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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






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






3. A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires - specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.






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






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






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






7. German leader of the Nazi Party






8. Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script - particularly that of the ancient Egyptians - in which many of the symbols are conventionalized - recognizable pictures of the things represented






9. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






10. Sea-faring proto-Greek kingdom whose abrupt demise triggered the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1200 BCE-800 BCE






11. Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority.






12. Capital of the Aztec Empire - located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150 -000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.






13. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






14. Date: End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification (Hint: 1__1)






15. The period of stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the lands of the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E. The movement of people and trade goods along Roman roads and safe seas allowed for the spread of cuture/ideas.






16. A place where shares in a company or business enterprise are bought and sold.






17. The founder of Buddhism






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






19. Date: Columbus 'Sailed the Ocean Blue' / Reconquista of Spain (Hint: 1__2)






20. The 'divine wind -' which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shores in 1281.






21. First bishop of Chiapas - in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 - which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labo






22. A council whose members were the heads of wealthy - landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings - in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.






23. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






24. German physicist who developed the theory of relativity - which states that time - space - and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.






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






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






27. Date: de-Stalinization in Russia; Egyptian nationalization of Suez Canal (Hint: 1__6)






28. An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany - founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century.






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






30. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






31. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.






32. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






33. The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles are woven. Native to India - it spread throughout Asia and then to the New World. It has been a major cash crop in various places - including early Islamic Iran - Yi Korea - Egypt - and the US






34. An ancient religion of India with a small following today of only about 10 million followers. Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice rely mainly on self-effort to prog






35. Elected assembly in colonial Virginia - created in 1618.






36. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Collective name for South Korea - Taiwan - Hong Kong - and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.






41. 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






42. Date: First Crusade(Hint: ___5 CE)






43. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






44. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






45. Spanish estates that were often plantations






46. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






47. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






48. Powerful Indian state based - like its Mauryan predecessor - in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture.






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






50. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred