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AP World history Time period 2 key concepts Flashcards

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7077011203Key concept 2.1The development and codifacation of religious and cultural traditions0
7077011204Key concept 2.1 #1Codification(arranging into an organized system) and further developments of existing religious traditions provided a bond among people and an ethical code to live by.1
7077011205Key concept 2.1 #1 a.The association of monotheism with Judasim/Hebrew Scriptures showed Mesopotamian influences around 600B.C.E and 70 C.E.; the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman Empires created Jewish diaspora( scattering of Jews in Mediterranean and Middle East) and destroyed the kingdom of Israel as a theocracy.2
7077011206Key concept 2.1 #1 b.The Vedic scriptures formed the basis of Hinduism/some influence of info-European caste system/ importance of multiple manifestations of Brahma to teach reincarnation and they contributed to the development of the social and political roles of a caste system.3
7077011207Key concept 2.1 #2New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread, often asserting universal truths4
7077011208Key concept 2.1 #2 a.The core beliefs preached by the historic Buddha/ a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals/ recorded by followers into sutras and other scriptures/ collections of sutras over time/ Buddhism changed over time as it spread in Asia/ supported by Ashoka Maurya first, the throughly the efforts of missionaries and merchants/ establishment of educational institutions promote its teachings.5
7077011209Key concept 2.1 #2 b.Confucianism's core beliefs and writings from Confucius/ elaborated by key disciples to promote social harmony by proper rituals and social relationships for all people in China, including rulers.6
7077011210Key concept 2.1 #2 c.Daoist writings(such as the Daodejing aka Tao Te Ching)/ core belief of balance between humans and nature/ the Chinese political system altered indirectly/ Daoism influenced development of Chinese culture (medical theories and practices, poetry, metallurgy or agricultural).7
7077011211Key concept 2.1 #2 d.The core beliefs of Jesus of Nazareth from the monotheism of Judasim/initially rejected Roman and Hellenistic influences/ Despite Roman imperial hostility Christianity spread by missionaries and merchants in parts of Afro-Euraisa/ eventually gained Roman imperial support under Emeror Constantine.8
7077011212Key concept 2.1 #2 E.The core ideas in Greco-Roman philosophy/ science emphasized logic, empirical observation, the nature of political power and hierarchy.9
7077011213Key concept 2.1 #3Belief systems affected gender roles: some reinforced existing social structures while others offered new roles: Buddhism's encouragement of a monastic life/ Confucianism's emphasis on filial piety10
7077011214Key concept 2.1 #4Other religious and cultural traditions, including, shamanism, animism, and ancestor veneration, persisted.11
7077011215Key concept 2.1 #4 a.Shamanism/ animism continued to shape people within and outside of core civilizations/ Daily reliance on the natural world.12
7077011216Key concept 2.1 #4 b.Ancestors veneration in many regions( such as in Africa, the Mediterranean region, East Asia or the Andean areas).13
7077011217Key concept 2.2The development of states and empires14
7077011218Key concept 2.2 #1The number and size of imperial societies grew by imposing political unity on areas where previously there had been competing states15
7077011219Key concept 2.2 #1 a.Southwest Asia: Persian empires( Achaemenid, Parthian, or Sassanid)16
7077011220Key concept 2.2 #1 b.East Asia: Qin Han dynasties17
7077011221Key concept 2.2 #1 c.South Asia: Maurya and Gupta empires18
7077011222Key concept 2.2 #1 d.Mediterranean region: Phoenician and Greek colonization, Hellenistic and Roman empires19
7077011223Key concept 2.2 #1 e.Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan, maya city-states20
7077011224Key concepts 2.2 #1 f.Andean South America: Moche21
7077011225Key concept 2.2 #1 g.North America: Chaco to Cahokia22
7077011226Key concept 2.2 #2Empires and states developed new techniques of imperial administration, based, in part, on the success of earlier political forms.23
7077011227Key concept 2.2 #2 a.Rulers created administration institutions- centralized governments, elaborate legal systems and bureaucracies: an administrative system, especially in a government, that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of nonelected officials to organize their subjects.24
7077011228Key concept 2.2 #2 b.Imperial governments projected military power over large areas with variety of techniques-diplomacy; developing supply lines; building fortifications,defensive walls and roads; new groups of military officers and soldiers from the local populations or conquered peoples25
7077011229Key concept 2.2 #3Unique and social and economic dimensions developed in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the America26
7077011230Key concept 2.2 #3 a.Cities as centers of trade, public performance of religious rituals, and political administration for states and empires.27
7077011231Key concept 2.2 #3 b.The social structures of empires displayed hierarchies that included cultivators, laborer, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites, and caste groups.28
7077011232Key concept 2.2 #3 c.Empires relied on a range of labor systems to maintain the production of food and provide rewards for the loyalty of the elites, including corvée, slavery, rents and tributes, peasant communities, and family and household production29
7077011233Key concept 2.2 #3 d.Patriarchy continues to shape gender and family relationships in all imperial societies30
7077011234Key concept 2.2 #4The Roman, Han, Persian, Mauryan, and Gupta empires encountered political, cultural and administrative difficulties that they could not manage, which led to their decline, collapse, and transformation into successor empires or states.31
7077011235Key concept 2.2 #4 a.Excessive mobilization of resources/ imperial governments generated social tension and created economic difficulties by concentrating too much on wealth in the hands of the elites.32
7077011236Key concept 2.2 #4 b.Security issues along their frontiers, including the threat of invasions, challenged imperial authority.33
7077011237Key concept 2.3Emergence of inter-regional networks of communication and exchange34
7077011238Key concept 2.3 #1Land and water routes became the basis for the interregional trade, communication, and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere.35
7077011239Key concept 2.3 #1 a.Many factors: climate and location of the routes, the typical trade goods, and the ethnicity of people involved = creation of distinctive features of trade routes, including: 1)Eurasian silk roads 2) trans-Sahara caravan routs 3) Indian Ocean sea lanes 4) Mediterranean Sea lanes36
7077011240Key concept 2.3 #2New technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange.37
7077011241Key concept 2.3 #2 a.New technologies permitted the use of domesticated pack animals to transport goods across longer routs38
7077011242Key concept 2.3 #2 b.Innovations in maritime technologies and advanced knowledge of the monsoon winds = stimulated exchanges along maritime routes from east Africa to east Asia39
7077011243Key concept 2.3 #3Alongside the trade in goods, the exchange of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens developed across extensive networks of communication and exchange40
7077011244Key concept 2.3 #3 a.The spread of crops including rice and cotton for South Asia to the Middle East encouraged changes in farming and irrigation techniques41
7077011245Key concept 2.3 #3 b.The spread of disease pathogens diminished urban population last and contributed to the decline of some empires.42
7077011246Key concept 2.3 #3 c.Religious and cultural traditions- including Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism- were transformed as they spread43

AP World History Indus Valley Civilization Flashcards

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7706940701Indus River Valley Civilization3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India0
7706940702Leading Indus AchievementsStandardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin1
7706940703HarappaWhat was then the Punjab province of British India and is now in Pakistan, which was first excavated in the 1920s.2
7706940704Aryan ImmigrantsMistakenly thought to be the first inhabitants of the Indus Valley dating back to around 1250 B.C.E3
7706940705MehrgarhEarliest cite of Indus Valley with origins in the foothills of a mountain pass in modern-day Balochistan in western Pakistan. There is evidence of settlement in this area as early as 7000 BCE.4
7706940706Urban PlanningUnique feature to Indus Valley Civilization with sought to efficiently design and use land and building structures.5
7706940707Mohenjo-daroThe largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization but one of the world's earliest major urban centers6
7706940708citadelsCentral areas in a city that were heavily fortified—protected with defensive military structures7
7706940709granariesstorehouses for grain8
7706940710advanced architectureDemonstrated by dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls, plumbing and public baths.9
7706940711Great BathFound in Mohenjo-daro this may have been a large, public bathing and social area.10
7706940712fire-baked bricksUniform in size and moisture-resistant—were important in building baths and sewage structures and are evidence that Harappans were among the first to develop a system of standardized weights and measures11
7706940713urban sanitation systemsThe ancient Indus systems of sewage and drainage developed and used in cities throughout the Indus region were far more advanced than any others found.12
7706940714seal carvingThe cutting of patterns into the bottom face of a seal, a small, carved object used for stamping. They used these distinctive seals for the identification of property and to stamp clay on trade goods.13
7706940715metallurgyThe science of working with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.14

