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| 6291891084 | Abbasid | The third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed Muhammad lasted from 750-1517. Contained the Islamic Golden age, stressing the importance of knowledge, and becoming an intellectual center for science, philosophy, medicine, and education. | 0 | |
| 6291891085 | Abbot | Head of a monastery, primarily in Christianity. | 1 | |
| 6291891086 | Abolition | Putting an end to slavery via laws. | 2 | |
| 6291891087 | Absolute monarch | A ruler with supreme authority that is not restricted by any written laws. | 3 | |
| 6291891088 | Acropolis | "High City," can be referring to a fortified part of a city built on a hill, or to the ancient citadel at Athens, dating from 5th century BC. | 4 | |
| 6291891089 | Acupuncture | A system of medicine originating from China and used to alleviate pain and treat various conditions via pricking the skin with needles. | 5 | |
| 6291891090 | Adobe | A building constructed from adobe clay or bricks. | 6 | |
| 6291891091 | African Diaspora | The populations or communities resulting from the movement of people from Africa, such as the descendants of slaves brought to the Americas from the 16th to 19th century. | 7 | |
| 6291891092 | African National Congress | South African governing social democratic political party and movement founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class and its demands were modest until WWI. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, it appealed increasingly to the poor, and it organized mass protests demanding self-government and independence. | 8 | |
| 6291891093 | Agora | "Assembly, gathering place" central spot in ancient Greek city-states. | 9 | |
| 6291891094 | Ahimsa | (In the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain tradition) the principle of nonviolence towards all living things. | 10 | |
| 6291891095 | Al Qaeda | Militant Sunni Muslim extremist group in the Middle East. | 11 | |
| 6291891096 | Alliance | Agreement between countries to fight on each other's behalf if necessary. | 12 | |
| 6291891097 | Allied Powers | Great Britain, France (except Vichy France during occupation), the Soviet Union, the United States, and China in WWII against the Axis Powers. | 13 | |
| 6291891098 | Allies | Fought against the central powers in WWI, allied group included Britain, France, Russia, Italy (switched sides from Central Powers), and the United States. | 14 | |
| 6291891099 | Amritsar Massacre | On the 13th of April, 1919, a crowd of nonviolent protesters were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army. | 15 | |
| 6291891100 | Anesthetic | A drug to prevent pain during surgery, first successful demonstrated use of anesthetic in a surgery on the 16th of October 1846. | 16 | |
| 6291891101 | Angkor Wat | The largest religious monument in the world, located in Cambodia, originally dedicated to Vishnu in the Hindu faith, turned into a Buddhist temple in the 12th century. | 17 | |
| 6291891102 | Animism | The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. | 18 | |
| 6291891103 | Anti-Comintern Pact | Anti-communist pact between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan, later joined by other, mainly fascist, governments. | 19 | |
| 6291891104 | Anti-Semitism | hostility and prejudice against the Jews. Examples in Nazi Germany, the Crusades, etc. | 20 | |
| 6291891105 | Annulled | Declare an official agreement invalid such as a marriage. (past-tense) | 21 | |
| 6291891106 | Apartheid | A system of institutionalized segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991, when it was abolished. | 22 | |
| 6291891107 | Appeasement | The policy in Europe after WWI to make concessions to the dictatorial powers to avoid conflict, Ex. Nazi Germany to the Rhinelands. | 23 | |
| 6291891108 | Apostles | Missionaries during the time after Jesus. | 24 | |
| 6291891109 | Apprentice | One who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling | 25 | |
| 6291891110 | Aqueduct | An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a gap. | 26 | |
| 6291891111 | Archipelago | A group of islands in a string | 27 | |
| 6291891112 | Archon | Greek word meaning "ruler" | 28 | |
| 6291891113 | Armistice | Formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. | 29 | |
| 6291891114 | Arms Race | Competition between nations for superior weaponry. | 30 | |
| 6291891115 | Artifacts | Objects recovered by archaeological endeavor that may be of interest culturally. | 31 | |
| 6291891116 | Artisans | Skilled craft workers - specialists. | 32 | |
| 6291891117 | Asian Tigers | Economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, which went through rapid industrialization and maintained extremely high growth rates between the early 1960's and 1990's. | 33 | |
| 6291891118 | Assembly Line | Invention that allows more efficient mass production. | 34 | |
| 6291891119 | Astrolabe | Can be used for determining latitude, time, or identifying stars or planets. | 35 | |
| 6291891120 | Augurs | Priests and officials in ancient Rome, whose main service was interpreting the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds. | 36 | |
| 6291891121 | Austro-Prussian War | Fueled by German nationalism, goal to gather all Germans under one state, won by Prussia. | 37 | |
| 6291891122 | Autocracy | A system of government by one person with absolute power. | 38 | |
| 6291891123 | Axis Powers | The nations that fought in WWII against the Allied Powers. They were Germany, Japan, and Italy (until 1943) | 39 | |
| 6291891124 | Baghdad Pact | Treaty organization formed in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Great Britain. Its goal was to contain the Soviet Union by having a line of strong states along the USSR's southwestern border. Iraq withdrew from the alliance, and the Soviet Union established relations past the organization, meaning the organization failed to contain the USSR. | 40 | |
