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AP World History

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1. Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia






2. German physicist who developed quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.






3. 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.






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






5. Assyrian resurgence that initiated a series of conquests until a combined attack by Medes and Babylon defeated them






6. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






7. War between France and Britain - lasted 116 years - mostly a time of peace - but it was punctuated by times of brutal violence (1337 to 1453)






8. 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.






9. Date: Beginning of Bronze Age and river valley civilizations (Hint: _000s BCE)






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 - in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization - industrialization - and imperialism.






15. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany - on the one hand - and France and Britain - on the other.






16. The community of believers in Islam - which transcends ethnic and political boundaries.






17. The last of pre-Islamic Persian Empire - from 224 to 651 CE. One of the two main powers in Western Asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years






18. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.






19. The treaty imposed on Germany by France - Great Britain - the United States - and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans.






20. Moroccan Muslim scholar - the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.






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






22. Empress of China and mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest - supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers - and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces.






23. A place where shares in a company or business enterprise are bought and sold.






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






25. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. In the late 1980s this techno






26. Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media - Lydia - and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples.






27. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






28. A French general and then French Emperor later exiled to the island of St. Helena






29. Under the Roman Republic - one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata - the consuls held office for one year and each had power of veto over the o






30. During the Cold War - local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed - trained - and financed the combatants.






31. 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.






32. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






33. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428)






34. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






35. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.






36. 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






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






38. Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West - but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.






39. A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the native America






40. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.






41. Date: End of Zheng He's Voyages/Rise of Ottomans (Hint: __33 CE)






42. Treaty with harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.






43. A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution






44. Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520






45. Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom. In Homer's epic poems Mycenae was the base of King Agamemnon - who commanded the Greeks besieging Troy.






46. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






47. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






48. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






49. Date: Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade (Hint: 1__3)






50. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.