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AP World History

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1. German leader of the Nazi Party






2. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






3. Date: 7 years war between France and Britain begins (Hint: 1__6)






4. Overthrow of the Monarchy in France in which Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are executed






5. Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly - beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel - electricity - machinery - and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state.






6. An unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.






7. An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period.






8. 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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9. 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.)






10. Compilations of hymns - religious reflections - and Aryan conquests






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






12. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






13. 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.






14. Chinese man who led the revolution against the Manchu Dynasty.






15. 'Restructuring' reforms by the nineteenth-century Ottoman rulers - intended to move civil law away from the control of religious elites and make the military and the bureacracy more efficient.






16. German journalist and philosopher - founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. He is known for two books: The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (Vols. I-III - 1867-1894).






17. Title given the the Roman emperor Octavian which means 'sacred' or 'venerable'






18. Italian explorer who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China - from his travels throughout there.






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






20. Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675 - warriors from this group mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.






21. Conflict between Athens and Sparta






22. Building erected in London - for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made of iron and glass - like a gigantic greenhouse - it was a symbol of the industrial age.






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






24. Political realism or practical politics - especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.






25. Date: Battle of Manzikert(Hint: __71 CE)






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






27. An Indo-European - Indic language - in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India.






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






29. 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.






30. Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to his new city of St. Petersburg.






31. Indian statesman. He succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India and became India's first prime minister (1947-1964).






32. City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander. It became the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Ptolemy. It contained the famous Library and the Museum and was a center for leading scientific and literary figures in the classical a






33. Date: Tiananmen Square protest in China; Fall of Berlin Wall in Germany






34. 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.






35. Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety - fulfill vows - or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions - such as the Muslim journey to Mecca.






36. A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain - one grows legumes - and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe.






37. The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)






38. In colonial Spanish America - term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas - the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples.






39. Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens






40. Date: Battle of Tours(Hint: _32 CE)






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






42. South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations






43. Descendants of the Europeans in Latin America - usually implies an upper class status.






44. English inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the first Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame - a machine that - with minimal human supervision - could spin several threads at onc






45. Date: Columbus 'Sailed the Ocean Blue' / Reconquista of Spain (Hint: 1__2)






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






47. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry






48. A worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.






49. 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






50. U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942 - in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in the pacific theater of World War II.