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AP World History

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1. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. A major catalyst for WWI.






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






3. The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes.






4. Honorific name of Octavian - founder of the Roman Principate - the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. He established his rule after the death of Julius Caesar and he is considered the first Roman Emperor.






5. Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe 'putting man first' - and considering humans to be of primary importance.






6. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






7. Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.






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






9. 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






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






11. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






12. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






13. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






14. A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.






15. A conduit - either elevated or under ground - using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.






16. An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress - it changed its name in 1923. Eventually brought greater equality.






17. 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






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






19. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics - astronomy - and development of the calendar.






20. 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.






21. The economic system of large financial institutions-banks - stock exchanges - investment companies-that first developed in early modern Europe. The belief that all people should seek their own profit gain and that doing so is beneficial to society. S






22. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






23. International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy - Japan - and Germany in the 1930s.






24. English overthrow of 1688-1689 in which James II was expelled and William and Mary were made king and queen. The significance is that Parliament made the monarchy powerless - gave themselves all the power - and wrote a bill of Rights. The whole thing






25. In medieval Europe - a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord - usually in exchange for the use of land.






26. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.






27. Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.






28. French General who founded the French Fifth Republicn in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969






29. British entrepreneur and politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa. The colonies of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were named after him. (p. 736)






30. The peace agreement made between Napoleon and the Pope following the chaos of the French Revolution.






31. 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






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






33. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






34. A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.






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






36. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






37. Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France - involving English and French royal families and French noble families.






38. Economic system with private/ corporate ownership/ competitive market






39. Date: Congress of Vienna (Hint: 1__5)






40. The intellectual movement in Europe - initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics - that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science.






41. An imperial eunuch and Muslim - entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean - from Southeast Asia to Africa.






42. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






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






44. Date: Mongols sack Baghdad(Hint: __58 CE)






45. 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.






46. City located in present-day Tunisia - founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.






47. Date: end of WWII






48. A member of the more mystical third sect of Islam






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






50. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.