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AP World History

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






2. Originally - a title meaning 'universal priest' that the Mongol khans invented and bestowed on a Tibetan lama (priest) in the late 1500s to legitimate their power in Tibet. Subsequently - the title of the religious and political leader of Tibet.






3. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






4. The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.






5. The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles are woven. Native to India - it spread throughout Asia and then to the New World. It has been a major cash crop in various places - including early Islamic Iran - Yi Korea - Egypt - and the US






6. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires - they were based on gift giving and commercial links.






7. 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.






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






9. Associations of businessmen and producers






10. English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.






11. Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet - despite the lack of true centralization - this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties - lasting about 600 years. It left subs






12. Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675 - warriors from this group mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.






13. Effort to eradicate a people and its culture by means of mass killing and the destruction of historical buildings and cultural materials. It was used for example by both sides in the conflicts that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia.






14. Chinese dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished - Border Policy was good - but not well enough enforced - as they were taken over by the Manchu from the North in 1644.






15. 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.






16. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country - disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.






17. Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE.






18. 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.






19. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






20. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.






21. Date: Battle of Sekigahara - Beginning of Tokugawa (Hint: 1__0)






22. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






23. 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)






24. A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese)






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






26. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






27. President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Waged war on Iran in 1980-1988. In 1990 he ordered an invasion of Kuwait but was defeated by United States and its allies in the Gulf War (1991). Defeated by US led invasion in 2003.






28. Completed in 449 BCE - these civil laws developed by the Roman Republic to protect individual following demands by plebeians.






29. 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.






30. A complex of palaces - reception halls - and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes in the Persian homelan






31. Date: Treaty of Versailles - End of WWI






32. Portuguese navigator that discovered the Cape of Good Hope






33. Descendants of the Europeans in Latin America - usually implies an upper class status.






34. Large nomadic group from northern Asia who invaded territories extending from China to Eastern Europe. They virtually lived on their horses - herding cattle - sheep - and horses as well as hunting.






35. Treaty that concluded the Opium War. It awarded Britain a large indemnity from the Qing Empire - denied the Qing government tariff control over some of its own borders - opened additional ports of residence to Britons - and ceded Hong Kong to Britain






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






37. 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.






38. The network of Atlantic Ocean trade routes between Europe - Africa - and the Americas that underlay the Atlantic system.






39. Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






49. Members of a religious community founded in the Punjab region of India.






50. 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.