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Chapter 11 Vocab

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7667851812Quranthe sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina0
7667851813ummathe Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan1
7667851814Pillars of Islamis the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (ritual prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)2
7667851815hijraThe Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam3
7667851816shariathe code of law derived from the Quran and from the teachings and example of Muhammad4
7667851817jizyatax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion5
7667851818ulamathe body of mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community6
7667851819Umayyad CaliphateFirst hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.7
7667851820Abbasid CaliphateDescendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad from 750 to 1258.8
7667851821al-GhazaliBrilliant Islamic theologian; struggled to fuse Greek and Qur'anic traditions; not entirely accepted by ulama9
7667851822Sikhismthe doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam10
7667851823Anatoliaa peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey11
7667851824Ibn BattutaMoroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.12
7667851825Timbuktua city in central Mali near the Niger river13
7667851826al-Abdalusone prince out of Umayyad that escaped to Spain -turned Southern Spain Muslim14
7667851827madrassasa school for the study of Muslim law and religion15
7667851828House of WisdomCombination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad established in the 800s.16
7667851829Ibn SinaThe famous Islamic scientist and philosopher who organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the Canon of Medicine17

AP World History Ways of the World Chapter 9 Flashcards

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5355363122An LushanGeneral who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty provoking China's turn to xenophobia.0
5355363123bushido"Way of the warrior" Military virtues of the Japanese samurai (bravery, loyalty, death over surrender)1
5355363124Chinese BuddhismChina's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the twentieth century; Buddhism entered China from India At first supported by the state, Buddhism suffered persecution during the ninth century but continued to play a role in Chinese society.2
5355363125chu nomA variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script."3
5355363126foot bindingChinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small (started in the Tang dynasty)4
5355363127hangulA phonetic alphabet from Korea5
5355363128HangzhouChina's capital during the Song dynasty (1 million+ people)6
5355363129HeianJapan's second capital city7
5355363130JurchenA nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China8
5355363131KamiSacred spirits of Japan (ancestors or natural phenomena)9
5355363132KhitanA nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China10
5355363133KoryoKorean dynasty11
5355363134KumsongThe capital of Korea in the medieval era12
5355363135Murasaki ShikibuA woman author active at the Heian court best known for The Tale of Genji13
5355363136NaraJapan's first capital city14
5355363137Neo-ConfucianismA philosophy that revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements.15
5355363138Pure Land BuddhismA school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China16
5355363139SamuraiMembers of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized.17
5355363140Shotoku TaishaJapanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state18
5355363141Silla DynastyThe first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula19
5355363142Song dynasty economic revolutionA major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty20
5355363143Sui DynastyRuling dynasty of China that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation.21
5355363144Tang DynastyRuling dynasty of China noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences.22
5355363145TankaHighly stylized form of Japanese poetry23
5355363146Tribute systemChinese method of dealing with foreign authorities by making them pay a gift to the emperor (although the gift in return was often of more value)24
5355363147Trung SistersTwo Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam25
5355363148UighursTurkic empire of the steppes26
5355363149Wendi, EmperorSui emperor who patronized Buddhism.27
5355363150XiongnuMajor nomadic confederacy that eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia.28
5355363151YiKorean dynasty29

