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8000 BCE - 600 CE Dates Flashcards

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3533495996th century BCElife of Buddha, Confucius, and Lao Tzu0
3533496005th Century BCEGolden Age of Greece (Pericles, Athens, philosophers)1
353349601323 BCEAlexander the Great2
353349602221 BCEUnification of China (Qin Dynasty)3
35334960332Beginnings of Christianity4
353349604180End of Pax Romana5
353349605220End of Han Dynasty6
353349606333Roman capital is moved to Constantinople7
3533496074th century CEBeginnings of Trans-Sahara Trade Routes8
3533496084th century CEDomestication of camel9
353349609476Collapse of Rome and start of Middle Ages10
353349610527Peak of Byzantine Empire - reign of Justinian11

AP World History Must Know Dates Wynn Flashcards

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3903851616th century BCElife of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu (beginnings of Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism)0
390385162221 BCEQin unified China1
390385163180 CEend of Pax Romana2
390385164220 CEend of Han Dynasty3
3903851654th centurybeginning of trans-Saharan trade routes4
390385166476fall of Rome5
390385167632rise of Islam6
39038516810541st schism in Christian church7
39038516910951st Crusade8
3903851701271-1295Marco Polo travels9
3903851711325-1349travels of Ibn Battuta10
3903851721347-1348Bubonic plague in Europe11
3903851731453Ottomans capture Constantinople12
3903851741502slaves to Americas13
3903851751517Martin Luther/95 Thesis14
3903851761521Cortez conquers Aztecs15
3903851771600Tokugawa Japan/Battle of Sekigahara16
3903851781618-164830 years' war17
3903851791789French Revolution18
3903851801804Haitian independence19
3903851811815Congress of Vienna20
3903851821820sIndependence in Latin America21
3903851831848European Revolution/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto22
3903851841853Commodore Perry opens Japan23
3903851851885Berlin Conference (division of Africa)24
3903851861905Russo-Japanese war25
3903851871914WWI26
3903851881919Treaty of Versailles (end of WWI)27
3903851891931Japanese invasion of Manchuria28
3903851901945end of WWII29
3903851911948birth of Israel30
3903851921949Chinese Communist revolution31
3903851931956de-Stalinization/nationalization of the Suez Canal32
3903851941979Iranian revolution33
3903851951989Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall34

Contemporary Period Essential Terms Part 1 Flashcards

Mr. Napier Essential Terms

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352349559internationalizationidea that peoples should unite across national boundaries; gained popularity during the mid-19th century; led to establishment of international Red Cross, Telegraphic Union, Postal Union, series of international fairs0
352349560Balfour DeclarationBritish ministers promise of support for the establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine during World War I; issues in 19171
352349561Treaty of Brest-Litovsksigned between the revolutionary government of Russia and Germany in March 1918; Russia withdrew from World War I and granted substantial territories to Germany in return for peace2
352349562Treaty of VersaillesEnding World War I; provided for League of Nations; punished Germany with loss of territories and the payment of reparations as a result of "war guilt"; Russia lost territories with the reestablishment of Eastern European nations-Poland3
352349563Munich Conferencemeeting concerning Germany's occupation of portions of Czechoslovakia in 1938; after receiving Hitler's assurances that he would take no more land, Western leaders agreed to division of Czechoslovakia4
352349564appeasementpolicy of Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister who hoped to preserve peace in the face of German aggression; particularly applied to Munich Conference agreements; failed when Hitler, invaded Poland in 19395
352349565National Socialist Party"Nazi Party"; led by Adolf Hitler in Germany; picked up political support during the economic chaos of the Great Depression; advocated authoritarian state under a single leader, aggressive foreign policy to reverse humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles power in Germany in 19336
352349566VichyFrench collaborations government established in 1940 in Southern France following defeat of French armies by the Germans7
352349567Adolf HitlerNazi leader of fascist Germany from 1933 to his suicide in 1945; created a strongly centralized state in Germany; eliminated all rivals launched Germany on aggressive foreign policy leading to World War II; responsible of genocide of Jews8
352349568Benito MussoliniItalian fascists leader after World War II; created first fascist government based on aggressive foreign policy and new nationalist glories9
352349569Winston ChurchillBritish prime minister during World War II; responsible for British resistance to German air assaults10
352349570Joseph Stalinstrongly nationalist view of communism; anti-western strain of Russian tradition; established a series of five-year plans to replace New Economic Policy; agricultural collectivization; led USSR through World War II; furthered cold war with Western Europe and United States11
352349571Franklin Roosevelteager to press Soviet Union for assistance against Japan; government became more active, regulating banks and other economic activities sponsoring huge public works; Good Neighbor Policy-1933, dealt fairly with Latin America and stopped direct interventions12
352349572cold warthe state of relations between the United Stats and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies between the end of World War II to 1990; based on creation of political spheres of influence and a nuclear arms race rather than actual warfare13
352349573iron curtainphase coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between free and communist societies taking shape in Europe after 194614
352349574Berlin Wallbuilt in 1961 to halt the flow of immigration from east Berlin to West Berlin; immigration was in response to lack of consumer goods and close Soviet control of economy and politics; wall was torn down at the end of cold war in 199115
352349575Marshall Planprogram of substantial loans initiated by the United States in 1947; designed to aid Western nations in rebuilding from wars devistation; vehicle for American economic dominance16
352349576five-year plansStalin's plans to hasten industrialization of USSR; constructed massive factories in metallurgy, mining and electric power; led to massive state-planned industrialization at cost of availability of consumer products17
352349577NATO"North Atlantic Treaty Organization"; created in 1949 under the United States leadership to group most of the Western European powers plus Canada in a defensive alliance against possible Soviet aggression18
352349578Warsaw Pactcreated in response to the creation of NATO; most east European nations were enfolded in this common defense alliance and a common economic planning organization19
352349579Kellogg-Briand Pacta treaty coauthored by American and French leaders in 1928; in principle outlawed war forever; ratified subsequently by other nations20
352349580welfare statenew activism of the West European state in economic policy and welfare issues after World War II; introduced programs to reduce the impact of economic inequality; typically included medical programs and economic planning21
352349581New Dealpresident Roosevelt's precursor of the modern welfare state; programs to combat economic depression enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy; increased power of the state and the state's intervention in the United States social and economic life22
352349582European Unionmade to dismantle all trade and currency exchange barriers between the member states in 1992, economic unity; Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, and Austria; single currency23
352349583fascismpolitical philosophy that became predominant in Italy and Germany during 1920s and 1930s; attacked weakness of democracy, corruption of capitalism; promised vigorous foreign and military programs; undertook state control of economy to reduce social friction24
352349584totalitarian statea new kind of government in the 20th century that exercised massive, direct control over virtually all the activities of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union25
352349585sovietcouncil of workers formed to seize city government in Petrograd in 1917; basis for early political organization of Russian Revolution26
352349586Red Armymilitary organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background27
352349587Union of Soviet Socialist Republicsfederal system of socialists republics established in 1923 in various ethnic regions of Russia; firmly controlled by communist party; diminished nationalists protest under Bolsheviks; dissolved in 199128
352349588collectivizationcreation of large, non-state farms rather than individual holdings; allowed more efficient control over peasants; part of Stalin's economic and political planning; often adopted in other communist regimes29
352349589Leon Trotskyrecruited Red Army (generals and loyal conscripts); communist Russia30
