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AP World History

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1. Date: German Unification (Hint: 1__1)






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






3. Opposing or even destroying images - especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship.






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






5. Date: Beginnings of Christianity(Hint: _2 CE)






6. The process of reforming political - military - economic - social - and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies - often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies.






7. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity






8. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical ultra-nationalist government. Favors nationalizing economic elites rather than promoting egalitarian socialist collectivization.






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






10. 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.






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






12. A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese)






13. 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.






14. Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century until its downfall to the Ottomans in 1453. Famous for being a center of Orthodox Christianity and Greek-based culture.






15. 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.






16. German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.






17. A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting - industrial motors - and railroads beginning in the 1880s.






18. Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war






19. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states






20. Date: 1st Palestinian Intifada (Hint: 1__7)






21. Eighteenth-century English intellectual who warned that population growth threatened future generations because - in his view - population growth would always outstrip increases in agricultural production.






22. 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.






23. Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.






24. 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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25. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






26. Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome - but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Isl






27. Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population






28. The chief marketplace of Athens - center of the city's civic life.






29. Type in which each individual character is cast on a separate piece of metal. It replaced woodblock printing - allowing for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on a page. Invented in Korea 13th Century.






30. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.






31. Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC






32. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.






33. 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life - liberty - and property.






34. Born in Austria - became a radical German nationalist during World War I. He became dictator of Germany in 1933. He led Europe into World War II.






35. Roman emperor (r. 312-337). After reuniting the Roman Empire - he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a tolerated/favored religion.






36. Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training - he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on - he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights






37. International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.






38. Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.






39. The belief that there is a God - but after the creation of the world became indifferent to it






40. His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials. Although his real name was Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.).






41. A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.






42. Influential book Written by Adolf Hitler describing his life and ideology.






43. Moroccan Muslim scholar - the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.






44. First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top - followed by farmers - artisans - and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.






45. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






46. Largest land empire in the history of the world - spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia.






47. The revolt against the British by many different groups across India 1857 but led particularly by some of the disgruntled Indian soldiers working for the British. It caused the British government to take over more direct control of India from the Bri






48. Turkish empire based in Anatolia. Arrived in the same wave of Turkish migrations as the Seljuks.






49. Date: Marco Polo Travels(Hint: '__71-__95 CE')






50. The last of pre-Islamic Persian Empire - from 224 to 651 CE. One of the two main powers in Western Asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years







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