AP World History Period 5 Flashcards

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9396629762abolitionist movementAn international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.0
9396629763CreolesNative-born elites in the Spanish colonies.1
9396629764Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenDocument drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declaration ideologically launched the French Revolution.2
9396629765Declaration of the Rights of WomanShort work written by the French feminist Olympe de Gouges in 1791 that was modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and that made the argument that the equality proclaimed by the French revolutionaries must also include women.3
9396629766Estates-GeneralFrench representative assembly called into session by Louis XVI to address pressing problems and out of which the French Revolution emerged; the three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.4
9396629767FreetownWest African settlement in what is now Sierra Leone at which British naval commanders freed Africans they rescued from illegal slave ships.5
9396629768French RevolutionMassive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were lost again, though only in part, under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.6
9396629769gens de couleur libresLiterally, "free people of color"; term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in Saint Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution.7
9396629770HaitiName that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the term means "mountainous" or "rugged" in the Taino language.8
9396629771Haitian RevolutionThe only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804).9
9396629772Hidalgo-Morelos RevolutionSocially radical peasant insurrection that began in Mexico in 1810 and that was led by the priests10
9396629773Latin American RevolutionsSeries of risings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America (1810-1826) that established the independence of new states from Spanish rule but that for the most part retained the privileges of the elites despite efforts at more radical social rebellion by the lower classes.11
9396629774Toussaint L'OuvertureFirst leader of the Haitian Revolution, a former slave (1743-1803) who wrote the first constitution of Haiti and served as the first governor of the newly independent state.12
9396629775Napoleon BonaparteFrench head of state from 1799 until his abdication in 1814 (and again briefly in 1815); preserved much of the French Revolution under an autocratic system and was responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through his conquest of much of Europe.13
9396629776NationA group of people who have a sense of common identity and destiny, thanks to ties of blood, culture, language, or common experience.14
9396629777NationalismThe focusing of citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with a unique culture, territory, and destiny; first became a prominent element of political culture in the nineteenth century.15
9396629778American RevolutionSuccessful rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (not Canada) against British rule (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy.16
9396629779Petit BlancsThe "little" (or poor) white population of Saint Domingue, which played a significant role in the Haitian Revolution.17
9396629780Seneca Falls ConferenceThe first organized women's rights conference18
9396629781Elizabeth Cady StantonLeading figure of the early women's rights movement in the United States (1815-1902).19
9396629782the Reign of TerrorTerm used to describe the revolutionary violence in France in 1793-1794, when radicals under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre executed tens of thousands of people deemed enemies of the revolution.20
9396629783Third EstateIn prerevolutionary France, the term used for the 98 percent of the population that was neither clerical nor noble, and for their representatives at the Estates General; in 1789, it declared itself a National Assembly and launched the French Revolution.21
9396629784Tupac AmaruThe last Inca emperor; in the 1780s, a Native American rebellion against Spanish control of Peru took place in his name.22
9396629785BourgeoisieTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople."23
9396629786British Royal SocietyAssociation of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge."24
9396629787Crimean WarMajor international conflict (1854-1856) in which British and French forces defeated Russia; the defeat prompted reforms within Russia.25
9396629788Sigmund FreudAustrian doctor and the father of modern psychoanalysis (1856-1939); his theories about the operation of the human mind and emotions remain influential today26
9396629789Labour PartyBritish working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism.27
9396629790Karl MarxGerman expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future.28
9396629791Middle class valuesBelief system that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability."29
9396629792Robert OwensSocialist thinker and wealthy mill owner (1771-1858) who created an ideal industrial community at New Lanark, Scotland.30
9396629793Peter the GreatTsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725) who attempted a massive reform of Russian society in an effort to catch up with the states of Western Europe.31
9396629794PopulismLate-nineteenth-century American political movement that denounced corporate interests of all kinds.32
9396629795ProletariatTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population.33
9396629796Steam engineMechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of this item allowed a hitherto unimagined increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible.34
9396629797Boxer RebellionRising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed35
9396629798DaimyoFeudal lords of Japan who retained substantial autonomy under the Tokugawa shogunate and only lost their social preeminence in the Meiji restoration.36
9396629799Meiji RestorationThe overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in 1868, restoring power at long last to the emperor37
9396629800Matthew PerryU.S. navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations with the outside world.38
9396629801Opium WarsTwo wars fought between Western powers and China (1839-1842 and 1856-1858) after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods; China lost both wars and was forced to make major concessions.39
9396629802Russo-Japanese WarEnding in a Japanese victory, this war established Japan as a formidable military competitor in East Asia and precipitated the Russian Revolution of 1905.40
