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AP World History

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1. Date: Cuban Revolution (Hint: 1__9)






2. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






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






4. The four major social divisions in India's caste system: the Brahmin priest class - the Kshatriya warrior/administrator class - the Vaishya merchant/farmer class - and the Shudra laborer class.






5. Indian prince who renounced his worldly possessions and founded Buddhism; Buddha






6. Originally - a title meaning 'universal priest' that the Mongol khans invented and bestowed on a Tibetan lama (priest) in the late 1500s to legitimate their power in Tibet. Subsequently - the title of the religious and political leader of Tibet.






7. 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.






8. German princely family who ruled in alliance with the Holy Roman Empire and controlled most of Central Europe






9. The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship - divination by means of oracle bones - and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this cultu






10. Greek Historian - considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively - collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.






11. Honorific name of Octavian - founder of the Roman Principate - the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. He established his rule after the death of Julius Caesar and he is considered the first Roman Emperor.






12. Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws - inscribed on a black stone pillar - illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.






13. Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernican model of the solar system.






14. 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.






15. Date: Battle of Sekigahara - Beginning of Tokugawa (Hint: 1__0)






16. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






17. Traditional records of the deeds of Muhammad - and his quotations






18. A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese)






19. German journalist and philosopher - founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. He is known for two books: The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (Vols. I-III - 1867-1894).






20. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






21. A member of the more mystical third sect of Islam






22. Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity - obedience - and poverty. (Primary Centers of Learning in Medieval Europe)






23. Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion of the empire.






24. 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






25. Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294). Ruled the Mongol Empire from China and was the founder of the Yuan Empire in China after finishing off the Song Dynasty.






26. 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.






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






28. The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American and European descent.






29. Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority.






30. Roman emperor (r. 312-337). After reuniting the Roman Empire - he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a tolerated/favored religion.






31. Precursor the United Nations created after World War I.






32. Beginning in the eleventh century - military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims. In 1492 the last Muslim ruler was defeated - and Spain and Portugal emerged as united kingdoms.






33. Political organization founded in India in 1906 to defend the interests of India's Muslim minority. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah - it attempted to negotiate with the Indian National Congress. Demanded the partition of a Muslim Pakistan.






34. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.






35. The period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty - characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty.






36. He led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started a new period of modernization and socialist reform in Egypt






37. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






38. Date: 9/11 Attacks






39. 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.)






40. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






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






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






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






44. Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median - Lydian - and Babylonian empires






45. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






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






47. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






48. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






49. European government policies of the sixteenth - seventeenth - and eighteenth centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country and its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland coun






50. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights







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