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AP World History

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






2. Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity - obedience - and poverty. (Primary Centers of Learning in Medieval Europe)






3. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior.






4. Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens.






5. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order and establish a plan for a new balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon.






6. Date: Stock Market Crash






7. 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.






8. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.






9. The only woman to rule China in her own name - expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.






10. 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.






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






12. Effort to eradicate a people and its culture by means of mass killing and the destruction of historical buildings and cultural materials. It was used for example by both sides in the conflicts that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia.






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






14. Date: Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire(Hint: _27 CE)






15. Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India - opening an important commercial sea route.






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






17. An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade - created to defend the interests of members through strikes or negotiations with employers.






18. Date: 9/11 Attacks






19. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953






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






21. Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.






22. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because of the tiny needle-like shape of its particles - it can be easily shaped and used for underground structures






23. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10 -000 years ago and the first known cities about 5 -000 years ago.






24. Beginning in the eleventh century - military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims. In 1492 the last Muslim ruler was defeated - and Spain and Portugal emerged as united kingdoms.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured and executed in 1811.






29. Chinese dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished - Border Policy was good - but not well enough enforced - as they were taken over by the Manchu from the North in 1644.






30. Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.






31. Date: End of Zheng He's Voyages/Rise of Ottomans (Hint: __33 CE)






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






33. Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. (p. 438)






34. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics - astronomy - and development of the calendar.






35. Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script - particularly that of the ancient Egyptians - in which many of the symbols are conventionalized - recognizable pictures of the things represented






36. A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse - paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.






37. Treeless plains - especially the high - flat expanses of northern Eurasia - which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military.






38. The founder of Buddhism






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






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






41. Land-owning noblemen in Ancient Rome






42. Large churches originating in twelfth-century France; built in an architectural style featuring pointed arches - tall vaults and spires - flying buttresses - and large stained-glass windows.






43. A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies - built cities - and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script.






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






45. Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 B.C.E.). He built a new capital at Amarna - fostered a new style of naturalistic art - and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk.






46. Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.






47. 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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48. Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Muslim empire






49. Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England - he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.






50. The forgiveness of the punishment due for past sins - granted by the Catholic Church authorities as a reward for a pious act. Martin Luther's protest against the sale of these is often seen as touching off the Protestant Reformation.