9396629803SamuraiArmed retainers of the Japanese feudal lords, famed for their martial skills and loyalty; in the Tokugawa shogunate, they gradually became an administrative elite, but they did not lose their special privileges until the Meiji restoration.41
9396629804Self-strengthening MovementChina's program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on vigorous application of Confucian principles and limited borrowing from the West.42
9396629805The Sick Man of EuropeWestern Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.43
9396629806Social DarwinismAn application of the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human history in the nineteenth century.44
9396629807Taiping UprisingMassive Chinese rebellion that devastated much of the country between 1850 and 1864; it was based on the millenarian teachings of Hong Xiuquan.45
9396629808Tanzimat ReformsImportant reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1839; the term means "reorganization."46
9396629809Tokugawa ShogunateRulers of Japan from 1600 to 1868.47
9396629810Unequal treatiesSeries of nineteenth-century treaties in which China made major concessions to Western powers.48
9396629811Young OttomansGroup of would-be reformers in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire that included lower-level officials, military officers, and writers; they urged the extension of Westernizing reforms to the political system.49
9396629812Young TurksMovement of Turkish military and civilian elites that developed ca. 1900, eventually bringing down the Ottoman Empire50
9396629813ApartheidAfrikaans term for the system that developed in South Africa of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks.51
9396629814Cash crop agricultureAgricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves.52
9396629815Leopold IIhis rule as private owner of the Congo Free State during much of that time is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization, resulting as it did in millions of deaths.53
9396629816Cultivation SystemSystem of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century; peasants were required to cultivate at least 20 percent of their land in cash crops such as sugar or coffee for sale at low and fixed prices to government contractors, who then earned enormous profits from further sale of the crops.54
9396629817Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858Massive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ.55
9396629818Scramble for AfricaName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900.56
9396629819Guillotinedefined the reign of terror, its fast-falling blade extinguished life immediately, introduced as a more humane way of beheading (vs. an ax)57
9396629820Mass ProductionThe manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small simple tasks.58
9396629821Steam Shipstechnological innovation allowed Europeans to reach distant Asian and African ports quickly and predictably59
9396629822mercantilismA set of economic principles based on policies which stress government regulation of economic activities to benefit the home country60
9396629823Capitalism(1776) , an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations.61
9396629824Simon BolivarThe most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America; born in Venezuela, he led military forces there and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.62
9396629825GaribaldiLeader of the Italian Nationalist Army. He was a bold and visionary leader. He united Southern Italy, also captured Sicily in the 1860's.63
9396629826MazziniGiuseppe Mazzini was the first person that tried to unify all of Italy. He preached a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and the will of the people. His brand of democratic republicanism seemed too radical for the people. Austria smashed Mazzini's republicanism in 1848.64
9396629827Count CavourItalian statesman from Sardinia who used diplomacy to help achieve unification of Italy.65
9396629828Pedro ISon and successor of Joao VI in Brazil, aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence from Portugal in 1822, became constitutional emperor of Brazil66
9396629829William WilberforceHe was a highly religious man and a member of the English Parliament who worked tirelessly for the abolition of slavery67
9396629830Janissarya soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks68
9396629831Muhammad AliAlbanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849).69
9396629832Tanzimat'Restructuring' reforms by the nineteenth-century Ottoman rulers, intended to move civil law away from the control of religious elites and make the military and the bureaucracy more efficient.70
9396629833ExtraterritorialityForeign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country, disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.71
9396629834Canton SystemThe Canton System (1757-1842) served as a means for China to control trade with the west within its own country by focusing all trade on the southern port of Canton (now Guangzhou).72
9396629835Empress Dowager CixiEmpress of China and mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest, supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers, and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces.73
9396629836Palm OilA West African tropical product often used to make soap; the British encouraged its cultivation as an alternative to the slave trade.74
9396629837Emmeline Pankhurst(1858-1928) British suffragette and founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union.75
9396629838Emily DavisonThrew herself under the Kings horse at the Derby to draw attention to the women's movement and was killed.76
9396629839Separate SpheresNineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women, especially of the middle class, should have different roles in society: women as wives, mothers, and homemakers; men as breadwinners and participants in business and politics77
9396629840Universal Male SuffrageThe extension of the right to vote to all males regardless of social standing or race, whose movement had begun in the early-mid 1800's78
9396629841Ems TelegramA telegram which the French gave to the Germans in anger over the Succession of the Throne in Spain, but the Germans altered it to look like the French were rude and evil. The French declared war.79
9396629842free trade imperialismEconomic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one, while maintaining the legal independence of a weaker state. In the late 19th cent, this characterized the relationships between Latin American republics and GB/US80

