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AP World History

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1. Date: fall of USSR; 1st Gulf war near Iraq (Hint: 1__1)






2. Women forced into prostitution by the Japanese during WWII. The women came from countries in East and Southeast Asia as Japan's empire expanded.






3. A well known Italian Renaissance artist - architect - musician - mathemetician - engineer - and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.






4. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






5. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






6. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






7. Date: Martin Luther and 95 Theses (Hint: 1__9)






8. A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita - the most important work of Indian sacred literature. Mahayana Buddhism -Branch of Buddhism followed i






9. A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity - said to be a 'rebirth' of Greco-Roman culture. From roughly the mid-fourteenth to mid-fifteenth century followed by this movement spreading into the Northern Europe during 1400-1600






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






11. An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.






12. Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 B.C.E.). He built a new capital at Amarna - fostered a new style of naturalistic art - and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk.






13. Date: genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa (Hint: 1__4)






14. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.






15. Empire in southern China (1127-1279) while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology - medicine - astronomy - and mathematics.






16. Boycotts - embargoes - and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.






17. Date: Ottomans capture Constantinople (Hint: __53 CE)






18. Date: Italian invasion of Ethiopia (Hint: 1__5)






19. 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.

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20. Literally 'middle age -' a term that historians of Europe use for the period between roughly 500 and 1400 - signifying the period between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.






21. One of the first monotheistic religions - particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.






22. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






23. The common name for a major outbreak of plague that spread across Asia - North Africa - and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century - carrying off vast numbers of persons.






24. A long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt (r. 1290-1224 B.C.E.). He reached an accommodation with the Hittites of Anatolia after a military standoff. He built on a grand scale throughout Egypt.






25. A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.






26. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






27. Chinese nationalist revolutionary - founder and leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders.






28. Date: Cuban Revolution (Hint: 1__9)






29. A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class - and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi - appealing to the poor.






30. Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred






31. The 'Roman Peace' - that is - the state of comparative concord prevailing within the boundaries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) to that of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.)






32. The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 - in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization - industrialization - and imperialism.






33. The 6 -000-mile (9 -600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists - led by Mao Zedong - were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek.






34. A conduit - either elevated or under ground - using gravity to carry water from a source to a location-usually a city-that needed it. The Romans built many of these in a period of substantial urbanization.






35. The English monarch who was beheaded by Puritans (see English Civil War) who then established their own short-lived government ruled by Oliver Cromwell (Mid 1600s).






36. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities






37. Any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.






38. Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.






39. The movement of people to Urban areas in search of work.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Date: French Revolution begins






43. Very radical French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






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






45. Date: Stock Market Crash






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






47. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






48. Date: independence & partition of India






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






50. Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities - headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806.