia to Africa.






18. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.)






24. The network of Atlantic Ocean trade routes between Europe - Africa - and the Americas that underlay the Atlantic system.






25. The treaty imposed on Germany by France - Great Britain - the United States - and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans.






26. Date: 7 years war between France and Britain begins (Hint: 1__6)






27. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






28. City in North Africa that developed trading outposts in Italy; Rome toke control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars






29. Someone with interracial ancestry - especially found in Latin America






30. Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent






31. Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.






32. First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top - followed by farmers - artisans - and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.






33. Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India






34. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






35. Queen of Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia) - the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler - and after her death her name was frequently expunged.






36. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.






37. 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






38. 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.






39. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






40. Overthrow of the Monarchy in France in which Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are executed






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






42. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






43. 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.






44. Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation - and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.






45. Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad (570-632 C.E.) on the basis of his reception of divine revelations - which were collected after his death into the Quran.






46. Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church - such as for money






47. Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.






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






49. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






50. 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.