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AP World History

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1. Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.






2. Very radical French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






3. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






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






5. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






6. Date: Marco Polo Travels(Hint: '__71-__95 CE')






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






8. Goal of international efforts to prevent countries other than the five declared nuclear powers (United States - Russia - Britain - France - and China) from obtaining nuclear weapons. The first Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in 1968.






9. An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.






10. 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.






11. The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft - especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






12. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






13. Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured and executed in 1811.






14. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba






15. Trade triangle between US - Britain - and Africa. Ships would take valued goods to Britain from America - get money - sail down to Africa - buy slaves - and take them back to America






16. 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






17. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






18. City in Japan - the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb - on August 6 - 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.






19. A device for rapid - long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.






20. Date: Stock Market Crash






21. 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






22. Last imam in a series of twelve descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali - whom Shi'ites consider divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. In occlusion since ca. 873 - he is expected to return as an apocolyptic messiah at the end of time.






23. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






24. Persian capital from the 16th to 18th centuries found in central Iran






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






26. In medieval Europe - an association of men (rarely women) - such as merchants - artisans - or professors - who worked in a particular trade and created an organized institution to promote their economic and political interests.






27. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.






28. 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.






29. Removal of entire peoples used as terror tactic by Assyrian and Persian Empires.






30. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






31. Date: Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Hint: 1__1)






32. 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.






33. The supporters of a doctrine in the early Christian Church that held that the incarnate Christ possessed a single - wholly divine nature. they opposed the orthodox view that Christ had a double nature - one divine and one human - and emphasized his d






34. Date: Korean War starts






35. The belief that there is a God - but after the creation of the world became indifferent to it






36. One of the early proto-Greek peoples from 2600 BCE to 1500 BCE. Inhabitants of the island of Crete. Their site of Knossos is pictured above.






37. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






38. '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






39. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.






40. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






41. Date: Congress of Vienna (Hint: 1__5)






42. East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.






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






44. Period in the 16th and 17th centuries where many thinkers rejected doctrines of the past dealing with the natural world in favor of new scientific ideas.






45. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






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






47. A term for the books of the Bible that make up the Hebrew canon.






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


49. Date: Greek Golden Age - Philosophers(Hint '___ century BCE')






50. 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.