World History AP Terms

Ideology of the Qin Dynasty- emphasizes the need for harsh punishment for moral infractions

Muslim Mongol Empire

Greek name for an independent city-state

The first dynasty in Chinese history to leave records of itself.

The founder of Buddhism, lived from 563 to 483 BCE.

Way of life in society where masculinity is more valuable than femininity

A Turkic ethnic group from eastern Central Asia, who conquered most of Asia

Built by the socialist government of East Germany to stop their citizens from defecting to West

A period in Western Europe marked by the revival of classical Greek and Roman culture.

The official ideology of Chinese courts from the Han Dynasty until 1911

The world's first literary masterpiece. Narrates the journey of a Sumerian King

W/ God's blessing of the king's authority, the legitimacy of royalty across Europe was enhanced

A large crescent of fertile land in the Middle East and North Africa

A monotheistic religion extremely popular in ancient Persia.

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Organization founded after WWII to facilitate international cooperation.

A major rich and dynamic civilization in North Africa

Strategy of extremely rapid tank + mechanized infantry movements in Germany's invasion of Franc

Ideology where chinese rulers only ruled through the permission of Heaven

Civilization emerging along the Peruvian Pacific coast and stretching into the Andes

The founder of the Protestant Reformation in Germany

An empire created by three allied city-states in modern day central Mexico.

A period of intellectual activity in Europe.

The shift that marks the BEGINNING of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture

The tsar of Russia's first European-style court.

Chinese dynasty who established the ideology of the Mandate of Heaven.

The founder of Islam

The only woman to reign in name in Chinese history.

The largest historical Islamic caliphate. It lasted from 661 to 750.

The last leader of the Soviet Union

A very diverse religion with many vastly different denominations

The second-largest religion in the world

What empire is the one traced in red?

Dynasty founded after expelling the Mongols from China. Known for launching Zheng He voyages

The first Mongol ruler to unify all Mongols under his banner.

The holy book of the Hebrew (Jewish) People.

Philosophy which emphasizes being in harmony with ones self and nature

the domestication or cultivation of plants and animals

The holy book of Islam

An Enlightenment thinker known for articulating the idea of universal human right

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A military general of the French Revolution who seized power as Emperor of France.

The second-largest religion in the world after Christianity.

If an event occurred in 800 CE, it occurred in the

A large and powerful Greek city-state known for a limited form of democracy

A "labor tax" in the Inca Empire

Ruled China from 221 to 207 BCE

Series of proxy wars and military build-up between the US and USSR.

A series of wars between Catholic and Islamic armies over control of pilgrimage sites and trade

War with China and North Korea vs a UN peacekeeping force and South Korea

Founder of Christianity

This was an test held by the Imperial Academy to identify candidates to serve in China's gov.

An entrepreneur credited with introducing the movable type printing press to Europe.

An alliance organized by the United States to develop and protect its allies.

Scandinavian people involved in raid warfare and colonization of northern and eastern Europe

A decentralized system of government and labor organization.

The Chinese Dynasty that overthrew the Mongols.

A philosophy believing God could not interfere in the system God designed

The nobility of the Russia feudal based economic system

Two wars fought over the 19th century in response to Chinese resistance to European merchants

A traveler from North Africa who wrote travel accounts of Africa, the Middle East, and Central

Political and economic theory that advocates means of production should be shared equally

The largest denomination of Islam.

The new government after 27 BCE, in which the Senate was subservient to an emperor.

The founder of Islam

A network of land and sea routes connecting China with the rest of Afro-Eurasia.

The explorer whose voyage to the Americas began the period of European colonization.

The founder of the Holy Roman Empire.

A broad term covering many different denominations of Christianity

An organization aimed at promoting pan-Islamic unity and creating Islamic states.

A religion which centers on escaping from the endless cycle of reincarnation

An Empire in West Africa, famous for the metropolis of Timbuktu

The last dynasty of China.

Gorbachev's policy of "openness," in which censorship was reduced

A ruler of the Maurya Empire in India known for converting to and spreading Buddhism

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Japanese feudal lord

The founding philosopher of socialism.

Ruled 206 BCE to 220 CE and established a long period of unity in China.

Grants of American villages to Spanish settlers (Early Modern)

War between the United States, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia on one side and Iraq on the other

The most famous Mughal leader, known for religious tolerance and building the Taj Mahal.

The holy books of the Vedic religion

A large centralized empire in the South American Andes Mountains.

Idea where persons born into one occupation were considered destined to perform that occupation

The most profitable cash crop of the Americas; originally brought from India.

A social phenomenon that occurred when mankind began settling down into civilized life

rich and fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

The religion of the ancient Hebrew people

A Chinese dynasty known for openness to foreign influences

economic system in which a country's industry+commerce are controlled by private interests

The world's first and oldest legal code

A Macedonian ruler raised in Greece who conquered most of the Achaemenid Empire.

The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty

A mysterious ancient civilization based in Mexico

In Hinduism, the determining factor of the level at which the individual is reincarnated

A large and influential Indian empire, it ruled Pakistan and the north of India from 320 to 550

The religion that formed in northern India following the invasions of Persian peoples

First leader of Communist China.

Professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords

Indentured laborers considered part of feudal lords' land

Worlds first system of writing

Plans for the centrally administered economies of China and the Soviet Union.

The elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire.

A form of government in which a single individual holds the most power.

The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies

A book of burial rituals in ancient egypt

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The first leader of the Soviet Union.

Form of government marked by government involvement and surveillance of most aspects of life.

A form of government where members of the religious elite have the most power.

Ruled the Roman Empire from 306 to 337 CE.

Leader of the Haitian Revolution

A Chinese dynasty known for the development of the ideology of Neo-Confucianism.

The city of Muhammad's birth and the location of the holiest pilgrimage site in Islam.

A company founded in the 17th century that would later conquer India

Empire founded by Turks, stretched across the Mediterranean coast, the Middle East, and Europe

The appropriation of private property in a nation-state.

A language and culture that developed in East Africa

The largest city in West Africa

The revolt of 13 of Britain's colonies

The holy book of the Zoroastrian faith.

The major civilization of India which flourished and then mysteriously disappeared

A period of economic losses across the Americas and Europe (20th century)

A dynasty established in China by the Mongol invader Kublai Khan

Leader of fascist Italy

The first empire to unify most of India, Pakistan, and Burma.

What class are these people from?

Invented calculus and theories of gravity and physics.