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AP World History

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1. American intellectual - inventor - and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.






2. The longest single poem in the world - about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC






3. Date: French Revolution begins






4. The kingdoms of southern India - inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages - which developed in partial isolation - and somewhat differently - from the Aryan north.






5. The early Communists that overthrew the Czar in the Russian Revolution.






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






7. He created this dynasty in China and Siberia. Khubilai Khan was head of the Mongol Empire and grandson of Genghis Khan.






8. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






9. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






10. A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.






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






12. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






13. 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.






14. Treaty with harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.






15. 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.






16. First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus - the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.






17. Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.






18. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






19. A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain - one grows legumes - and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe.






20. 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






21. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






22. Famous artist/painter in the 15th century. Created 'The Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'






23. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






24. City in Japan - the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb - on August 6 - 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.






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






26. 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






27. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






28. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






29. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean - both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.






30. One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home to approximately 50 -000 people at its height. Evidence suggests domestication of agriculture and trade with nearby regions.






31. A French Protestant






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






33. Rebel forces in Nicaragua who struggled against what they saw as US occupation of their nation and US backed puppet rulers in their nation's government. Particularly active in the 1970s and 1980s. The US frequently arranged groups to fight against th






34. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






35. A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. It was first mass-produced in the 1860s and quickly became the most widely used metal in construction - machinery - and railroad equipment.






36. City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.






37. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church - begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.






38. Date: Start of the ten year long Mexican Revolution. Not to be confused with Mexican war of Independence (1810-1821) (Hint: 1__0)






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






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






41. A device for rapid - long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.






42. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's






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






44. 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.






45. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic Republic of Iran.






46. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






47. The most important work of Indian sacred literature - a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.






48. In Indian tradition - the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life.






49. Radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. They eventually seized power in Russia in 1917.






50. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.