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AP World History

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1. Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.






2. Conflict between Athens and Sparta






3. A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. It was first mass-produced in the 1860s and quickly became the most widely used metal in construction - machinery - and railroad equipment.






4. 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.






5. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.






6. Suffering is always present in life; desire is the cause of suffering; freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana; the Eightfold Path leads to nirvana






7. 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.






8. Ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. Ruled with an iron fist - using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition.






9. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.






10. 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.






11. Date: Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto (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: Pearl Harbor - entry of US into WWII






14. Political party in China from 1911 to 1949; enemy of the Communists. Often abbreviated at GMD.






15. A device for rapid - long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.






16. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.






17. China's northern capital - first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.






18. The central text of Daoism.






19. Date: declaration of of Israeli statehood






20. Date: Decade when Independence in mainland Latin America began (Hint: 1__0s)






21. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.






22. The collection of Jewish rabbinic discussion pertaining to law - ethics - and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara.






23. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires - they were based on gift giving and commercial links.






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






25. An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany - founded about 1241 and most powerful in the fourteenth century.






26. 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.






27. Greek ships built specifically for ramming enemy ships.






28. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.






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






30. An epic poem from Mesopotamia - and among the earliest known works of literary writing.






31. Date: Cuban Missile Crisis






32. International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy - Japan - and Germany in the 1930s.






33. Leader of the Russian Revolution; Bolshevik.






34. The exchange of plants - animals - diseases - and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.






35. Date: Boer War - British in control of South Africa (Hint: 1__9)






36. Date: Sepoy Mutiny or failed Indian revolution against British East India Company colonial rule (Hint: 1__7)






37. Date: East-West Great Schism in Christian Church (Hint: __54 CE)






38. Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou - was the prerogative of Heaven - the chief deity - to grant power to the ruler of China.






39. 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.






40. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb - acoustic recording on wax cylinders - and motion pictures.






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






42. Title given the the Roman emperor Octavian which means 'sacred' or 'venerable'






43. The part of the Great Circuit involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.






44. German journalist and philosopher - founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. He is known for two books: The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (Vols. I-III - 1867-1894).






45. 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






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






47. Date: Beginning of Bronze Age and river valley civilizations (Hint: _000s BCE)






48. Very radical French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






49. Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United States financed armed opposition by the Contras. They lost national elections in 1990.






50. Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution