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AP World History

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1. The people in Eastern Africa south of Egypt who were rivals of the ancient Egyptians and known for their flourishing kingdom between the 400s BC and the 400s CE. They speak their own language and were known by the Egyptians for their darker skin.






2. Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital






3. A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development - trade promotion - and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.






4. Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.






5. Place that the British first colonized in Australia






6. A book composed by Brahman priests that contains verses and Sanskrit poetry






7. The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men - it gradually added qualified Indians.






8. 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






9. The treaty imposed on Germany by France - Great Britain - the United States - and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans.






10. Date: Greek Golden Age - Philosophers(Hint '___ century BCE')






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






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






13. Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste - and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.






14. General in the Persian army who took power when Cambyses II died; he continued many of Cyrus' policies and was a more capable ruler than Cambyses






15. Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.






16. German physicist who developed quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.






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






18. Leader of the reformation that was excommunicated by the Catholic church due to his opposition to certain practices






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






20. 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.






21. One of the first monotheistic religions - particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.






22. Date: Iron Age(Hint: 1_00 BCE)






23. Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernican model of the solar system.






24. 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






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






26. Date: Stock Market Crash






27. English inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the first Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame - a machine that - with minimal human supervision - could spin several threads at onc






28. A general term for a class of prosperous families - sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.






29. The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code.






30. A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept






31. A term used to designate (1) the ethnic Chinese people who originated in the Yellow River Valley and spread throughout regions of China suitable for agriculture and (2) the dynasty of emperors who ruled from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.






32. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church - of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258 - 445)






33. Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871 - when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist - he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire






34. Soviet blocking of Berlin from allies; Causing the Berlin Airlift






35. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






36. Telegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.






37. In early modern Europe - the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came from manufacturing - finance - commerce - and allied professions.






38. Wife of Juan Peron and champion of the poor in Argentina. She was a gifted speaker and popular political leader who campaigned to improve the life of the urban poor by founding schools and hospitals and providing other social benefits.






39. War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment - torture - and executions by the military.






40. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism






41. City - now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) - whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450 - when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.






42. Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.






43. Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force






44. The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt - near the head of the Nile Delta. Early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.






45. German princely family who ruled in alliance with the Holy Roman Empire and controlled most of Central Europe






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






47. In medieval Europe - a large - self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house) - outbuildings - peasant village - and surrounding land.






48. A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class - and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi - appealing to the poor.






49. The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people






50. The repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism.