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1. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate






2. A conduit - either elevated or under ground - using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.






3. A worldview and a moral philosophy that considers humans to be of primary importance. It is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity - concerns - and capabilities - particularly rationality. A






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






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






6. 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.






7. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






8. A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth - when the revolution started - he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata.






9. A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men.






10. Economic policy that restricted the outflow of money; made state stronger economically






11. 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.






12. Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.






13. An adherent of the Islamic religion.






14. A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution






15. Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West - but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.






16. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea






17. 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.






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






19. Date: Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights (Hint: 1__9)






20. A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.






21. A person who lives a way of life - forced by a scarcity of resources - in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.






22. Devised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center - and not earth.






23. 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.






24. English inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the first Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame - a machine that - with minimal human supervision - could spin several threads at onc






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






26. Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India - opening an important commercial sea route.






27. 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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28. Date: Fall of Rome(Hint: _76 CE)






29. 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






30. Date: Thirty Years War begins (Hint: 1__8)






31. The forgiveness of the punishment due for past sins - granted by the Catholic Church authorities as a reward for a pious act. Martin Luther's protest against the sale of these is often seen as touching off the Protestant Reformation.






32. Empire in southern China (1127-1279) while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology - medicine - astronomy - and mathematics.






33. Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war






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






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






36. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics - astronomy - and development of the calendar.






37. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.






38. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






39. The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E. - during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. (p. 148)






40. The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men - it gradually added qualified Indians.






41. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.






42. German physicist - father of modern quantum physics.






43. The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.






44. 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.






45. German leader of the Nazi Party






46. Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward - the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)






47. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






48. Release from suffering into a blissful nothingness






49. Russian term for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is 'restructuring' - referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.






50. The network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods - wealth - people - and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin. (p. 497)







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