AP US History Chapter 32 Flashcards

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6235938211Brain TrustGroup of expert policy advisers who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the great depression0
6235938212New DealA series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression1
6235938213Hundred DaysThe special session of Congress that Roosevelt called to launch his New Deal programs. The special session lasted about three months: 100 days2
6235938214Glass-Steagall Banking Reform ActCreated the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures the accounts of depositors of its member banks. It outlawed banks investing in the stock market3
6235938215Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)Hired young, unemployed people to do restoration projects throughout the country, employed over 3 million people4
6235938216National Recovery Administration (NRA)- Child labor was forbidden, and Section 7A of the NIRA guaranteed labor unions the right to organize and bargain collectively5
6235938217Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)Gave farmers money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up the value of crops6
6235938218Dust BowlA drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry7
6235938219Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)A relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil8
6235938220Social Security Act(FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health9
6235938221Wagner Act1935, also National Labor Relations Act; granted rights to unions; allowed collective bargaining10
6235938222Fair Labor Standards Act1938 Act which provided for a minimum wage and restricted shipments of goods produced with child labor11
6235938223Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)A federation of labor union for all unskilled workers. It provided a national labor union for unskilled workers, unlike the AFL, which limited itself to skilled workers12
6235938224Court-packing planPresident FDR's failed 1937 attempt to increase the number of US Supreme Court Justices from 9 to 15 in order to save his 2nd New Deal programs from constitutional challenges13
6235938225KeynesianismAn economic theory based on the thoughts of British economist John Maynard Keynes, holding that central banks should adjust interest rates and governments should use deficit spending and tax policies to increase purchasing power and hence prosperity14
6235938226Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic president who created the New Deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression15
6235938227Eleanor RooseveltA strong first lady who supported civil rights16
6235938228Harry L. Hopkinshead of the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA); it was created to distribute $500mil in relief aid to state and local agencies17
6235938229Father Charles CoughlinA Catholic priest from Michigan who was critical of FDR on his radio show. His radio show morphed into being severly against Jews during WWII and he was eventually kicked off the air, however before his fascist (?) rants, he was wildly popular among those who opposed FDR's New Deal18
6235938230Francis E. TownsendA doctor and critic of FDR's who proposed that everyone 60 years of age or older should get $200 a month as long as they spent it within 30 days19
6235938231Huey P. LongA presidential candidate in the 1936 election known for his Share the Wealth program. He and other demagogues pushed FDR to move the New Deal to help people directly20
6235938232Frances Perkins1st woman in cabinet21
6235938233Mary McLeod BethuneUnited States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)22
6235938234Robert F. WagnerLeader of Tammany Hall headed investigation of Shirtwaist Fire. Outcome was 56 worker protection laws incl fire safety inspection23

AP World History Chapter 31 Flashcards

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6596206286Andrew Jackson(1767 - 1845) was the seventh president of the U.S. (1829-1837). He was governor of Florida (1821), and commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815). A polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s, his political ambition combined with widening political participation, shaping the modern Democratic party. His legacy is now seen as mixed, as a protector of popular democracy and individual liberty for white men, checkered by his support for slavery and Indian removal. Renowned for his toughness, he was nicknamed "Old Hickory." As he based his career in developing Tennessee, Jackson was the first president primarily associated with the American frontier0
6596206287Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865) He was the sixteenth president of the United States and against slavery. He became president in 1860 just before the civil war, however, slavery was ended threw the emancipation proclamation and the civil war was ended, all during his presidency.1
6596206288John Macdonald(1815-1891) He was the first prime minister of Canada and tried to incorporate all of British North America into the Dominion. He purchased huge Northwest Territories from the Hudson Bay Company in 1869 and he persuaded Manitoba, British Colombia, and Prince Edward Island to join the Dominion. He constructed a transcontinental railroad to bring unity to Canada, which was completed in 1885.2
6596206289Benito Juarez(1806-1872) president of Mexico who led La Reforma of the 1850s, which aimed to limit the power of the military and the Roman Catholic church in Mexican society. He struggled to establish order in his country and in 1861, conservatives forced his government out of Mexico. He then tried to lesson Mexico's financial woes by suspending loan payments to foreign countries which led to European intervention as to protect their investments in Mexico. Napoleon the III tried to bring Mexico under a dictatorship, but this failed. Juarez then restored semblance of liberal government.3
6596206290Juan Manuel de RosasA caudillo who from 1835-1852 ruled an Argentina badly divided. He used his skills to subdue other caudillos and establish control in Buenos Aires. Then he called for regional autonomy, but he worked to centralize the government he usurped. Although he did quell rebellions, he did it in a bloody fashion, and for that he is ridiculed.4
6596206291Porfirio Diaza dictorial general that ruled Mexico in 1876-1911; he made the most notable attempt to encourage industrialization; under his rule, railroad tracks and telegraph lines connected all parts of Mexico, and the production of mineral resources surged; middle-class Mexicans joined with peasants and workers to overthrow him in the Mexican revolution (1911-1920)5
6596206292Emiliano Zapatalived 1879-1919; a revolutionary leader, charismatic agrarian rebel, and the son of a mestizo peasant; he and Francisco Villa organized massive armies fighting for land and liberty; they embodied the ideals and aspirations of the indigenous Mexican masses and enjoyed tremendous popular support; Zapata confiscated hacienda lands and began distributing the lands to the peasants6
6596206293Louis Riellived 1844-1885; he emerged as the leader of the métis and indigenous peoples of western Canada; he assumed the presidency of a provisional government in 1870; he led his troops in capturing Fort Garry; in 1885, he organized a military force of métis and native peoples and led the Northwest Rebellion; government authorities executed him for treason7
6596206294Louisiana Purchaseoccurred in 1803 when Napoleon Bonaparte needed funds immediately to protect revolutionary France from its enemies, allowing the United States to purchase France's Louisiana Territory (from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains), doubling the size of the United States8
6596206295Manifest Destinyterm that Americans spoke of claiming to occupy all of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean9
6596206296The Trail of Tears1838-1839; the distressing 800-mile migration from the eastern woodlands to Oklahoma by the Cherokees; thousands of Cherokees died from disease, starvation, and relocation difficulties10
6596206297Mexican-American War1846-1848; ultimately caused by the decision of the United States to consolidate its hold on Texas, against vigorous Mexican protest; US forces inflicted a punishing defeat on the Mexican army11
6596206298Emancipation Proclamationsigned by Abraham Lincoln on the 1st of January 1863; it made the abolition of slavery an explicit goal of the US Civil War12
6596206299Dawes Actalso the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; it shifted land policies away from collective tribal reservations and toward individual tracts of land meant to promote the family farms once common in white US society13
6596206300Caudillosregional military leaders; division and discord in the newly independent states helped them come to power in much of Latin America14
6596206301La Reforma (of the 1850s)a liberal reform movement that aimed to limit the power of the military and the Roman Catholic church in Mexican society; its ideals were set forth by the Constitution of 1857; it guaranteed universal male suffrage and other civil liberties like freedom of speech15
6596206302Northwest Rebellionan insurrection led by Louis Riel with a military force of métis and native peoples; it did not turn out successful when Canadian forces subdued the makeshift army16
6596206303GauchosArgentinean cowboys known for their bravery and independence; most of them were mestizos or castizos; gaucho society acquired an ethnic egalitarianism (social equality)17
6596206304Golondrinas"swallows"; relates to the Italian workers that settled permanently in Latin America; they regularly migrated between Europe and South America to take advantage of different growing seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres18
6596206305Edmund Cartwrighta clergyman responsible for creating a water-driven power loom that inaugurated an era of mechanical weaving (from Chapter 30)19