352349590Nikita KhrushchevStalin's successor as head of USSR; attacked stalinism in 1956 for concentration of power and arbitrary dictatorship; failure of Siberian development program and antagonism of Stalinists led to downfall31
352349591Mikhail GorbachevUSSR ruler after 1985; renewed attacks on Stalinism; urged reduction in nuclear armament; proclaimed policies of glasnost and perestroika32
352349592Ronald Reagannever fully dismantled welfare state; nationalistic American president in the 1980s; increased military spending33
352349593Margaret Thatcherconservative British primeminister from 1979 to 1991; held that office longer than any other person; worked to cut welfare and housing expenses; promote free enterprise34
352349594glasnostpolicy of political liberation in Soviet Union in the late 1980s35
352349595perestroikapolicy of Mikhail Gorbachev calling for economic reconstructing in the USSR in the late 1980s; more leeway for the private ownership and decentralized control in industry and agriculture36
352349596Tojo HidekiJapanese general; put down appointment military coup in 1936; increasingly interfered with civilian cabinets to block appointment of liberal bureaucrats; helped create increasingly militaristic series of prime ministers after 193637
352349597Hiroshimaone of two cities on which the United States dropped atomic bombs in 1945; devastation of these cities caused Japanese surrender without invasion of home islands38
352349598Nagasakilong a port of open to Dutch traders; one of two cities on which the United States dropped the atomic bombs in 1945; devastation of these cities caused Japanese surrender without invasion of home islands39
352349599Korean War1950-1950; North supported by USSR and later People's Republic of China; South supported by United States and small international United Nations forces; ended in statement and continued division of Korea40
352349600Republic of KoreaSouthern half of Korea sponsored by the United States following World War II, headed by nationalists Syngman Rhee; developed parliamentary institutions but maintained authoritarian government; defended by UN forces during Korean War; industrialization and economic emergence after 1950s41
352349601Democratic People's Republic of KoreaNorthern half of Korea dominated by USSR; long headed by Kim Il-Sung; attacked South in 1950 and initiated Korean War; retained independence as a communist state after the war42
352349602Kim Il-SungNorth Korea became a communist with the heavy influences from a Stalinist-type emphasis on the power of this leader43
352349603Hyundaiexample of huge industrial groups that wield great power in modern Korea; virtually governed Korea's southeastern coast; vertical economic organization with ships, supertankers, factories, schools, and housing units44
352349604Taiwanisland off Chinese main land; became refuge for nationalist Chinese regime under Chiang Kai-shek as Republic of China in 1948; successfully retained independence with aid of United States; rapidly industrialized after 1950s45
352349605Third Worldnations outside the capitalist industrial nations of the first world and the industrialized communist nations of the second world; generally less economically powerful, but with varied economics46
352349606Francisco Maderomoderate democratic reformer in Mexico; proposed moderate reforms in 1910; arrested by Porfirio Diaz; initiated revolution against Diaz when released from prison; temporarily gained power, but removed and assassinated by 191347
352349607Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary and military commander of peasant guerrilla movement after 1910 centered in Morelos; succeeded along with Pancho Villa in removing Diaz from power; participated in campaigns that removed Madero and Huerta; demanded sweeping land reform48
352349608Diego RiveraMexican artist of the period after the Mexican Revolution; famous for murals painted on walls of public buildings; mixed romantic images of the Indian past with Christian symbols and Marxist ideology49
352349609NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement; agreement that created on essentially free trade zone among Mexico, Canada, and the United States, in hopes in encouraging economic growth in all three nations; after difficult negotiations, went into effect January 1, 199450
352349610Party of Institutionalized Revolution"PRI"; dominant political party in Mexico, developed during the 1920s and 1930s; incorporated labor, peasant, military, and middle-class sectors; controlled other political organizations in Mexico51
352349611Juan Peronmilitary leader in Argentina who became dominant political figure after military coup in 1943; used position as minister of labor to appeal to working groups and the poor; became president in 11946; forced in exile in 1955; returned and won presidency in 191352
352349612Eva DuarteEvita Peron; first wife of Juan Peron; became public spokesperson for Peron among the poor until her death in 195253
352349613Salvador Allendepresident of Chile; nationalized industries and banks; sponsored peasant and worker expropriations of lands and foreign-owned factories; overthrown on 1973 by revolt of Chilean military with the support of the United States54
352349614banana republicsterm given to conservative governments supported or created by the United States in Latin America; believed to be either corrupt or subservient to United States interests55
352349615United Fruit Companymost impatient foreign economic concern in Guatemala during the 20th century; attempted land reform aimed at United Fruit caused United States intervention in Guatemalan politics leading to ouster of reform government in 195456
352349616Fulgencio Batistadictator of Cuba from 1934 to 1944; return to presidency in 1952; outsted from government by revolution led by Fidel Castro57
352349617Fidel CastroCuban revolutionary; overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1958; initiated series of reforms to establish socialist reforms; came to depend almost exclusively on USSR58
352349618Pancho VillaMexican revolutionary and military commander in Northern Mexico during the Mexican Revolutionary; succeeded along with Emiliano Zapata in removing Diaz from power; participated campaigns that removed Madero and Huerta59
352349619Ernesto Guevara"Che"; Argentine revolutionary, aided Fidel Castro in overthrow of Fulgencio Batista; died while directing guerrilla movement in Bolivia in 196760
352349620SandinistasNicaraguan socialist movement named after Augusto Sandino; successfully carried out a socialist revolution in Nicaragua during the 1980s61
352349621Shining Path"Sendero Leminoso"; a long-sustained leftist guerrilla movement, controlled areas of the countryside and tried to disrupt national elections in 199062

