AP World History
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1. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization.

2. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others - as in a confederation.

3. 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

4. Economic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one - while maintaining the legal independence of the weaker state. In the late nineteenth century - this new form of economic imperialism characterized the relations between the Latin America

5. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin

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

7. A school of Chinese philosophy that come into prominence during the period of the Warring states and had great influence on the policies of the Qin dynasty. People following this took a pessimistic view of human nature and believed that social harmon

8. The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism

9. Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. See Jacobins.

10. A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia - he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but - according to Christian belief - after receiving a revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus - he became arguably the most significant figure in the

11. Policy that aims to secure peace by preventing dominance of any particular state or group of states

12. Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.

13. One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity

14. Date: Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu (Hint: 1__4)

15. Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.

16. Compilations of hymns - religious reflections - and Aryan conquests

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

18. The three wars waged by Rome against Carthage - 264-241 - 218-201 - and 149-146 b.c. - resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.

19. The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.

20. 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

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

22. A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.

23. The supporters of a doctrine in the early Christian Church that held that the incarnate Christ possessed a single - wholly divine nature. they opposed the orthodox view that Christ had a double nature - one divine and one human - and emphasized his d

24. 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

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