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AP World History

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1. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.






2. German physicist who developed quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.






3. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






4. A French Protestant






5. A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.






6. Date: German Unification (Hint: 1__1)






7. A trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507)






8. Term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic - Buddhist - and south Indian religious concepts and practices.






9. The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus.






10. A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces - they vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria.






11. Date: Slaves begin moving to Americas (Hint: 1__2)






12. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.






13. West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from 500 CE-1400's






14. Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population






15. A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development - trade promotion - and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.






16. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






17. Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.






18. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






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






20. Date: Battle of Manzikert(Hint: __71 CE)






21. Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West - but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.






22. 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.






23. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






24. 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.






25. The trading of various animals - diseases - and crops between the Eastern and Western hemispheres






26. The treaty imposed on Germany by France - Great Britain - the United States - and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans.






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






28. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean - both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.






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






30. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






31. 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.






32. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






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






34. A Roman bribery method of coping with class difference. Entertainment and food was offered to keep plebeians quiet without actually solving unemployment problems.






35. A popular philosophical movement of the 1700s that focused on human reasoning - natural science - political and ethical philosophy.






36. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






37. A pledge signed by all but one of the members of the Third Estate in France - the first time the French formally opposed Louis XVI






38. Infantry - originally of slave origin - armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.






39. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






40. 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






41. 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)






42. African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy - trading gold - slaves - and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain.






43. One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home to approximately 50 -000 people at its height. Evidence suggests domestication of agriculture and trade with nearby regions.






44. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






45. The policy in international relations by which - beginning in the eighteenth century - the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.