| 6291891125 | Balance of Trade | The difference in value between a country's imports and exports. | 41 | |
| 6291891126 | Balfour Declaration | Expressed Great Britain's support of the Zionist movement and promised a Jewish state in Palestine. | 42 | |
| 6291891127 | Balkan Wars | In the first war, four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire, and in the second, one of the four: Bulgaria, suffered defeat. Ottoman Empire lost most of its land in Europe. | 43 | |
| 6291891128 | Bantu | Group of languages in primarily Africa descended from a common Proto-Bantu language. | 44 | |
| 6291891129 | Bataan Death March | Forced transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of Filipino and American POWs. It is characterized by sever physical abuse and wanton killings, and later judged as a Japanese war crime. | 45 | |
| 6291891130 | Battle of Britain | Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered R.A.F. planes. Germans failed to force an armistice by defeating Britain's air defenses could be considered the Nazis' first major defeat in WWII. | 46 | |
| 6291891131 | Battle of El Alamein | Victory by Allied Forces in WWII in N. Africa, reaching up through Italy. | 47 | |
| 6291891132 | Battle of Guadalcanal | Secured by Feb. 43, Allies sensed and eventual victory by early 43. Allies vs Japan | 48 | |
| 6291891133 | Battle of Iwo Jima | Famous for the iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on ___ ____. | 49 | |
| 6291891134 | Battle of Midway | Major U.S. victory and turning point in the war in the pacific | 50 | |
| 6291891135 | Battle of Okinawa | The U.S. victory that allowed the United States to get close enough to hit Japan. | 51 | |
| 6291891136 | Battle of Stalingrad | Halted the Germans' steady advance in 42/43. One of the most important battles in the war. | 52 | |
| 6291891137 | Battle of Verdun | WWI battle which was one of the largest, longest, and most costly battles on the Western Front between Germany and France. | 53 | |
| 6291891138 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | Failed military invasion of Cuba meant to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. | 54 | |
| 6291891139 | Bedouins | Term in the Arabic language referring to those who are descended from tribes. | 55 | |
| 6291891140 | Benedictine Rule | Brought monasticism to the west. | 56 | |
| 6291891141 | Berlin Airlift | The USSR blockaded all land routes to Berlin in the Berlin Blockade, and the U.S. responded by air dropping food and resources for power for 321 days until the Soviets gave up. | 57 | |
| 6291891142 | Berlin Conference | Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa, organized by Otto von Bismarck and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, and formalized the scramble for Africa. | 58 | |
| 6291891143 | Bessemer Process | The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel, named after its inventor, Henry _________. | 59 | |
| 6291891144 | Biotechnology | The use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, such as in agriculture and medicine for thousands of years. | 60 | |
| 6291891145 | Bishop | An approved member of the Christian clergy entrusted to a position of authority and oversight. | 61 | |
| 6291891146 | Black Death | One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1346-1353. | 62 | |
| 6291891147 | Black Tuesday | October 29th 1929, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, a huge factor in the beginning of the Great Depression. | 63 | |
| 6291891148 | Blitzkrieg | "lightning war," intense Nazi Germany military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory | 64 | |
| 6291891149 | Bloody Sunday | Incident on 30th of January 1972 in Northern Ireland when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest. Increased Irish hostility towards the British Army. | 65 | |
| 6291891150 | Bolsheviks | Majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917. (Lenin -> Stalin -> Gorbachev) | 66 | |
| 6291891151 | Bourgeoisie | In Marxist philosophy, the social class that came to own the means of production in modern industrialization, whose concerns are the value of property and preservation of capital, and to ensure their economic supremacy. | 67 | |
| 6291891152 | Boxer Rebellion | Violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing Dynasty. | 68 | |
| 6291891153 | Boyars | Highest rank in feudal Moscovian aristocracies, considerable influence in the 14th and 15th centuries. | 69 | |
| 6291891154 | British East India Company | Accounted for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities such as cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpeter, tea, and opium. Also the forerunner to the British Empire in India. | 70 | |
| 6291891155 | Bronze Age | Period characterized by the use of bronze, proto-writing, and other early signs of urban civilization. Approx. 3000/2000 to 1200/600 BC. | 71 | |
| 6291891156 | Buddhism | Religion based on largely on teachings of the Buddha. Originated in India between the 6th and 4th centuries BC and spread through Asia, experiencing decline in India. | 72 | |
| 6291891157 | Bureaucracy | Government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. | 73 | |
| 6291891158 | Bushido | "The way of the warrior," Japanese term for the samurai way of life, encompassing frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor until death. | 74 | |
| 6291891159 | Byzantine Empire | The continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for another thousands years before falling to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. | 75 |