AP World Final EOY Flashcards

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6871523473What were the causes of WW1?Alliances, Nationalism and Fascism0
6871527363What type of warfare was there in WW1?Trench Warfare1
6871532493What military tactics were used in WW1 and WW2?WW1 - Machine guns, trenches, in Europe WW2 - Planes, tanks, machine guns, Europe and Pacific2
6871543703What were the mandates of the treaty of Versailles?Forced Germany to pay for war expenses3
6871551608What territories did Japan occupy during WW2?West Pacific, Taiwan, Manchuria, and majority of China. Stopped at Australia4
6871562065What is self-determination? How did Hitler use it?Process when a country decides on its own government. Used it to gain support of Germans5
6871565981What is island hopping?U.S. method of taking over islands on the pacific on their way to Japan6
6871578748What did Hitler and Napoleon both underestimate?The Russians7
6871611498What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?Genocide of the Jewish, gypsies, homosexuals and mentally disabled8
6871617103What did the imperial powers do with their African colonies after WW2?They were given their independence9
6871622338What was the Balfour Declaration?Promised the Jews homeland in the middle east10
6871627132How did the Arabs feel about the Versailles conference?They felt betrayed and like they had no voice11
6871631046What were the Warsaw Pact and NATO?NATO - US military alliance Warsaw Pact - Soviet Unions response to NATO12
6871635353What was the Long March?Communists escaping from nationalists and recruiting poor people from villages. Solidified Mao as a leader13
6871662807How did Mao differ from Soviet Communists?He saw peasants as a revolutionary class14
6871666155What did Stalin do to his competition?He murdered them15
6871669446How do communism and fascism differ?Communism is more totalitarian16
6871675123How were communist takeovers in China and the Soviet Union different?The Chinese took over a united country17
6871680267What was the Dinshawai incident?Accidental shooting of a woman by the British18
6871683855Why did the West care about the Middle EastThey had oil19
6871688255What was Britains greatest change during the warring era?After warring era, Britain became less of a world power20
6871694972What is the European Economic Community (ECC)?European Coup for common currency21
6871701875Who landed Sputnik?The Soviet Union22
6871705532What nations used to belong to Yugoslavia?Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Albania23
6871716180Who was Boris Yeltsin?President of the Russian Federation24
6871723242What is the Brezhnev Doctrine?When the Soviet Union agreed to help out if any communist government was going to be overthrown25
6871734049What has been a lasting effect of European colonization?It spread Western language all over the world26
6871740659What were the characteristics of Latin American Government?Many of its countries went back and forth between authoritarian and democratic governments27
6871747255Who was Peron?President of Argentina who gained support from labor groups and because of his popular wife28
6871763798How did the US help Guatemala?By sending in the CIA to overthrow their nationalist government29
6871773094Why and how did Britain divide their Indian territory?Divided Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan30
6871779187What did the Japanese campaign to teach people?Chopsticks31
6871782540What are the "homelands in South Africa?It's for indigenous South Africans32
6871786581What was apartheid? How did it end?Segregation in South Africa, Nelson and Klerk led black nationalist movement to end it33
6871795030How did people migrate in the 20th century?From non industrialized to industrialized nations34
6871806714What do all military regimes have in common?All are nationalistic35
6871810892What is a 3rd world country?An industrialized nation/country not aligned with the US or the Soviet Union during the Cold War36
6871815486How has technology impacted the world?By creating new businesses around the world37
6871819486How do developing and emerging nations differ?One is industrialized, one is starting to industrialize38
6871826867How do countries preserve their cultural identities?By restricting the media39
6871830129What were the immediate impacts of 9/11 on the US?Panic and fear, also the Patriot Act40
6871835187What is Fascism?Political belief that began in Europe that focused on nationalism41
6871841185What caused Germany to turn to a dictator in the 1930's?Their economical and social crisis after WW142
6871846408What was a common element of African and Asian governments since decolonization?Military takeovers43
6871851157What are new developments that resulted because of globalization of the Earth?Trade, money, communication, technology, and people adjusting the ways they thought44
6871859063What distinguishes the time period 1914 - present from earlier eras?Democracy transitions, communication, redefining the West, belief systems and questioning of inequalities45
6871867100What was the purpose of Hitlers "Mein Kampf" book?To tell how the master race was going to prevail and how all other races would be destroyed46
6871873279What are some trends that ran counter to the globalization as the 21st century began?Ethnic traditions, religion, nationalism, and sub-national loyalties47
6871879467What changes occurred for women in the years following WW2?They were working more and it became more accepted48
6871882341What is Halloween known as?All Saints Day49

