6957641910 | acculturation | adoption of host country's customs by immigrants | 0 | |
6957645960 | acheh sultanate | *Muslim kingdom near Sumatra *main Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia *collapsed after Dutch captured Malacca from Portugal after 1641 | 1 | |
6957652301 | Aden | Port city in modern Yemen, major trading port since ancient times | 2 | |
6957656971 | African National Congress | *dedicated to establishing equal rights for black South Africans *Was banned for several years, but managed to help gain majority rule in South Africa | 3 | |
6957665324 | Emilio Aguinaldo | *leader of Filipino Independence Movement *captured by US army in 1901 | 4 | |
6957671907 | Akbar I | *sultan of Mughal Empire *aimed to pursue a policy of conciliation w Hindus | 5 | |
6957678458 | Akhenaten | *built new capital at Amarna *fostered new style of naturalistic art *religious revolutions by imposing worship of sun-disk *Armarna letters preserve official correspondence between subjects and neighbors | 6 | |
6957694155 | Salavador Allende | *elected president of Chile in 1970 *overthrown in 1973 *socialist | 7 | |
6957697591 | All-India Muslim League | *founded in 1906 *defended interest of India's Muslim minority *demanded separate state for Muslims in 1940s | 8 | |
6957706675 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | leader of all-india muslim league | 9 | |
6957709431 | amulet | small charm meant to protect from bearer of evil; common in egypt and mesopotamia | ![]() | 10 |
6957714382 | amur river | River valley contested by China and Russia in the Treaty of Nerchinsk | ![]() | 11 |
6957735042 | arawak | Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus | ![]() | 12 |
6957745177 | richard arkwright | English inventor and entrepreneur who became wealthy for textile manufacturing during the industrial revolution -invented the water frame, machine that, | 13 | |
6958809708 | Lazaro Cardenos | *president of mexico 1934-1940 *distributed millions of acres of land to peasants *nationalized oil industry *brought in representatives for farmers and workers | 14 | |
6958834478 | Caste War | *1847 *rebellion of Maya people against Mexico *Nearly returned Yucatan peninsula to maya rule *some rebel retreated to territories until 1901 | 15 | |
6958844722 | Chang'an | *City in Wei Valley *Capital of Han/Qin dynasties *imitated by cities/towns that sprung up in Han era | ![]() | 16 |
6958852276 | chartered companies | groups of private investors who paid annual fees to France/Egypt for monopolies in West Indes | 17 | |
6958861769 | Chiang Kai-Shek | *suceeded Sun Yixan as leader of Kuomintang *headed Chinese govt *fought against Communists and Japanese invaders | 18 | |
6958878977 | clipper ship | Large, fast, streamlining ships built in mid-late 1800s | ![]() | 19 |
6958885943 | Confederation of 1867 | Negotiated union of formerly separated provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia,Quebec, and New Brunswick. Seen as beginning of Canadian nation | 20 | |
6958895890 | Council of Indies | supervised Spanish America from 1524 to early 18th century | 21 | |
6958903754 | Crystal Palace | *1851 *Hyde Park *Symbol of industrial era | ![]() | 22 |
6958908266 | daimyo | Japanese warlords and landowners who employed samurai from 8th-19th centuries | 23 | |
6958911193 | daoism | *Laozi *Believe the world is changing and devoid of absolute meaning *accept world as they find it, don't engage in futile struggles, and don't fight against "dao," or the path of nature | 24 | |
6958919079 | decembrist revolt | *1825 *Attempt by russian officers to take control of russia after Alexander I's death *unsuccessful | 25 | |
6958940191 | deng xiaopang | Communist leader after Mao Zedong's death | 26 | |
6958941771 | dhow | ships of small to moderate size used in Western Mediterranean | ![]() | 27 |
6958947311 | Blaise Diagne | *Senegalese *1st African elected to French National Assembly *Helped recruit Africans into French army in exchange for citizenship in wwi *fought to end forced labor | 28 | |
6958961009 | Bartolomeu Dias | first to sail around tip of Africa into Indian Ocean | 29 | |
6958964815 | Dirty War | *Argentina *against leftist groups *Illegal imprisonment, torture, and executions by military *1970s+80s | 30 | |
6958972329 | division of labor | *breaks down a craft into several small jobs *increased productivity of labor *decreased cost of manufacturing | 31 | |
6958976684 | durbar | *elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India *imitated Mughal empire | 32 | |
6958983155 | El Alamein | *site of victory by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Brit) over Erwin Rommel (Ger; "Desert Fox") in 1942-43 | ![]() | 33 |
6958993098 | electric telegraph | *used for long-distance communication *replaced visual signals like semaphores | 34 | |
6959003844 | equites | prosperous landowners in ancient italy second in terms of wealth and political power. emperors allied w them | 35 | |
6959012316 | european community | *1967 *promoted economic unity in Europe *replaced by EU in 1993 | 36 | |
6959017357 | faisal i | *leader of Arab revolt during wwi *British made him king in 1921 | 37 | |
6959021396 | fascist party | *1900s italy *promoted aggressive nationalism *Mussolini used it to become a dictator | 38 | |
6959026721 | fief | land granted to a lord by a king in exchange for loyalty | 39 | |
6959028440 | first temple | temple built in Jerusalem by King Solomon | ![]() | 40 |
6959033602 | free-trade imperialism | *economic dominance of a weaker state by a stronger country *weaker state is still legally independent * | 41 | |
6975375003 | funan | early complex society in 1-6th centuries CE rich bc of rice growth controlled Malaysian passage of trade | ![]() | 42 |
6975383463 | gentry | *class of prosperous families in Han China *made the govt more efficient *only under rural aristocracy | 43 | |
6975394624 | gold coast | area in west africa formerly occupied by the ghanian empire | ![]() | 44 |
6975399134 | golden horde | mongol khanate founded by Batu adopted Turkic language and Islam based in southern russia | 45 | |
6975408244 | gothic cathedrals | *flying buttresses *large, stained glass windows *tall vaults and spires *pointed arches | ![]() | 46 |
6975417252 | great zimbabwe | *modern zimbabwe *trading center *now in ruins | ![]() | 47 |
6975428448 | hausa | trading and agricultural people of sudan, remained independent until sokoto caliphate | ![]() | 48 |
6975434437 | herodotus | greek historian who wrote about the persian wars | 49 | |
6975439382 | miguel hidalgo y costilla | Mexican priest who led 1st stage of Mexican independence war in 1810. Later executed | 50 | |
6975451086 | Hidden Imam | lineage that shi'ites consider to be the true caliphs | 51 | |
6975458206 | Holy Roman Empire | *10th to 19th centuries *loose federation of German states *headed by emperor elected by princes | ![]() | 52 |
6975465515 | house of burgesses | colonial assembly in Virginia created in 1618 | 53 | |
6975470621 | ibn battuta | Moroccan scholar, traveled from China to Spain to western Sudan, likely the most traveled person of his time | 54 | |
6975475559 | il-khan | a secondary khan based in persia founded by Hulegu based at Tabriz controlled Iraq and Iran | 55 | |
6975482699 | import-substitution industrialization | *economic system where a country's economy is based on trade *was popular in s. america during mid-1900s but could not be sustained | 56 | |
6975491718 | indian civil service | body of govt that controlled British India; originally educated British men, but gradually allowed educated Indians | 57 | |
6975495591 | Indian Ocean Maritime System | trade routes along indian ocean from africa to indonesia before modern era | ![]() | 58 |
6975548628 | hipolito irigoyen | argentine president first elected by universal male suffrage first reformer, but became conservative | 59 |
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