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AP World History

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1. 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






2. A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces - they vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria.






3. Date: Korean War starts






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






5. The transformation of the economy - the environment - and living conditions - occurring first in England in the eighteenth century - that resulted from the use of steam engines - the mechanization of manufacturing in factories - transit - and communi






6. 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.






7. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.






8. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






9. The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)






10. Date: 1st Palestinian Intifada (Hint: 1__7)






11. Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424) - the third emperor of the Ming Empire (r. 1403-1424).Sponsored the building of the Forbidden City - a huge encyclopedia project - the expeditions of Zheng He - and the reopening of China's borders to trade and trav






12. 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.






13. A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda - Emphasizing truth-telling - purity - and reverence for nature - the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil






14. The chief marketplace of Athens - center of the city's civic life.






15. Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.






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






17. An ancient Greek philosophy that became popular amongst many notable Romans. Emphasis on ethics. They considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment - and that a wise person would repress emotions - especially negative ones an






18. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






19. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7 - 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II.






20. 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.






21. The belief that there is a God - but after the creation of the world became indifferent to it






22. The common name for a major outbreak of plague that spread across Asia - North Africa - and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century - carrying off vast numbers of persons.






23. Moroccan Muslim scholar - the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.






24. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






25. Invented the condenser and other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry and transportation. The watt - an electrical measurement - is named after him.






26. Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki - Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.






27. A major Hindu god called The Preserver.






28. The extension of political rule by one people over other - different peoples. First done by Sargon of Akkad to the Sumerian city states.






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






30. Incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu made famous in the Ramayana






31. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.






32. Period in the 16th and 17th centuries where many thinkers rejected doctrines of the past dealing with the natural world in favor of new scientific ideas.






33. Date: Columbus 'Sailed the Ocean Blue' / Reconquista of Spain (Hint: 1__2)






34. Date: Origin of Buddhism - Confucianism - Taoism(Hint ___ century BCE)






35. Date: independence & partition of India






36. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






37. 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.






38. An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron.






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






40. Russian term for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is 'restructuring' - referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.






41. 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.






42. Date: French Revolution begins






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






44. 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.






45. 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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46. 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.






47. The last of pre-Islamic Persian Empire - from 224 to 651 CE. One of the two main powers in Western Asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years






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






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






50. During the Cold War - countries who did not want to support either side sometimes declared themselves to be.