Coordinate Algebra Properties

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429283104Commutative Property of Multiplication3 x 2 = 2 x 3
429283105Commutative Property of Addition5 + 4 = 4 + 5
429283106Associative Property of Multiplication(7 x 2) x 6 = 7 x (2 x 6)
429283107Associative Property of Addition(8 + 7) + 1 = 8 + (7 + 1)
429283108Reflexive Property of Equality3 = 3
429283109Transative Property of EqualityIf x = y and y = 3 then x = 3
429283110Symmetric Property of EqualityIf 7 = a than a = 7
429283111Substitution Property3 - (4 + 5) = 3 - 9
429283112Identity Property of Addition3 + 0 = 3
429283113Definition of Subtraction3 - 7 = 3 + -7
429283114Identity Property of Multiplication5 x 1 = 5
429283115Multiplicative Property of Zero7 x 0 = 0
429283116Multiplicative Property of Negative 17 x -1 = -7
429283117Property of Reciprocals2 x 1/2 = 1
429283118Property of the Opposites-(7 + 8) = -7 + -8

Society and Culture in Provincial America

Chapter 3 pages 64-97

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227614071Indentured ServitudeBrought over for cheap labor (often unskilled criminals). Headwright System. Eventually caused riots
227614072Impressmentforcing people into service
227614073Birth RatesReproduction goes up (indentures servants) but many people are dying (south)
227614074Sex Ratiogetting better,matches england
227614075Infant Mortality Ratesmany births but a high mortality rate
227614076SeasoningPeople become immune to diseases over time
227614077Humoralism4 Humors (black bile, black bile, blood, and pglegm) When sick you have too much of one and it needs to be expulged
227614078Bleedingmost dangerous of humors and they make you bleed to get better
227614079Enlightenmenta movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
227614080Role of Women ChesapeakeMore important because so many people die and they often receive businesses/property
227614081Role of Women in NELess important. Male Dominated Families. Stability
227614082Middle PassageThe passage between Africa and the Caribbean
227614083Royal African Company of Englandhold monopoly over slave trade for many years. high prices and low supply
227614084French HuguenotsEarliest French Calvinists, forced out of france when Edict is revoked
227614085Edict of Nantes (1598)gave Calvinists own state in France but is revoked
227614086Louis XIVFrench Sun King had wars with the germans
227614087Palatinate (Rhineland)hurt the most in war because it is near germany then a very bad winter. go to colonies
227614088Pennsylvania DutchGerman-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania (germany sounds like douche)
227614089Moravians and Mennonitesgo to quaker colones or SC with german speaking swiss
227614090Scotch-Irish (Presbyterians)Scotch (lived in ireland Ulster) and kicked out. Not welcome in colonies so took land and suppress natives (NC, NJ, PA)
227614091Ulsterwhere scotch irish are from
227614092Catholic HighlandersNorth Carolina immigrates (romans who were defeated)
227614093Presbyterian LowlandersNJ and PA (leave after rents raised)
227614094Irish CatholicsMigrate over long period
227614095Subsistence FarmingFarming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village
227614096Inter-colonial Tradeextremely important/essential
227614097Slave Codeslaws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people
227614098IndigoEliza Lucas experiments with W indian plant SC high ground (ready faster)
227614099Eliza Lucasfound Indigo
227614100Saugus IronworksSaugus, MA. established after deposit found, financial failure (brings english skills)
227614101Peter HasencleverGerman in North NJ, largest industrial enterprise (ironworks)
227614102Iron Act of 1750This act attempted to limit the production of colonial goods that competed with British exports.
227614103Tallowhard fat rendered from sheep or cattle used to make candles
227614104Speciegold or silver coins
227614105Triangular TradeAfrican Slaves to Caribbean; Slaves and molasses and sugar to colonies (rum made); raw materials and rum to england; rum to africa
227614106Navigation ActsLaws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
227614107Consumerismmaterial goods-social status
227614108Agents of urban MerchantsSell goods to people in colonies (door to door)
227614109Mount VernonGeorge Washington's Virginia home; stocked with nice goods
227614110Social MobilityProperty owners and control of workforce=power (not set)
227614111Plantationssmall but self contained communities, good and bad years
227614112Stratified Southern SocietyWealthy landowners are influence not aristoocracy
227614113Stono Rebellion 1739A rebellion that occurred on September 9, 1729 in South Carolina by slaves. killed whites and tried to escape to fl
227614114Passive Resistancepeaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
227614115Mulattohalf african half white
227614116"Town Meeting"elect men meet yearly and discuss
227614117Primogenitureto pass land to first born son (not done in NE)
227614118Generation Gapgenerations spread and make new towns and rivalries
227614119Salem Witch Trialscaused by diversity of towns. girls accuse people of witchcraft many women killed
227614120Voodooa religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti)
227614121The (first) Great Awakeningpeople try to reinvent religion because they are losing their piety (old vs new conflict)
227614122Dutch Reformeda calvanist denomination (NY and NJ)
227614123American Baptists(Roger Williams was the first in America) Began in Rhode Island and believed in the idea of adult baptism.
227614124New FranceName of French colony in Canada catholic
227614125JeremiadsPuritans who warned of losing piety
227614126Methodists/ John and Charles Wesleyfounders of methodism in Georgia
227614127George Whitefielda touring preacher
227614128Jonathan Edwardspreached of traditional puritianism
227614129"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"title of Jonathan Edward's most famous sermon
227614130Old Lights vs New Lightsold vs new religion
227614131Francis BaconEnglish statesman and philosopher (ennlightenment)
227614132John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) and social contract
227614133Ben Franklin/Jefferson, Paine, MadisonEnlightened thinkers in colonies
227614134Public Schoolstried to make one in every town in MA but didnt work
227614135Literary Rateshigher than eng for both genders
227614136CollegesJohn Harvard/William and Mary/Elihu Yale/TCNJ=Princeton/King's=Columbia/The Academy and College of Philadelphia=UPENN
227614137Copernicus, NewtonAstrology that Harvard is against (no reason)
227614138Cotton Mather and Smallpoxmade up innoculations
227614139Innoculationsinfect with dead cells to help immunity dangerous
227614140John Peter Zengerin law suit in NY; attack on public figure but true
227614141Virtual RepresentationBritish governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members

