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AP World History

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






2. Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority.






3. Date: Pizarro Toppled the Incas (Hint: 1__3)






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






5. Wife of Juan Peron and champion of the poor in Argentina. She was a gifted speaker and popular political leader who campaigned to improve the life of the urban poor by founding schools and hospitals and providing other social benefits.






6. A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda - Emphasizing truth-telling - purity - and reverence for nature - the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil






7. A soldier in South Asia - especially in the service of the British.






8. 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.






9. Beginning in the eleventh century - military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims. In 1492 the last Muslim ruler was defeated - and Spain and Portugal emerged as united kingdoms.






10. Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent






11. 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






12. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






13. 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.






14. Explorer of West Africa in the 15th century - making many new discoveries there about Africa.






15. 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.






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

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17. 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






18. The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus.






19. Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.






20. 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.






21. Date: Alexander the Great dies(Hint: '_23 BCE')






22. A term used to designate (1) the ethnic Chinese people who originated in the Yellow River Valley and spread throughout regions of China suitable for agriculture and (2) the dynasty of emperors who ruled from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.






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






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






25. Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.






26. Nazis' program during World War II to kill people they considered undesirable. Some 6 million Jews perished during the Holocaust - along with millions of Poles - Gypsies - Communists - Socialists - and others.






27. Date: Stock Market Crash






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






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






30. Famous artist/painter in the 15th century. Created 'The Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'






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






32. 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






33. In medieval Europe - a large - self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house) - outbuildings - peasant village - and surrounding land.






34. Date: Martin Luther and 95 Theses (Hint: 1__9)






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






36. A system in which - from the time of the Han Empire - countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states - acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China.






37. 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.






38. The most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520-1566); also known as 'The Lawgiver.' He significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.






39. The kingdoms of southern India - inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages - which developed in partial isolation - and somewhat differently - from the Aryan north.






40. Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down.






41. A well known Italian Renaissance artist - architect - musician - mathemetician - engineer - and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.






42. The Spanish conqueror of Mexico






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






44. A political ideology that emphasizes rule of law - representative democracy - rights of citizens - and the protection of private property. This ideology - derived from the Enlightenment - was especially popular among the property-owning middle classe






45. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






46. 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.






47. The central text of Daoism.






48. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






49. Connected China - India - and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.






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