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AP World History

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1. An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama - who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of this word) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.






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






3. Nazi extermination camp in Poland - the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews - Gypsies - Communists - and others were killed there. (p. 800)






4. Government established at Kiev in Ukraine around 879 CE by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population.






5. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church - begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.






6. General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang - he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong.






7. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






8. All non-land-owning - free men in Ancient Rome






9. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






10. A general term for a class of prosperous families - sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.






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






12. City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad - and ritual center of the Islamic religion.






13. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






14. The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History.






15. Muslim dynasty after Ummayd - a dynasty that lasted about two centuries that had about 150 years of Persia conquer and was created by Mohammad's youngest uncle's sons






16. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






17. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






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






19. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. A major catalyst for WWI.






20. Mass murder of Jews under the Nazi Regime






21. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






22. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General - the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. nationalism -Political ideology that stresses people






23. Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa.






24. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






25. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






26. City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire






27. Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes.






28. French wars against England - Prussia - Russia - and Austria led by Napoleon






29. European scholars - writers - and teachers associated with the study of the humanities (grammar - rhetoric - poetry - history - languages - and moral philosophy) - influential in the fifteenth century and later.






30. Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.






31. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






32. 'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods






33. 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






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






35. Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.






36. Date: Pearl Harbor - entry of US into WWII






37. Compilations of hymns - religious reflections - and Aryan conquests






38. Portuguese navigator that discovered the Cape of Good Hope






39. Philosophy that emphasizes human reason and ethics; sometimes denies the existence of a god






40. A member of the warrior class in premodern feudal Japan






41. Date: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British (Hint: 1__8)






42. Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly - beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel - electricity - machinery - and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state.






43. A 184 C.E. peasant revolt against emperor Ling of Han. Led by Daoists who proclaimed that a new era would be3ing with the fall of the Han. Although this specific revolt was suppressed - it triggered a continuous string of additional outbreaks.






44. International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.






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






46. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






47. A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse - paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.






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






49. In early modern Europe - the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came from manufacturing - finance - commerce - and allied professions.






50. 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.