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AP World History

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1. Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.






2. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






3. A slave soldier of the Ottoman Army






4. A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malaysian Peninsula - Indonesia - and the Philippines - then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190)






5. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






6. Under the Islamic system of military slavery - Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state - ruling Egypt and Syria (125






7. Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars - the earliest surviving Indian writing.






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






9. 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






10. Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki - Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.






11. English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.






12. Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899 - but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.






13. The central text of Daoism.






14. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






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






16. Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England - he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.






17. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






18. Completed in 449 BCE - these civil laws developed by the Roman Republic to protect individual following demands by plebeians.






19. War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately - Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonian






20. The more mystical and larger of the two main Buddhist sects - this one originated in India in the 400s CE and gradually found its way north to the Silk road and into Central and East Asia.






21. A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.






22. 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.






23. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






24. Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome - but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Isl






25. 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.






26. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






27. Leader of the reformation that was excommunicated by the Catholic church due to his opposition to certain practices






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






29. An Indo-European - Indic language - in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India.






30. Precursor the United Nations created after World War I.






31. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






32. One of the first monotheistic religions - particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.






33. Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644 - which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.






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






35. 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.






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






37. Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state.






38. Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.






39. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






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






41. System of government in which all 'citizens' (however defined) have equal political and legal rights - privileges - and protections - as in the Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. Demographic Transition -A change in th






42. War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment - torture - and executions by the military.






43. 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.






44. Revolutionary and leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time - he was ultimately assassinate






45. Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire






46. The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)






47. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






48. A major Hindu god called The Preserver.






49. Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital






50. Leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1927-1976). He led the Communists on the Long March (1934-1935) and rebuilt the Communist Party and Red Army during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945).