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AP World History

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)






4. Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. English overthrow of 1688-1689 in which James II was expelled and William and Mary were made king and queen. The significance is that Parliament made the monarchy powerless - gave themselves all the power - and wrote a bill of Rights. The whole thing






10. Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens.






11. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






12. 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.






13. A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.






14. Part of the second triumvirate whom the power eventually shifted to. Assumed the name Augustus Caesar - and became emperor. Was the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Pax Romana.






15. Economic system with private/ corporate ownership/ competitive market






16. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






17. Part of the first triumvirate who eventually became 'emperor for life'. Chose not to conquer Germany. Was assassinated by fellow senators in 44 B.C.E.






18. Philosophy that emphasizes human reason and ethics; sometimes denies the existence of a god






19. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






20. Organization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. (See also Warsaw Pact.)






21. Roman emperor of 284 C.E. Attempted to deal with fall of Roman Empire by splitting the empire into two regions run by co-emperors. Also brought armies back under imperial control - and attempted to deal with the economic problems by strengthening the






22. A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita - the most important work of Indian sacred literature. Mahayana Buddhism -Branch of Buddhism followed i






23. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






24. The world's first civilization - founded in Mesopotamia - which existed for over 3 -000 years.






25. 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.






26. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






27. A political ideology that emphasizes rule of law - representative democracy - rights of citizens - and the protection of private property. This ideology - derived from the Enlightenment - was especially popular among the property-owning middle classe






28. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






29. Continuing the imperial revival started by the Sui Dynasty this dynasty that followed restored the Chinese imperial impulse four centuries after the decline of the Han - extending control along the silk route. Trade flourished and China finally reach






30. Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes.






31. During the Cold War - local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed - trained - and financed the combatants.






32. Spanish estates that were often plantations






33. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






34. 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






35. 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.






36. First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E.






37. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. In the late 1980s this techno






38. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.






39. 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.






40. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






41. Theory that all knowledge originates from experience. It emphasizes experimentation and observation in order to truly know things.






42. Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to his new city of St. Petersburg.






43. The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another.






44. Allocation of former German colonies and Ottoman possessions to the victorious powers after World War I - to be administered under League of Nations supervision. Used especially in reference to the Western European possession of the Middle East after






45. 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






46. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires - they were based on gift giving and commercial links.






47. A complex of palaces - reception halls - and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes in the Persian homelan






48. A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumerian and Akkadian but later was adapted to represent other languages of western Asia.






49. The unification of opposing people - ideas - or practices






50. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.







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