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AP World History

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






2. An umbrella term for people of diverse perspectives but many of whom typically advocate equality - protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and state ownership of major industries. This ideology led to the founding of certain labor






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






4. Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Mainly found in Iran and a small part of Iraq. It is the state religion of Iran. A member of this group is called a Shi'ite.

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5. 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






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






7. Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.






8. When colonists were allowed to use Indians for forced labor in colonial South America - also known as the repartimiento system






9. Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. See Jacobins.






10. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






11. Heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation. Hoplite armies-militias composed of middle- and upper-class citizens supplying their own equipment. Famously defeated superior nu






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






13. Conference that German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called to set rules for the partition of Africa. It led to the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium.






14. The most significant Mesoamerican city.






15. An ancient Greek philosophy that became popular amongst many notable Romans. Emphasis on ethics. They considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment - and that a wise person would repress emotions - especially negative ones an






16. Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.






17. A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.






18. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






19. A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. The Temple priesthood conducted sacrifices - received a tithe or percentage of agricultural revenues.

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20. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.






21. He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.






22. A social system that separated people by occupation - the caste system in India has virtually no social mobility






23. The founder of Buddhism






24. Revolutionary and leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time - he was ultimately assassinate






25. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






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






27. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






28. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






29. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






30. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






31. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






32. City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.






33. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.






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






35. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






36. The period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty - characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty.






37. The central text of Daoism.






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






39. 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.






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






41. An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama - who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of this word) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.






42. Part of the second triumvirate whom the power eventually shifted to. Assumed the name Augustus Caesar - and became emperor. Was the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Pax Romana.






43. War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment - torture - and executions by the military.






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






45. Date: Fall of Rome(Hint: _76 CE)






46. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






47. Date: 1st Palestinian Intifada (Hint: 1__7)






48. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






49. Date: Pearl Harbor - entry of US into WWII






50. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean - both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.