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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. Date: German Unification (Hint: 1__1)






2. Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.






3. Date: First Crusade(Hint: ___5 CE)






4. An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History.






9. Concession from Spanish letting a colonist take tribute from Indians in a certain area






10. Date: declaration of of Israeli statehood






11. Date: Beginnings of Christianity(Hint: _2 CE)






12. During the Cold War - countries who did not want to support either side sometimes declared themselves to be.






13. 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.






14. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order and establish a plan for a new balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon.






15. 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.






16. Literally 'those who serve -' the hereditary military elite in Feudal Japan as well as during the Tokugawa Shogunate.






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






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






19. 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.






20. German astronomer and mathematician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries - known as the founder of celestial mechanics






21. Date: Year of successful Russian Revolution(s)






22. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry






23. Organization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. (See also Warsaw Pact.)






24. Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism






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






26. Capital of the Aztec Empire - located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150 -000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.






27. 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.






28. City in North Africa that developed trading outposts in Italy; Rome toke control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars






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






30. Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media - Lydia - and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples.






31. Chinese School of Thought that believes the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it - avoid futile struggles - and deviate as little as possible from 'the way' or 'path' of nature.






32. Substance used for the domination of trade in the Indian Ocean by the British






33. Political organization founded in India in 1906 to defend the interests of India's Muslim minority. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah - it attempted to negotiate with the Indian National Congress. Demanded the partition of a Muslim Pakistan.






34. Leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1927-1976). He led the Communists on the Long March (1934-1935) and rebuilt the Communist Party and Red Army during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945).






35. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






36. Someone with interracial ancestry - especially found in Latin America






37. A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malaysian Peninsula - Indonesia - and the Philippines - then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190)






38. A major public works program in the United States during the Great Depression.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands - and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.






43. His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials. Although his real name was Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.).






44. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany - on the one hand - and France and Britain - on the other.






45. Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. Exerted powerful cultural influences on the early Greeks.






46. A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda - Emphasizing truth-telling - purity - and reverence for nature - the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil






47. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






48. The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men - it gradually added qualified Indians.






49. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






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