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AP World History

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






2. A technique of painting on walls covered with moist plaster. It was used to decorate Minoan and Mycenaean palaces and Roman villas - and became an important medium during the Italian Renaissance.






3. Chinese nationalist revolutionary - founder and leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders.






4. Zealous proponent of Christianity who was instrumental in its spread beyond Judaism






5. 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.






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






7. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea






8. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






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






10. The Ottoman province in the Balkans that rose up against Janissary control in the early 1800s. Terrorists from here triggered WWI. After World War II it became the central province of Yugoslavia.






11. Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward - the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)






12. 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.






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






14. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution






15. 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.






16. A council whose members were the heads of wealthy - landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings - in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.






17. The cycle of life in Hinduism






18. Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899 - but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.






19. Date: Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu (Hint: 1__4)






20. 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






21. Rebel forces in Nicaragua who struggled against what they saw as US occupation of their nation and US backed puppet rulers in their nation's government. Particularly active in the 1970s and 1980s. The US frequently arranged groups to fight against th






22. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






23. The theory developed in early modern England and spread elsewhere that royal power should be subject to legal and legislative checks.






24. 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.






25. Term applied to a group of 'developing' or 'underdeveloped' countries who professed nonalignment during the Cold War.






26. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






27. Associations of businessmen and producers






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






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






30. Date: Founding of Jamestown (Hint: 1__7)






31. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






32. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






33. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






34. An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of nationality






35. A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity - said to be a 'rebirth' of Greco-Roman culture. From roughly the mid-fourteenth to mid-fifteenth century followed by this movement spreading into the Northern Europe during 1400-1600






36. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






37. The trading of various animals - diseases - and crops between the Eastern and Western hemispheres






38. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






39. Date: Start of the ten year long Mexican Revolution. Not to be confused with Mexican war of Independence (1810-1821) (Hint: 1__0)






40. An organization promoting economic unity in Europe formed in 1967 by consolidation of earlier - more limited - agreements. Replaced by the European Union (EU) in 1993.






41. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






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






43. German physicist who developed the theory of relativity - which states that time - space - and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.






44. Date: Iranian Revolution (Hint: 1__9)






45. 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.






46. Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.






47. Woodrow Wilson's plan put before the League of Nations to prevent future war.






48. Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital






49. in Ancient Rome - a plebian officer elected by plebeians charged to protect their lives and properties - with a right of veto against legislative proposals of the Senate.






50. Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.







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