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AP World History

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1. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. In the late 1980s this techno






2. Networks of iron (later steel) rails on which steam (later electric or diesel) locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds. The first were built in England in the 1830s. Success caused the construction of these to boom lasting into the 20th Century






3. Islamic society that ruled the area that is currently Iran during 1502-1736






4. System of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds - syllables - or concepts. Used for official and monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.






5. South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations






6. A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.






7. A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse - paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.






8. English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine-quality pottery by industrial methods.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. Nazi extermination camp in Poland - the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews - Gypsies - Communists - and others were killed there. (p. 800)






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






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






15. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






16. 1st unified imperial Chinese dynasty






17. 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.






18. Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.






19. 'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods






20. The first permanent English settlement in North America - found in East Virginia






21. Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.






22. An ancient Greek philosophy that became popular amongst many notable Romans. Emphasis on ethics. They considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment - and that a wise person would repress emotions - especially negative ones an






23. Date: Columbus 'Sailed the Ocean Blue' / Reconquista of Spain (Hint: 1__2)






24. A term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely.






25. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.






26. Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernican model of the solar system.






27. Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294). Ruled the Mongol Empire from China and was the founder of the Yuan Empire in China after finishing off the Song Dynasty.






28. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






29. 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.






30. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.






31. A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.






32. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.


33. Date: declaration of of Israeli statehood






34. Date: Stock Market Crash






35. Theory that all knowledge originates from experience. It emphasizes experimentation and observation in order to truly know things.






36. The fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism






37. Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.






38. Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India - it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary system.)






39. System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information. These knots are interesting because the Inca are notable for being a relatively sophisticated empire and civilization - but they had no written language (very






40. City in Japan - the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb - on August 6 - 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.






41. Date: 9/11 Attacks






42. 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






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






44. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death






45. First bishop of Chiapas - in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 - which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labo






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






47. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






48. A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818.






49. 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.






50. The earliest known form of writing - which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE.