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AP World History

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1. Part of the second triumvirate whom the power eventually shifted to. Assumed the name Augustus Caesar - and became emperor. Was the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Pax Romana.






2. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






3. City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire






4. Greek for 'high city'. The chief temples of the city were located here.






5. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






6. European government policies of the sixteenth - seventeenth - and eighteenth centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country and its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland coun






7. Date: Beginnings of Agriculture






8. Chinese dynasty that followed the overthrow of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China. Among other things - the emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. It was mostly a time of vibrant economic productivity






9. 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.






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






11. Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.






12. Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). The term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society - with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people






13. An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade - created to defend the interests of members through strikes or negotiations with employers.






14. The Spanish conqueror of Mexico






15. War between France and Britain - lasted 116 years - mostly a time of peace - but it was punctuated by times of brutal violence (1337 to 1453)






16. A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.






17. Economic policy that restricted the outflow of money; made state stronger economically






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






19. The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age






20. English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.






21. The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)






22. 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.






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






24. Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France - involving English and French royal families and French noble families.






25. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.






26. Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC






27. City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.






28. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






29. Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou - was the prerogative of Heaven - the chief deity - to grant power to the ruler of China.






30. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






31. City located in present-day Tunisia - founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.






32. 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.






33. An array of Germanic peoples - pushed further westward by nomads from central Asia. They in turn migrated west into Rome - upsetting the rough balance of power that existed between Rome and these people.






34. A major public works program in the United States during the Great Depression.






35. Pupil of Plato who tutored Alexander the Great; argued for small units of government like the city-state






36. The economic system of large financial institutions-banks - stock exchanges - investment companies-that first developed in early modern Europe. The belief that all people should seek their own profit gain and that doing so is beneficial to society. S






37. Date: Black Death hits Europe(Hint: ___7 CE)






38. Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Mainly found in Iran and a small part of Iraq. It is the state religion of Iran. A member of this group is called a Shi'ite.

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39. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






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






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






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






44. A grant of legal freedom to an individual slave.






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






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






47. The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia - where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.






48. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate






49. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






50. A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins - experiences - beliefs - and practices of the early Hebrew people. Most of the extant text was compiled by members of the priestly class in the fifth century B.C.E.