AP World History Chapter 18 (Strayer) Flashcards

Revolutions of Industrialization

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4064821922Steam Engine1750-1914 : Mechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of the steam engine allowed a hitherto unimagined increased in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible; it provided an inanimate and almost limitless source of power beyond that of wind, water or muscle and could be used to drive any number of machines as well as locomotives and oceangoing ships0
4064821923Indian Cotton Textiles1750-1914 : For much of the eighteenth century, well-made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India flooded Western markets; the competition stimulated the British textile industry to industrialize, which led to the eventual destruction of the Indian textile market both in Europe and in India. were certainly one factory driving the innovation in the British textile industry.1
4064821924British Royal Society1750-1914 : Association of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge". They are an association of natural philosophers (scientists) to this end, it established "Mechanics' libraries" published broadsheets and pamphlets on recent scientific advanced and held frequent public lectures and demonstrations. The integration of science and technology became widespread and permanent after 1850, but for a century before, it was largely a British phenomenon2
4064821925Middle-Class Values1750-1914 : Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasize thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness and "respectability". All of which characterized the middle class-culture. The central value of that culture was the part of "respectability" a term that combined notions of social status and virtuous behavior. Nowhere were these values more effectively displayed than in the Scotsman Samuel Smile's famous book Self-Help.3
4064821926Lower-Middle Class1750-1914 : Social stratum that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century and that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, this group compromised about 20 percent of Britain's population. As Britain's industrial economy matured it gave rise to this class the people apart of it where the workers like clerks salespeople, hotel staff, secretaries, police officers ect. By the end of the century this class represented 20% of Britain's population, this also brought new employment options for women.4
4064821927Karl Marx1750-1914 : The most influential proponent of socialism, Marx (1818-1883) was a German expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future. He was German by birth but spent most of his life in England, where he witnessed the brutal conditions of Britain's Industrial Revolution and wrote voluminously about history and economics. His probing analysis led him to the conclusion that industrial capitalism was an inherently unstable system, doomed collapse in a revolutionary upheaval that would give birth to a classless socialist society, thus ending forever the ancient conflict between rich and poor.5
4064821928Labour Party1750-1914 : British working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism. It advocated a reformist program and peaceful democratic transition to socialism, largely rejecting the class struggle and revolutionary emphasis of classical Marxism.6
4064821929Proletariat1750-1914 : Term that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population. Marx has expected industrial capitalist societies to polarize into a small wealthy class and a huge increasingly impoverished...7
4064821930Socialism in the United States1750-1914 : Fairly minor political movement in the United States, at its height in 1912 gaining 6 percent of the vote for its presidential candidate8
4064821931Progressives1750-1914 : American political movement in the period around 1900 that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization9
4064821932Russian Revolution of 19051750-1914 : Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms10
4064821933Caudillos1750-1914 : A military strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America11
4064821934Latin America Export Boom1750-1914 : Large-scale increase in Latin America exports (mostly raw materials and foodstuffs) to industrializing countries in the second half of the nineteenth century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle classes12
4064821935Mexican Revolution1750-1914 : Long and bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Diaz and create a new, much more democratic political order13
4064821936Dependent Development1750-1914 : Term used to describe Latin America's economic growth in the nineteenth century, which was largely financed by foreign capital and dependent on European and North American prosperity and decisions14

