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AP World History

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






2. 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






3. East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.






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






5. 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.






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






7. The economic system of large financial institutions-banks - stock exchanges - investment companies-that first developed in early modern Europe. The belief that all people should seek their own profit gain and that doing so is beneficial to society. S






8. Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with many deaths.






9. The belief that the government shouldn't intervene much and should instead let the people do






10. Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe 'putting man first' - and considering humans to be of primary importance.






11. A thermonuclear bomb which uses the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen






12. A long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt (r. 1290-1224 B.C.E.). He reached an accommodation with the Hittites of Anatolia after a military standoff. He built on a grand scale throughout Egypt.






13. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian - Babylonian and Assyrian empires - In the Iron Age - it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Baby






14. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






15. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






16. Date: Haitian Independence (Hint: 1__4)






17. Associations of businessmen and producers






18. 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.






19. An array of Germanic peoples - pushed further westward by nomads from central Asia. They in turn migrated west into Rome - upsetting the rough balance of power that existed between Rome and these people.






20. 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.






21. South Africans descended from Dutch and French settlers of the seventeenth century. Their Great Trek founded new settler colonies in the nineteenth century. Though a minority among South Africans - they held political power after 1910.






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






23. Eighteenth-century English intellectual who warned that population growth threatened future generations because - in his view - population growth would always outstrip increases in agricultural production.






24. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






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






26. German leader of the Nazi Party






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






28. Date: French Revolution begins






29. The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.






30. Date: Russo-Japanese War (Hint: 1__5)






31. Cities opened to foreign residents as a result of the forced treaties between the Qing Empire and foreign signatories. In the in these cities - foreigners enjoyed extraterritoriality.






32. Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.






33. Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet - despite the lack of true centralization - this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties - lasting about 600 years. It left subs






34. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






35. Political party in China from 1911 to 1949; enemy of the Communists. Often abbreviated at GMD.






36. Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time.






37. A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia - he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but - according to Christian belief - after receiving a revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus - he became arguably the most significant figure in the






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






39. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






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






41. Title given the the Roman emperor Octavian which means 'sacred' or 'venerable'






42. Capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during the Middle and New Kingdoms. Amon - patron deity of Thebes - became one of the chief gods of Egypt. Monarchs were buried across the river in the Valley of the Kings. (p. 43)






43. A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. The Temple priesthood conducted sacrifices - received a tithe or percentage of agricultural revenues.

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44. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






45. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






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






47. Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: __66 CE)






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






49. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






50. 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.