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AP World History

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1. The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Romans did not seek to Romanize them - but the subjugated people pursued it.






2. The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology - cuneiform - and religious concept






3. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






4. An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade - created to defend the interests of members through strikes or negotiations with employers.






5. 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.






6. Economic policy that restricted the outflow of money; made state stronger economically






7. Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor - but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952.






8. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.






9. Empire in southern China (1127-1279) while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology - medicine - astronomy - and mathematics.






10. Traditional records of the deeds of Muhammad - and his quotations






11. One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt






12. Pupil of Plato who tutored Alexander the Great; argued for small units of government like the city-state






13. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






14. The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.






15. First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E.






16. Political organization founded in India in 1906 to defend the interests of India's Muslim minority. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah - it attempted to negotiate with the Indian National Congress. Demanded the partition of a Muslim Pakistan.






17. In Indian tradition - the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life.






18. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






19. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






20. A small - highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.






21. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry






22. Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe during a time after the Congress of Vienna when conservative monarchs were trying to maintain their power. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany - Austria - Italy - and Hunga






23. Also known as Mexica - they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.






24. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.






25. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






26. Allocation of former German colonies and Ottoman possessions to the victorious powers after World War I - to be administered under League of Nations supervision. Used especially in reference to the Western European possession of the Middle East after






27. A popular philosophical movement of the 1700s that focused on human reasoning - natural science - political and ethical philosophy.






28. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






29. Land-owning noblemen in Ancient Rome






30. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






31. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






32. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






33. The last Aztec emperor. Here he is on vacation at the beach - just days before being captured and killed by Cortés in 1520.






34. 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.






35. The most important work of Indian sacred literature - a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.






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






37. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






38. Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.






39. The policy in international relations by which - beginning in the eighteenth century - the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful.






40. Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens.






41. Subordinate to Alexander who took over Egypt after his death






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






43. A thermonuclear bomb which uses the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen






44. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






45. 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.






46. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires - they were based on gift giving and commercial links.






47. Chinese School of Thought that believes the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it - avoid futile struggles - and deviate as little as possible from 'the way' or 'path' of nature.






48. A group of Turkic-speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744 to 840 in Mongolia and Central Asia. (p. 284)






49. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






50. Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median - Lydian - and Babylonian empires