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AP World History

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1. In China - a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime.






2. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death






3. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






4. This area possessed the biggest network of sea-based trade in the postclassical period prior to the rise of Atlantic-based trade.






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






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






7. Controversy Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands.






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






9. Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.






10. A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.






11. The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia - where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.






12. First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus - the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.






13. Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.






14. Roman emperor (r. 312-337). After reuniting the Roman Empire - he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a tolerated/favored religion.






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






16. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






17. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities - but the large-scale implies central planning.






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






19. Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.






20. A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital of the Byzantine empire and later the Ottoman empire - now known as Istanbul






21. The general named often used to describe the original inhabitants of Australia






22. South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations






23. An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron.






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






25. 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)






26. 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.






27. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






28. Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States - it opened in 1915.






29. 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.






30. Networks of iron (later steel) rails on which steam (later electric or diesel) locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds. The first were built in England in the 1830s. Success caused the construction of these to boom lasting into the 20th Century






31. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's






32. Term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic - Buddhist - and south Indian religious concepts and practices.






33. Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time.






34. Belief in a single divine entity. The Israelite worship of Yahweh developed into an exclusive belief in one god - and this concept passed into Christianity and Islam.






35. Incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu made famous in the Ramayana






36. 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






37. 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.






38. The extension of political rule by one people over other - different peoples. First done by Sargon of Akkad to the Sumerian city states.






39. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






40. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire - reached the Indus Valley - founded many Greek-style cities - and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.






41. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century.






42. Son of Cyrus II; extended the Persian Empire into Egypt






43. 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.






44. Date: Roman Capital moved to Constantinople(Hint: _33 CE)






45. Large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria.






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






47. Building erected in London - for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made of iron and glass - like a gigantic greenhouse - it was a symbol of the industrial age.






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






49. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






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







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