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AP World History

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1. 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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2. The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family - which extended to life and death.






3. Date: genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa (Hint: 1__4)






4. In China - a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime.






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






6. British entrepreneur and politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa. The colonies of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were named after him. (p. 736)






7. 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.






8. The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small






9. The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China.






10. Date: WWI (from start to finish)(Hint: '19__-19__')






11. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin






12. A French general and then French Emperor later exiled to the island of St. Helena






13. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






14. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






15. Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France - involving English and French royal families and French noble families.






16. The belief that the government shouldn't intervene much and should instead let the people do






17. A 184 C.E. peasant revolt against emperor Ling of Han. Led by Daoists who proclaimed that a new era would be3ing with the fall of the Han. Although this specific revolt was suppressed - it triggered a continuous string of additional outbreaks.






18. Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle - al-Abbas - they overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258.






19. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






20. 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






21. The most important work of Indian sacred literature - a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.






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






23. 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.






24. Date: unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna (Hint: 1_83)






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






26. Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial system. (Hint: 1__1)






27. 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.).






28. Date: Founding of Jamestown (Hint: 1__7)






29. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century.






30. Pupil of Plato who tutored Alexander the Great; argued for small units of government like the city-state






31. Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.






32. The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples. They provided education - mediated disputes between kinship groups - and were suppressed by the Romans as potential resistance.






33. Conquered territory in Media and later Perisa - ruled through client kings and governors rather than by direct rule.






34. The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)






35. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






36. One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt






37. 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.






38. Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe 'putting man first' - and considering humans to be of primary importance.






39. Nineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women - especially of the middle class - should have different roles in society: women as wives - mothers - and homemakers; men as breadwinners and participants in business and politics






40. A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution






41. Elected assembly in colonial Virginia - created in 1618.






42. Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India. They are the earliest kingdoms set up by the Indo-Aryans migrants to India.






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 longest lasting Chinese dynasty - during which the use of iron was introduced.






45. 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






46. Russian term for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is 'restructuring' - referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.






47. The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.






48. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.






49. Date: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British (Hint: 1__8)






50. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General - the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. nationalism -Political ideology that stresses people