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AP World History

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1. Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent






2. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.






3. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






4. The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)






5. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






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






7. Honorific name of Octavian - founder of the Roman Principate - the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. He established his rule after the death of Julius Caesar and he is considered the first Roman Emperor.






8. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece - Egypt - and Persia






9. King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire - which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate - though started an intellectual revival.






10. A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.






11. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






12. A worldview and a moral philosophy that considers humans to be of primary importance. It is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity - concerns - and capabilities - particularly rationality. A






13. 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






14. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






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






16. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






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






18. 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.






19. System of government in which all 'citizens' (however defined) have equal political and legal rights - privileges - and protections - as in the Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. Demographic Transition -A change in th






20. Nonprofit international organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing humanitarian relief. Two NGOs won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1990s: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and Doctors Without Borders (1999).






21. Emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1889-1911). He enlarged Ethiopia to its present dimensions and defeated an Italian invasion at Adowa (1896).






22. Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.






23. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






24. Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century. Today this region includes part o






25. 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.


26. Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.






27. Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle - al-Abbas - they overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258.






28. British passenger ship holding Americans that sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1915 by German U-Boats killing 1 -198 people. It was decisive in turning public favor against Germany and bringing America into WWI.






29. Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki - Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.






30. Date: Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights (Hint: 1__9)






31. 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.






32. Trade triangle between US - Britain - and Africa. Ships would take valued goods to Britain from America - get money - sail down to Africa - buy slaves - and take them back to America






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






34. 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.






35. A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E. - based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship.






36. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.






37. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






38. Date: Pearl Harbor - entry of US into WWII






39. Building erected in London - for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made of iron and glass - like a gigantic greenhouse - it was a symbol of the industrial age.






40. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.






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






42. The central text of Daoism.






43. The unification of opposing people - ideas - or practices






44. Goal of international efforts to prevent countries other than the five declared nuclear powers (United States - Russia - Britain - France - and China) from obtaining nuclear weapons. The first Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in 1968.






45. (1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.






46. Date: independence & partition of India






47. Also known as Mexica - they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.






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






49. Title given the the Roman emperor Octavian which means 'sacred' or 'venerable'






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