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AP World History

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1. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7 - 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II.






2. 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






3. An ancient Greek philosophy that became popular amongst many notable Romans. Emphasis on ethics. They considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment - and that a wise person would repress emotions - especially negative ones an






4. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.

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5. Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC






6. The collection of Jewish rabbinic discussion pertaining to law - ethics - and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara.






7. 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.






8. A privileged male slave whose job was to ensure that a slave gang did its work on a plantation.






9. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






10. 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.






11. Large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria.






12. The network of Atlantic Ocean trade routes between Europe - Africa - and the Americas that underlay the Atlantic system.






13. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






14. 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.






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






16. British passenger ship holding Americans that sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1915 by German U-Boats killing 1 -198 people. It was decisive in turning public favor against Germany and bringing America into WWI.






17. The formula - brought to China in the 400s or 500s - was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs - shot - and bullets.






18. 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.






19. Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.






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






21. Term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic - Buddhist - and south Indian religious concepts and practices.






22. A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E. - based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship.






23. 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.






24. A system that the Spanish let colonists employ Indians in forced labor






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






26. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.






27. 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.






28. Weaving - sewing - carving - and other small-scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers - frequently women - are usually independent. Most manufacturing was done this way before the industrial revolution.






29. Date: end of WWII






30. The community of believers in Islam - which transcends ethnic and political boundaries.






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






32. A small - highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.






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






34. Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media - Lydia - and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples.






35. When colonists were allowed to use Indians for forced labor in colonial South America - also known as the repartimiento system






36. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






37. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






38. German physicist - father of modern quantum physics.






39. Date: End of Han Dynasty(Hint: _20 CE)






40. Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou - was the prerogative of Heaven - the chief deity - to grant power to the ruler of China.






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






42. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






43. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






44. An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century - apparently in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire.






45. Associations like those of merchants or artisans - organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members - and that sometimes constituted a local governing body.






46. Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism






47. A tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran - the most important basis for Islamic law.






48. Date: 9/11 Attacks






49. First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top - followed by farmers - artisans - and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.






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







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