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AP World History

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1. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






2. Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China






3. Many people (mostly women) were accused of this and burned at the stake in medieval and early modern Europe.






4. The transformation of the economy - the environment - and living conditions - occurring first in England in the eighteenth century - that resulted from the use of steam engines - the mechanization of manufacturing in factories - transit - and communi






5. Date: Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights (Hint: 1__9)






6. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






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






8. Mexican priest and former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured and executed in 1814.






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






10. Date: Roman Capital moved to Constantinople(Hint: _33 CE)






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






12. 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.






13. Military commander of the American Revolution. He was the first elected president of the United States (1789-1799).






14. 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.






15. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






16. The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles are woven. Native to India - it spread throughout Asia and then to the New World. It has been a major cash crop in various places - including early Islamic Iran - Yi Korea - Egypt - and the US






17. The process of reforming political - military - economic - social - and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies - often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies.






18. Date: Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Hint: 1__1)






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






20. Dictator in Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.






21. The period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty - characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty.






22. A council whose members were the heads of wealthy - landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings - in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.






23. German physicist who developed the theory of relativity - which states that time - space - and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.






24. System of government in which all 'citizens' (however defined) have equal political and legal rights - privileges - and protections - as in the Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. Demographic Transition -A change in th






25. 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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26. Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles.






27. 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.






28. Date: Beginning of Bronze Age and river valley civilizations (Hint: _000s BCE)






29. Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917 - then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.






30. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






31. Date: Six-day war in Israel; Chinese Cultural Revolution (Hint: 1__7)






32. 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.






33. Nationalist political party founded on democratic principles by Sun Yat-sen in 1912. After 1925 - the party was headed by Chiang Kai-shek - who turned it into an increasingly authoritarian movement.






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






35. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






36. A major Hindu god called The Preserver.






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






38. The kingdoms of southern India - inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages - which developed in partial isolation - and somewhat differently - from the Aryan north.






39. A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malaysian Peninsula - Indonesia - and the Philippines - then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190)






40. President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis






41. A technique of painting on walls covered with moist plaster. It was used to decorate Minoan and Mycenaean palaces and Roman villas - and became an important medium during the Italian Renaissance.






42. 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.






43. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






44. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






45. Indian prince who renounced his worldly possessions and founded Buddhism; Buddha






46. A worldview and a moral philosophy that considers humans to be of primary importance. It is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity - concerns - and capabilities - particularly rationality. A






47. These strong and predictable winds have long been ridden across the open sea by sailors - and the large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India - Southeast Asia - and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year.






48. Radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. They eventually seized power in Russia in 1917.






49. He created this dynasty in China and Siberia. Khubilai Khan was head of the Mongol Empire and grandson of Genghis Khan.






50. 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.