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AP World History

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1. The general named often used to describe the original inhabitants of Australia






2. Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: _21 BCE)






3. Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935) - joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936) - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.






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






5. Date: American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations (Hint: 1__6)






6. A member of the warrior class in premodern feudal Japan






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






8. Wars between Britain and the Qing Empire (mind 1800s) - caused by the Qing government's refusal to let Britain import Opium. China lost and Britain and most other European powers were able to develop a strong trade presence throughout China against t






9. The most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520-1566); also known as 'The Lawgiver.' He significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.






10. Nonprofit international organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing humanitarian relief. Two NGOs won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1990s: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and Doctors Without Borders (1999).






11. Date: Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope(Hint: 1__8)






12. Allocation of former German colonies and Ottoman possessions to the victorious powers after World War I - to be administered under League of Nations supervision. Used especially in reference to the Western European possession of the Middle East after






13. Date: independence & partition of India






14. An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century - apparently in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire.






15. Government ruled by a single party and/or person that exerts unlimited control over its citizen's lives.






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






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






18. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.






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






20. Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations - including the Lutheran - Calvinist - and Anglican Churches






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. Date: Rise of Islam(Hint: __2 CE)






25. Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.






26. The last Aztec emperor. Here he is on vacation at the beach - just days before being captured and killed by Cortés in 1520.






27. System of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds - syllables - or concepts. Used for official and monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.






28. Under the Islamic system of military slavery - Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state - ruling Egypt and Syria (125






29. Date: Beginnings of Agriculture






30. Spanish estates that were often plantations






31. Land-owning noblemen in Ancient Rome






32. Date: Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes(Hint: ___ century CE)






33. President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis






34. The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles are woven. Native to India - it spread throughout Asia and then to the New World. It has been a major cash crop in various places - including early Islamic Iran - Yi Korea - Egypt - and the US






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






36. Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.






37. 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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38. Shah of Iran (r. 1587-1629). The most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire - he moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598 - where he erected many palaces - mosques - and public buildings. (p. 533)






39. Greek and Phoenician warship of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. It was sleek and light - powered by 170 oars arranged in three vertical tiers. Manned by skilled sailors - it was capable of short bursts of speed and complex maneuvers.






40. Italian political party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy from 1922 to 1943.






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






42. The longest single poem in the world - about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC






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






44. Controversy Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands.






45. When colonists were allowed to use Indians for forced labor in colonial South America - also known as the repartimiento system






46. 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.)






47. Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad (570-632 C.E.) on the basis of his reception of divine revelations - which were collected after his death into the Quran.






48. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.






49. A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires - specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.






50. 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.