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AP World History

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1. Date: end of WWII






2. 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






3. Continuing the imperial revival started by the Sui Dynasty this dynasty that followed restored the Chinese imperial impulse four centuries after the decline of the Han - extending control along the silk route. Trade flourished and China finally reach






4. 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.






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






6. A place where shares in a company or business enterprise are bought and sold.






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education - family - peace - and justice






11. A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda - Emphasizing truth-telling - purity - and reverence for nature - the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil






12. A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia - constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size - usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top






13. Date: Thirty Years War begins (Hint: 1__8)






14. 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.






15. Date: French Revolution begins






16. President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.






17. Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation - and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.






18. Term applied to a group of 'developing' or 'underdeveloped' countries who professed nonalignment during the Cold War.






19. The smallest units of the Roman army - each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 of these. They also formed political divisions of Roman citizens.






20. 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.






21. Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens.






22. Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki - Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.






23. Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520






24. Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi - the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites






25. The peace agreement made between Napoleon and the Pope following the chaos of the French Revolution.






26. Alliance against democracy - supporting communism






27. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






28. 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






29. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.






30. Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.






31. In medieval Europe - an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord. In Russia some of them worked as artisans and in factories; in Russia it was not abolished until 1861.






32. The Russian feudal duchy that emerged as a local power gradually during the era of Mongol domination. The Muscovite princes convinced their Mongol Tatar overlords to let them collect all the tribute gold from the other Russian princes on behalf of th






33. English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.






34. Mass murder of Jews under the Nazi Regime






35. 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.






36. Date: Emancipation Proclamation in US (Hint: 1__3)






37. 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.






38. Characterized inter-state relations in ancient India






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






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






41. Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with many deaths.






42. Roman philosophy which emphasizes accepting life dispassionately






43. Substance used for the domination of trade in the Indian Ocean by the British






44. A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.






45. In medieval Europe - an association of men (rarely women) - such as merchants - artisans - or professors - who worked in a particular trade and created an organized institution to promote their economic and political interests.






46. Greek for 'high city'. The chief temples of the city were located here.






47. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






48. Date: Congress of Vienna (Hint: 1__5)






49. 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.






50. British passenger ship holding Americans that sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1915 by German U-Boats killing 1 -198 people. It was decisive in turning public favor against Germany and bringing America into WWI.