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AP World History

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1. Date: Beginnings of Agriculture






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






3. 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






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






5. Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United States financed armed opposition by the Contras. They lost national elections in 1990.






6. 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).






7. The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.






8. International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.






9. 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.






10. Associations of businessmen and producers






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






12. Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script - particularly that of the ancient Egyptians - in which many of the symbols are conventionalized - recognizable pictures of the things represented






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






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






15. 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.






16. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






17. Conference that German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called to set rules for the partition of Africa. It led to the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium.






18. 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






19. A collection of ancient stories that feature Hindu gods such as Vishnu and Shiva






20. Place that the British first colonized in Australia






21. An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron.






22. Date: Pizarro Toppled the Incas (Hint: 1__3)






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






24. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - but its function is unknown.






25. A group of Turkic-speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744 to 840 in Mongolia and Central Asia. (p. 284)






26. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.






27. The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.






28. In medieval Europe - a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord - usually in exchange for the use of land.






29. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






30. Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: __66 CE)






31. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






32. The community of believers in Islam - which transcends ethnic and political boundaries.






33. Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa.






34. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.






35. Government ruled by a single party and/or person that exerts unlimited control over its citizen's lives.






36. The founder of Buddhism






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






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. 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.






40. Part of the first triumvirate who eventually became 'emperor for life'. Chose not to conquer Germany. Was assassinated by fellow senators in 44 B.C.E.






41. 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.






42. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






43. Collective name for South Korea - Taiwan - Hong Kong - and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.






44. The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.). Its capital was located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavin became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region.






45. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






46. An ancient religion of India with a small following today of only about 10 million followers. Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice rely mainly on self-effort to prog






47. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






48. 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)






49. In Tibetan Buddhism - a teacher.






50. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical ultra-nationalist government. Favors nationalizing economic elites rather than promoting egalitarian socialist collectivization.