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AP World History

Subjects : history, ap, bvat
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1. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.






2. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






3. A system in which - from the time of the Han Empire - countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states - acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China.






4. A place where shares in a company or business enterprise are bought and sold.






5. Persian capital from the 16th to 18th centuries found in central Iran






6. Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.






7. 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.






8. Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.






9. Dictator of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Defeated in the presidential election of 1930 - he overthrew the government and created Estado Novo ('New State') - a dictatorship that emphasized industrialization.






10. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






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






12. The initials of the international body established in 1995 to foster and bring order to international trade.






13. The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)






14. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






15. The belief that there is a God - but after the creation of the world became indifferent to it






16. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






17. Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675 - warriors from this group mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.






18. A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source






19. The cycle of life in Hinduism






20. The theologians and legal experts of Islam.






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






22. A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. It was first mass-produced in the 1860s and quickly became the most widely used metal in construction - machinery - and railroad equipment.






23. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7 - 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II.






24. President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II.






25. 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.






26. Economic system with private/ corporate ownership/ competitive market






27. The founder of Buddhism






28. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






29. Greek Historian - considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively - collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.






30. A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first short-lived Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler - Shi Huangdi - standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved his subjects.






31. Leader of the Soviet Union directly after the Russian Revolution.






32. German leader of the Nazi Party






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






34. Son of Cyrus II; extended the Persian Empire into Egypt






35. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.






36. Suffering is always present in life; desire is the cause of suffering; freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana; the Eightfold Path leads to nirvana






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






38. Moroccan Muslim scholar - the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.






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






40. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






41. Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa - France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany - Belgium - Portugal - Italy - and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.






42. A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.






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






44. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






45. Date: End of Pax Romana(Hint: _80 CE)






46. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






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






48. 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.






49. First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus - the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.






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