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AP World History

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1. A person who lives a way of life - forced by a scarcity of resources - in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.






2. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






3. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






4. A tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran - the most important basis for Islamic law.






5. 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.






6. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






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






8. In colonial Spanish America - term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas - the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples.






9. Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935) - joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936) - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.






10. Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India






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






12. Large conglomerate corporations that exerted a great deal of political and economic power in Imperial Japan. By WWII - four of them controlled most of the economy of Japan.






13. Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871 - when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist - he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire






14. A trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507)






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






16. Spanish estates that were often plantations






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






22. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






23. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






24. Conference that German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called to set rules for the partition of Africa. It led to the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium.






25. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






26. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






27. City located in present-day Tunisia - founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.






28. The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia - where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.






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






30. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






31. Concession from Spanish letting a colonist take tribute from Indians in a certain area






32. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






33. The idea that government should refrain from interfering in economic affairs. The classic exposition of laissez-faire principles is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776).






34. In medieval Europe - a large - self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house) - outbuildings - peasant village - and surrounding land.






35. The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation.






36. The earliest known form of writing - which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE.






37. Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe. Reflecting the ancient Egyptians' belief in an essentially beneficent world - the divine ruler was the earthly guarantor of this order.

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






39. Area between the Greek and Slavic regions; conquered Greece and Mesopotamia under the leadership of Philip II and Alexander the Great






40. 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.






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






42. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.






43. A well known Italian Renaissance artist - architect - musician - mathemetician - engineer - and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.






44. German leader of the Nazi Party






45. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






46. Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England - he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.






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






48. The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus.






49. International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.






50. Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. See Jacobins.