AP World History Terms Flashcards

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6615885506Neolithic Revolutiona.k.a Agricultural Revolution, the widespread change from hunter-gatherer societies to domesticated plants and animals, leading to permanent settlements0
6615885507pastoralismbranch of agriculture that is the raising of livestock1
6615885508irrigationany deliberate movement of water to grow crops2
6615885509river valley civilizationsearly civilizations were formed on the banks of major rivers where it was easy to water crops, ie.- Mesopotamia, Indus River, Huang He/Yellow River, etc.3
6615885510Big Geographya global picture of geography, study of history viewing the world as a physical object with many changing parts (shifting tectonic plates, make-up of the planet, etc.)4
6615885511colonizationthe act of settling or controlling a foreign land/region in order to enrich or benefit the mother country5
6615885512urbanizationthe growth of cities6
6615885513global capitalisma global, transnational economy characterized by globally integrated class structure, accumulation, production Multi-national corporations exhibit this7
6615885514labor migrationmovement from one country to another to find work/employment8
6615885515interregional tradeSilk Road, Indian Ocean Trade, Trans-Saharan trade, NAFTA trade between regions9
6615885516maritime technologyanything that makes ocean-going easier10
6615885517imperial expansionexpansion of an empire11
6615885518imperial declinedecline of an empire12
6615885519Black Deathpandemic of the bubonic plague around 1350 CE, that devastated much of Eurasia13
6615885520Columbian Exchangethe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Old and New Worlds after the "discovery" of the Americas in 149214
6615885521demographic changechanges in components of populations such as gender, age, ethnicity, literacy, etc.15
6615885522crop diffusionthe dispersion or spread of crops around the world Ex.- potatoes and corn travel from the Americas to Europe16
6615885523forced laborany service/job people are forced to do usually under threat of punishment17
6615885524Green Revolutiona.k.a. Third Agricultural Revolution, worldwide increase in agricultural production through the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and high-yield crop varieties18
6615885525imperialismthe expansion of a nation's power/authority/influence over foreign areas, political, economic, or military domination of one country over another19
6615885526joint-stock companya company whose stock is owned jointly by share-holders20
6615885527mercantilismthe idea that colonies exist to enrich the mother nation, nations regulate international trade for its benefit21
6615885528socialismpolitical/economic ideal advocating that production of goods should be regulated the community as a whole22
6615885529free-market economicseconomic system in which the market is decentralized and has few government regulations23
6615885530plantation cropscrops that were grown in huge numbers mainly in the New World on special farms dedicated to that sole crop Ex- tobacco, sugar(cane), cotton24
6615885531land redistributionusually government-backed effort to give land/property equally to everyone, usually agricultural land25
6615885532Cold Warworldwide struggle after WWII between the US/NATO and the Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact, capitalism v. communism, no real war, but proxy wars such as Vietnam & Korea were fought26
6615885533dar al-Islamliterally "house of Islam," refers to the countries/regions where Muslims are the ruling majority27
6615885534khanatesarea/region ruled by a khan, most applicable in World History regarding the 4 sub-divisions of the Mongol Empire after the death of Ghengis Khan28
6615885535feudalismsystem of rigid hierarchy in Medieval Europe and Japan, involved lords, vassals, and peasants/serfs29
6615885536neocolonialismuse of economic, political, or cultural pressures to control or influence another country, especially in countries that were former colonies Ex.- many countries in Africa still speak French30
6615885537pandemica worldwide spread of disease Ex.- Spanish Flu ____________ of 191831
6615885538Atlantic Economythe complex trade and transport system that emerged between the Old and New Worlds in the 1500's, 1600's, and 1700's32
6615885539Trans-Atlantic slave tradethe transport of slaves from Africa to the plantations in the New World across the Atlantic Ocean, abolished in 180733
6615885540Indian Ocean Tradehuge sea trading network in its namesake ocean, connected southern Asia, China, East Africa, the Middle East, the East Indies, and eventually Europe34
6615885541Swahili Coastregion in southeast Africa, including many city-states that grew prosperous from the Indian Ocean Trade system, spoke the namesake language35
6615885542Trans-Saharan Tradegold-salt trade across the namesake desert that connected North Africa and the Middle East with the empires of West Africa36
6615885543mit'a laborthe mandatory system of labor in the Inca Empire, a form or tribute to the Incan Government37
6615885544serfdomstatus of peasants during the feudal period in western Europe, requirement to work for the lord of the manor who owned the land in exchange fro protection, however they could not leave the manor38
6615885545classical liberalisma.k.a. free-market economics/free-market capitalism, an economic ideology that advocated for less government regulations on the economy and "small" government39
6615885546Industrial revolutiona period of rapid change in the way goods were produce and distributed which altered the way of life and society, utilization of mass production and factory labor40
6615885547globalizationsimilar to global capitalism, the process in which businesses/organizations operate on a global scale and gain international influence41
6615885548Judaismthe world's first monotheistic religion, founded by the Israelites, followers of this religion experience a diaspora42
6615885549Buddhismreligion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama in the 6th century BCE, spread to China, Korea, and Japan, teachings include the 4 Noble Truths and 8-fold path to reach enlightenment43
6615885550Confucianisma system of ethical beliefs founded in China c. 500 CE that included filial piety, duty to family community, and leader, and advocated for merit-based opportunity, influenced many Chinese Dynasties44
6615885551Christianitytoday's largest religion, founded by Jesus Christ, the supposed son of God, proclaimed as the state religion of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great45
6615885552DaoismChinese belief system founded by Lao Tzu, belief in "the way," the way to follow Heaven is thru inaction, opposite forces (yin-yang),46
6615885553Shamanismbelief that certain individuals have access to the spiritual world, these individuals led ceremonies and religious rituals47
6615885554Islamreligion founded in 622 CE by the prophet Muhammad, spread quickly throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Anatolia, India48
6615885555Hinduismreligion primarily based in India with beliefs including karma, dharma, and reincarnation49
6615885556Vedic Religionreligion of the ancient Aryan peoples who migrated to India c. 2000-1200 BCE, precursor to Hinduism, named by the sacred texts containing its beliefs and practices50
6615885557cultural diffusionthe spreading of traditions, beliefs, and social activities between groups (ethnicities, nationalities, religions)51
6615885558syncretismthe combination of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought52
6615885559Enlightenmenta period in Western Europe during the 1700's that saw the application of Scientific Revolution ideals to other fields such as politics, economics, and philosophy53
6615885560nationalismintense pride in one's country/nation54
6615885561patriarchya society or government in which a male is the head of the family and descent is traced through through the male line, a society in which men are in power and women are excluded55

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