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AP World History

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1. Date: Year of successful Russian Revolution(s)






2. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.






3. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General - the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. nationalism -Political ideology that stresses people






4. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






5. Date: Cortez conquered the Aztecs (Hint: 1__1)






6. The supporters of a doctrine in the early Christian Church that held that the incarnate Christ possessed a single - wholly divine nature. they opposed the orthodox view that Christ had a double nature - one divine and one human - and emphasized his d






7. The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft - especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.






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






9. 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






10. The 1 -100-mile (1 -700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.






11. General in the Persian army who took power when Cambyses II died; he continued many of Cyrus' policies and was a more capable ruler than Cambyses






12. Date: WWI (from start to finish)(Hint: '19__-19__')






13. The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship - divination by means of oracle bones - and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this cultu






14. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






15. The idea that government should refrain from interfering in economic affairs. The classic exposition of laissez-faire principles is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776).






16. Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion of the empire.






17. 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.






18. Revolutionary and leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time - he was ultimately assassinate






19. Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia - founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital - Chang'an.






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






21. Treaty that concluded the Opium War. It awarded Britain a large indemnity from the Qing Empire - denied the Qing government tariff control over some of its own borders - opened additional ports of residence to Britons - and ceded Hong Kong to Britain






22. The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E. - during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. (p. 148)






23. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






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






25. A religion - originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China - Burma - Japan - Tibet - and parts of southeast Asia - holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enligh






26. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. A major catalyst for WWI.






27. Date: German blitzkrieg in Poland starting WWII in Europe.






28. 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.






29. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






30. Considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers in sub-Saharan Africa.






31. Nineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women - especially of the middle class - should have different roles in society: women as wives - mothers - and homemakers; men as breadwinners and participants in business and politics






32. 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.






33. Date: de-Stalinization in Russia; Egyptian nationalization of Suez Canal (Hint: 1__6)






34. Political party in China from 1911 to 1949; enemy of the Communists. Often abbreviated at GMD.






35. 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.






36. A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires - specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.






37. Date: Start of the ten year long Mexican Revolution. Not to be confused with Mexican war of Independence (1810-1821) (Hint: 1__0)






38. The formula - brought to China in the 400s or 500s - was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs - shot - and bullets.






39. Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.






40. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






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






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






43. 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)






44. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.






45. 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.






46. Heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation. Hoplite armies-militias composed of middle- and upper-class citizens supplying their own equipment. Famously defeated superior nu






47. A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E. - based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship.






48. Date: Russo-Japanese War (Hint: 1__5)






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






50. 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