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AP World History

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






2. 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.






3. A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development - trade promotion - and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.






4. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.






5. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






6. Date: end of WWII






7. 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)






8. Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media - Lydia - and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples.






9. German leader of the Nazi Party






10. Date: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage(Hint: __24 CE)






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






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






13. Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom. In Homer's epic poems Mycenae was the base of King Agamemnon - who commanded the Greeks besieging Troy.






14. A system that the Spanish let colonists employ Indians in forced labor






15. English overthrow of 1688-1689 in which James II was expelled and William and Mary were made king and queen. The significance is that Parliament made the monarchy powerless - gave themselves all the power - and wrote a bill of Rights. The whole thing






16. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities - but the large-scale implies central planning.






17. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire - reached the Indus Valley - founded many Greek-style cities - and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.






18. Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe during a time after the Congress of Vienna when conservative monarchs were trying to maintain their power. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany - Austria - Italy - and Hunga






19. Peoples sharing a common language and culture that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium B.C.E.. After 500 B.C.E. they spread as far as Anatolia in the east - Spain and the British Isles in the west. Conquered by Roma






20. 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.






21. Traditional records of the deeds of Muhammad - and his quotations






22. Philosophy that emphasizes human reason and ethics; sometimes denies the existence of a god






23. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.






24. Empress of China and mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest - supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers - and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces.






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






26. A major Mesopotamian empire between 934-608 BCE. They used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects. They were an iron-age resurgence of a previous bronze age empire.






27. The initials of the international body established in 1995 to foster and bring order to international trade.






28. The founder of Buddhism






29. An important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.






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






31. Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico - Central America - and Peru. (Examples Cortez - Pizarro - Francisco.)






32. Emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1889-1911). He enlarged Ethiopia to its present dimensions and defeated an Italian invasion at Adowa (1896).






33. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






34. A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia - Archaic and Classical Greece - Phoenicia - and early Italy.






35. Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.






36. The policy in international relations by which - beginning in the eighteenth century - the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful.






37. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






38. Arab prince - leader of the Arab Revolt in World War I. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921 - and he reigned under British protection until 1933.






39. Date: French Revolution begins






40. 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).






41. In Indian tradition - the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life.






42. Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers - the United States - and Japan - which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.






43. The intellectual movement in Europe - initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics - that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science.






44. 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.






45. Leader of the Soviet Union directly after the Russian Revolution.






46. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






47. A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the native America






48. 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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49. An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama - who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of this word) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.






50. Date: Iranian Revolution (Hint: 1__9)