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AP World History

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1. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (Hint: 1__8)






2. German physicist who developed the theory of relativity - which states that time - space - and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.






3. Chinese man who led the revolution against the Manchu Dynasty.






4. French General who founded the French Fifth Republicn in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969






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






6. City in North Africa that developed trading outposts in Italy; Rome toke control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars






7. Nationalist political party founded on democratic principles by Sun Yat-sen in 1912. After 1925 - the party was headed by Chiang Kai-shek - who turned it into an increasingly authoritarian movement.






8. Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.






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






10. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.






11. African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy - trading gold - slaves - and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain.






12. A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150 -000 at its peak in 600.






13. 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.






14. Date: Berlin Conference - Division of Africa (Hint: 1__5)






15. Completed in 449 BCE - these civil laws developed by the Roman Republic to protect individual following demands by plebeians.






16. Famous artist/painter in the 15th century. Created 'The Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'






17. 'Way of the Kami'; Japanese worship of nature spirits






18. The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy - nobility - and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time - but the 3rd estate demanded more rights






19. Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.






20. Date: Chinese Communist Revolution






21. The world's first civilization - founded in Mesopotamia - which existed for over 3 -000 years.






22. Peoples sharing a common language and culture that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium B.C.E.. After 500 B.C.E. they spread as far as Anatolia in the east - Spain and the British Isles in the west. Conquered by Roma






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






24. A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.






25. French revolutionary group formed mainly by middle classes who opposed more radical






26. Roman emperor of 284 C.E. Attempted to deal with fall of Roman Empire by splitting the empire into two regions run by co-emperors. Also brought armies back under imperial control - and attempted to deal with the economic problems by strengthening the






27. Japanese business groups after the post-WWII dismantling of the zaibatsu. They are Alliances of corporations each often centered around a bank. They dominate the post-WWII Japanese economy.






28. From Latin caesar - this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).






29. 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






30. 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.






31. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






32. Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws - inscribed on a black stone pillar - illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.






33. The more mystical and larger of the two main Buddhist sects - this one originated in India in the 400s CE and gradually found its way north to the Silk road and into Central and East Asia.






34. The economic system of large financial institutions-banks - stock exchanges - investment companies-that first developed in early modern Europe. The belief that all people should seek their own profit gain and that doing so is beneficial to society. S






35. Russian prison camp for political prisoners






36. Members of the Society of Jesus - a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.






37. Weaving - sewing - carving - and other small-scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers - frequently women - are usually independent. Most manufacturing was done this way before the industrial revolution.






38. Central Asian leader of a Mongol tribe who attempted to re-establish the Mongol Empire in the late 1300's. His biggest rival though was the Islamized Golden Horde. He is the great great grandfather of Babur who later founds the Mughal Empire.






39. The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)






40. New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE






41. A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors - founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire - and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.






42. Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.






43. Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.






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






45. National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.






46. Date: Ottomans capture Constantinople (Hint: __53 CE)






47. Date: de-Stalinization in Russia; Egyptian nationalization of Suez Canal (Hint: 1__6)






48. Capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during the Middle and New Kingdoms. Amon - patron deity of Thebes - became one of the chief gods of Egypt. Monarchs were buried across the river in the Valley of the Kings. (p. 43)






49. Trials held for the Germans convicted of war crimes






50. Date: Beginnings of Agriculture