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AP World History

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1. Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers - the United States - and Japan - which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.






2. A collection of ancient stories that feature Hindu gods such as Vishnu and Shiva






3. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






4. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






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






6. 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






7. Date: Battle of Manzikert(Hint: __71 CE)






8. A popular philosophical movement of the 1700s that focused on human reasoning - natural science - political and ethical philosophy.






9. Shah of Iran (r. 1587-1629). The most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire - he moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598 - where he erected many palaces - mosques - and public buildings. (p. 533)






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






11. 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






12. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






13. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.






14. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.






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






16. The smallest units of the Roman army - each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 of these. They also formed political divisions of Roman citizens.






17. Date: 7 years war between France and Britain begins (Hint: 1__6)






18. Government established at Kiev in Ukraine around 879 CE by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population.






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






20. Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India






21. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.






22. The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy - nobility - and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time - but the 3rd estate demanded more rights






23. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






24. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






25. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






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. The central text of Daoism.






28. The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age






29. Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste - and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.






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






31. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






32. English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands - and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.






33. 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.






34. System of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds - syllables - or concepts. Used for official and monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.






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






36. A grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.






37. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






38. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






39. The process by which different ethnic groups lose their distinctive cultural identity through contact with the dominant culture of a society - and gradually become absorbed and integrated into it.






40. Date: WWI (from start to finish)(Hint: '19__-19__')






41. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






42. 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.






43. Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE.






44. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






45. Roman philosophy which emphasizes accepting life dispassionately






46. A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies - built cities - and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script.






47. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






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






49. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.






50. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry