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AP World History Quiz 1 Flashcards
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| 14666645491 | paleolithic | old; hunting & gathering | 0 | |
| 14666648450 | neolithic | new; farming & everything else (construction workers, engineers, scribes), haves and have nots | 1 | |
| 14666650524 | egalitarian | equal | 2 | |
| 14666652016 | nomadic | good; didn't get attached to things | 3 | |
| 14666653944 | monumental arch | Egypt-pyramids and Sphinx, Mesopotamian's-Ziggurats, Greeks-Acropolis, Chinese-Great Wall | 4 | |
| 14666660794 | Writing Systems | 1. cuneiform 2. hieroglyphics 3. Phoenician (alphabet) | 5 | |
| 14666743900 | Sumerians | dominant people of Mesopotamia | 6 | |
| 14666749507 | Ziggurat at Ur | Temple, mountain of the gods | 7 | |
| 14666751705 | Sumerian religion | Polytheistic | 8 | |
| 14666756043 | Code of Hammurabi | established high standards of behavior and stern punishment for violators | 9 | |
| 14666767475 | Cuneiform | wedge shaped writing | 10 | |
| 14666772151 | uses for writing | Trade, Astronomy, Mathematics, Agricultural applications, Calculation of time | 11 |
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AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 14703822495 | approbation | (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | 0 | |
| 14703822496 | assuage | (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 1 | |
| 14703823556 | coalition | a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | 2 | |
| 14703830399 | decadence | (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence | 3 | |
| 14703831163 | elicit | (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | 4 | |
| 14703832057 | expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | 5 | |
| 14703832477 | hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality | 6 | |
| 14703832478 | hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | 7 | |
| 14703833069 | innuendo | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | 8 | |
| 14703833070 | intercede | (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | 9 | |
| 14703833908 | jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | 10 | |
| 14703833909 | lurid | (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | 11 | |
| 14703834859 | meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise | 12 | |
| 14703834860 | petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 13 | |
| 14703836903 | prerogative | a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | 14 | |
| 14703836904 | provincial | (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony | 15 | |
| 14703838629 | simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of | 16 | |
| 14703838630 | transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed | 17 | |
| 14703839206 | umbrage | (n.) Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion | 18 | |
| 14703840490 | unctuous | (adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable | 19 |
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AP World History Chapter 22 Flashcards
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| 13453357783 | What did all nationalist movements in Asia and Africa in the second half to the twentieth-century share in common? | the goal of political independence | 0 | |
| 13453374130 | What was the U.S. influence in Latin America? | a form of imperialism without territorial possessions | 1 | |
| 13453386809 | How did people in the Global South measure the legitimacy of their government? | successful economic development | 2 | |
| 13453393425 | What did the decolonization after WWII feature? | the mobilization of the masses around a nationalist ideology | 3 | |
| 13453400345 | What led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979? | discontent and resentment of Pahlavi's government | 4 | |
| 13453412273 | How did Khomeini view his Islamic Revolution? | as a model for other Islamic countries to follow | 5 | |
| 13453421052 | What did Israel become in the late 1940s? | a new nation-state | 6 | |
| 13453469850 | What removed Islam from public life? | reforms of Ataturk in Turkey | 7 | |
| 13453746695 | How did the African National Congress resisted the South Africa government? | through civil disobedience against apartheid | 8 | |
| 13453754032 | How did apartheid end? | negotiations between the white government and black African nationalist leaders | 9 | |
| 13453764580 | When did Nelson Mandela come to power? | 1994 | 10 | |
| 13453768982 | What was the most essential decade of African independence? | 1960s | 11 | |
| 13453772969 | In what ways was Namibia unique? | it attained its independence from another African nation | 12 | |
| 13453777462 | How was democracy undermined in Africa? | by poor economic performance | 13 | |
| 13453784180 | What did the INC initially seek to do? | gain positions of influence to protect Indian interests | 14 | |
| 13453789994 | What region became mostly independent in 1947? | South Asia | 15 | |
| 13453799607 | What did East Asia have the most success in in the late 20th century? | stimulating economic growth and industrialization | 16 |
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