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AP World History

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1. City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire






2. Policy proclaimed by Vladimir Lenin in 1924 to encourage the revival of the Soviet economy by allowing small private business and farming using markets instead of communist state ownership. His idea was that the Soviet state would just control 'the c






3. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






4. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






5. Date: Ottomans capture Constantinople (Hint: __53 CE)






6. In Daoist belief - complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine - light - and active qualities while the other with feminine - dark - and passive qualities.






7. English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.






8. Government ruled by a single party and/or person that exerts unlimited control over its citizen's lives.






9. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






10. A small - highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.






11. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






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






13. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






14. Date: First Opium War in China (Hint: 1__9)






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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Removal of entire peoples used as terror tactic by Assyrian and Persian Empires.






19. Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico - Central America - and Peru. (Examples Cortez - Pizarro - Francisco.)






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






21. Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity - obedience - and poverty. (Primary Centers of Learning in Medieval Europe)






22. Date: WWI (from start to finish)(Hint: '19__-19__')






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India - opening an important commercial sea route.






26. The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another.






27. Belief in a single divine entity. The Israelite worship of Yahweh developed into an exclusive belief in one god - and this concept passed into Christianity and Islam.






28. Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: _21 BCE)






29. Date: Cortez conquered the Aztecs (Hint: 1__1)






30. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






31. French revolutionary group formed mainly by middle classes who opposed more radical






32. Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520






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






34. The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age






35. Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script - particularly that of the ancient Egyptians - in which many of the symbols are conventionalized - recognizable pictures of the things represented






36. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






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






38. The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation.






39. Centralized Indian empire of varying extent - created by Muslim invaders.






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






41. 'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. The idea that government should refrain from interfering in economic affairs. The classic exposition of laissez-faire principles is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776).






47. An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany - founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century.






48. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






49. Ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. Ruled with an iron fist - using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition.






50. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.