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AP World History

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1. 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.






2. The early Communists that overthrew the Czar in the Russian Revolution.






3. Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644 - which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.






4. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea






5. 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)






6. A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.






7. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.






8. One of the earliest Christian kingdoms - situated in eastern Anatolia (east of Turkey today) and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. The Ottoman Empire is accused of systematic mass killings of Armenians in the ear






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






10. Large conglomerate corporations that exerted a great deal of political and economic power in Imperial Japan. By WWII - four of them controlled most of the economy of Japan.






11. City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander. It became the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Ptolemy. It contained the famous Library and the Museum and was a center for leading scientific and literary figures in the classical a






12. Organization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. (See also Warsaw Pact.)






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






14. Date: Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade (Hint: 1__3)






15. American intellectual - inventor - and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.






16. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.






17. The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E. - these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture - wide-ranging trade - ceremonial centers - and monumental construction.






18. First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top - followed by farmers - artisans - and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.






19. An important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.






20. The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.






21. Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states. Born in Tunis - he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher and judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city.






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






23. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt - designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.






24. The process of reforming political - military - economic - social - and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies - often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies.






25. Revolutionary and leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time - he was ultimately assassinate






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






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






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






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






30. Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia






31. Date: Martin Luther and 95 Theses (Hint: 1__9)






32. Chinese dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished - Border Policy was good - but not well enough enforced - as they were taken over by the Manchu from the North in 1644.






33. An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade - created to defend the interests of members through strikes or negotiations with employers.






34. 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.






35. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean - both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.






36. Networks of iron (later steel) rails on which steam (later electric or diesel) locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds. The first were built in England in the 1830s. Success caused the construction of these to boom lasting into the 20th Century






37. A privileged male slave whose job was to ensure that a slave gang did its work on a plantation.






38. The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E. - during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. (p. 148)






39. All non-land-owning - free men in Ancient Rome






40. English overthrow of 1688-1689 in which James II was expelled and William and Mary were made king and queen. The significance is that Parliament made the monarchy powerless - gave themselves all the power - and wrote a bill of Rights. The whole thing






41. Members of a religious community founded in the Punjab region of India.






42. Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria - Mongolia - Turkestan - and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.






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






44. A slave soldier of the Ottoman Army






45. War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately - Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonian






46. Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.






47. The network of Atlantic Ocean trade routes between Europe - Africa - and the Americas that underlay the Atlantic system.






48. Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety - fulfill vows - or gain absolution for sins. Other religions also have pilgrimage traditions - such as the Muslim journey to Mecca.






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






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