AP US History Chapter 5

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386379773Melting potAn area or country having a mix of many different cultures and peoples, with the result that many of the cultures are blended together.
386379774SectA division of a large church that has broken off from the main body.
386379775AgitatorsThose who attempt to convince or create uproar among the people for a particular purpose.
386379776StratificationThe development of a society into a hierarchal social arrangement.
386379777MobilityThe ability of a person or people to move from one culture or social setting to another.
386379778EliteThose who are "at the top" in a hierarchal society, having money or power.
386379779AlmshouseA place of refuge for the poor, built and run on public funds or by charity.
386379780GentryA person of wealth or authority who is not officially of noble status.
386379781Tenant farmerA farmer who rents the land he works on rather than buying it.
386379782Penal codeA collection of laws concerning crimes and their punishments.
386379783VetoTo use executive authority to dismiss a bill passed by legislature.
386379784ApprenticeA person who works for a skilled worker for a time in order to obtain instruction in that line of work.
386379785SpeculationBuying something in the hopes of making money off of it when the price rises.
386379786RevivalAn event in religion in which members and others become suddenly more interested in the subject of religion itself.
386379787SecularPertaining to worldly, rather than sacred, things.
386379788Jonathan EdwardsA Congregational Clergyman who helped to start the Great Awakening because of his fiery sermons.
386379789Benjamin FranklinAn 18th century American inventor, politician, and philosopher; signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
386379790Michel-Guillaume de CrèvecoeurA French settler of America; tried to define what being American was.
386379791George WhitefieldA popular preacher during the Great Awakening; helped to inspire missionary work among the Indians.
386379792John Peter Zenger...
386379793Phillis WheatleyA slave girl who was freed and ended up publishing a book of her own poetry.
386379794John S. CopleyAn American citizen who was a painter; remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution.
386379795Paxton BoysA group of Scots-Irish men who protested against the Quaker benevolence toward Indians.
386379796Great AwakeningA religious revival that erupted in colonial America in the 1700's.
386379797Catawba nationA group of the remnants of many Indian nations that were forced to migrate to the U.S. Southeast.
386379798Rack-rentingCharging a huge amount of tax on rented property.
386379799Regulator movementA protest by some in North Carolina, mainly Scots-Irish, in response to their belief that the tax money was not being distributed evenly.
386379800Old and new lightsOld lights were traditional clergymen who did not follow the trends of the Great Awakening, and the new lights were those that did.
386379801Triangular tradeA trade system in which merchants in New England would trade a certain product for slaves in Africa, then trade the slaves for the same item, then begin again.
386379802Molasses ActA tax imposed on importation of molasses to non-British colonies; helped to start the revolution.
386379803Scots-IrishA group of independent-minded people who migrated from Scotland to Ireland, then later to America; left a large influence on many colony areas.
386379804Naval storesMaterials used in shipping.

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