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AP World History

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1. Last imam in a series of twelve descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali - whom Shi'ites consider divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. In occlusion since ca. 873 - he is expected to return as an apocolyptic messiah at the end of time.






2. An epic poem from Mesopotamia - and among the earliest known works of literary writing.






3. Italian political party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy from 1922 to 1943.






4. Women forced into prostitution by the Japanese during WWII. The women came from countries in East and Southeast Asia as Japan's empire expanded.






5. A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food - cloth - and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.






6. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






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






8. The Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.






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






10. Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome - but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Isl






11. 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.






12. Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424) - the third emperor of the Ming Empire (r. 1403-1424).Sponsored the building of the Forbidden City - a huge encyclopedia project - the expeditions of Zheng He - and the reopening of China's borders to trade and trav






13. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred






14. Government established at Kiev in Ukraine around 879 CE by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population.






15. One of the first monotheistic religions - particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.






20. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities






21. City - now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) - whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 - when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.






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






23. Economic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one - while maintaining the legal independence of the weaker state. In the late nineteenth century - this new form of economic imperialism characterized the relations between the Latin America






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






25. Precursor the United Nations created after World War I.






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






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






28. A 184 C.E. peasant revolt against emperor Ling of Han. Led by Daoists who proclaimed that a new era would be3ing with the fall of the Han. Although this specific revolt was suppressed - it triggered a continuous string of additional outbreaks.






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






30. The 18th century privatization of common lands in England - which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.






31. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






32. Considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers in sub-Saharan Africa.






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






34. Subordinate to Alexander who took over Egypt after his death






35. The 'divine wind -' which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shores in 1281.






36. Date: Origin of Buddhism - Confucianism - Taoism(Hint ___ century BCE)






37. Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe. Reflecting the ancient Egyptians' belief in an essentially beneficent world - the divine ruler was the earthly guarantor of this order.

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38. Controversy Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands.






39. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.






40. 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)






41. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






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






43. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






44. Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar






45. 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.






46. A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade - farming - and mining.






47. Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic - reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.






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






49. A major Hindu god called The Preserver.






50. Peoples of the Russian Empire who lived outside the farming villages - often as herders - mercenaries - or outlaws. Cossacks led the conquest of Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.