AP World History: CHP 16 Flashcards

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9016989959Caste War of the YucatanConflict between Mayan Indians and the Mexican state over Indian autonomy and legal equality, which resulted in the Mexican takeover of the Yucatan peninsula.0
9016991647Usman dan FodioFulani Muslim cleric whose visions led him to challenge the Hausa ruling classes, whom he believed were insufficiently faithful to Islamic beliefs and practices. His ideas gained support among those who had suffered under the Hausa landlords. In 1804, his supporters and allies overthrew the Hausa in what is today northern Nigeria.1
9016991648liberalismPolitical and social theory that advocates representative government, free trade, and freedom of speech and religion.2
9016993830MarxismForm of scientific socialism created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that was rooted in a materialist theory of history: what mattered in history were the production of material goods and the ways in which society was organized into classes of producers and exploiters.3
9016993831Mfecane movementAfrican political revolts in the first half of the nineteenth century that were caused by the expansionist methods of King Shaka of the Zulu people.4
9016998195millenarianConvinced of the imminent coming of a just and ideal society.5
9016998196proletariansIndustrial wage workers.6
9017001409Taiping RebellionRebellion by followers of Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom against the Qing government over the economic and social turmoil caused by the Opium War. Despite raising an army of 100,000 rebels, the rebellion was crushed.7
9017004935TenskwatawaShawnee prophet who urged disciples to abstain from alcohol and return to traditional customs, reducing dependence on European trade goods and severing connections to Christian missionaries. His message spread to other tribes, raising the specter of a pan-Indian confederacy.8
9017007317utopian socialismThe most visionary of all Restoration-era movements. People who did this were like Charles Fourier dreaming of transforming states, workplaces, and human relations and proposed plans to do so.9
9017009179WahhabismEarly-eighteenth-century reform movement organized by Muhammad Ibn abd al-Wahhab, who preached the absolute oneness of Allah and a return to the pure Islam of Muhammad.10

AP world history Chapter 6 Flashcards

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5127393097250 millionPopulation at BC/AD Turing point?0
5127393098Eurasia: 80+%Which of the three supper continents had the largest percentage of the population?1
5127393099Domestic animalsWhat did the Americas lack?2
5127393100AnimalsWhat did Africa lack but was available from Eurasia?3
5127393101MetallurgyWhat was less developed in Americas than in Eurasia and Africa?4
5127393102Most of the Americas were still in the Stone Age advancements (no wheel and not many written languages)Bc metallurgy was less developed in the Americas, what did this cause?5
5127393103Yes because writing was more limitedWe're civilization more limited in Africa and Americas? Why?6
5127393104EurasiaWhat was Africa in contact with?7
5127393105Mediterranean North AfricaWhich part of Africa was in contact with Eurasia?8
5127393106They used trade routes over land using camels, and sea trade across Indian OceanHow did Africa trade with Arabia?9
5127393107Until 1492How long did the Americas develop in isolation for?10
5127393108AfricaWhich is the most tropical of the world's 3 supercontinents?11
5127393109less fertile oil which leads to less productive agriculture. It also causes Numerous parasites and disease-carrying insectsWhat does Africa's tropical climate cause?12
5127393110Nile valley south of EgyptNubia and Kush13
5127393111EgyptWho did Nubia and Kush develop in contact with?14
5127393112Because of Egypt's declineWhy did Nubian civilization center around the city of Meroe?15
5127584054Similar to Egypt, had a sacred, all-powerful monarch (semi-divine figure)Meroen governments?16
5127584055Several women were rulers or co-rulers, women played a more prominent roleWhat was different in Meroe government that in Egypt's?17
5127584056Specialized Production Iron smelting and tool-making Herding and farming (irrigation) Extensive trade with Mediterranean world Meroitic scriptMeroe Economy:18
5127584057Egyptian hieroglyphicsWhat was the basis of the Meroitic script?19
5127584058Deforestation Shift of trade from Nile to the Red SeaWhat are the reasons for Meroe's decline?20
5127584059AxumWho conquered Meroe in 340 A.D.21
5127584060Christian Nubian statesWhat developed with the conquest of Axum?22
5127584061AxumWhat was the Christian kingdom that conquered Meroe?23
5127584062Plow based farming rather than hoe based Raised wheat, barley, millet, and teff Involved in Red Sea and Indian Ocean commerceAxum economy:24
5127584063Taxes on tradeWhat was a source of income for the state (Axum)?25
5127584064AxumCapital of Axum?26
5127584065The Nile RiverHow did Axum trade with the Romans?27
5127584066By means of trade: missionaries from the Roman Empire and Red Sea trade routesHow did Christianity come to Axum?28
5127584067King Ezana (4th century A.D.)Who was the first Christian King of Axum?29
5127584068Conquered Meroe and Kush Also expanded into Yemen (Arabian Peninsula) by using the Red SeaAxum Expansion:30
5127584069Over farming lead to soil exhaustion, erosion, and deforestationAxum's decline:31
5127584070IslamWhat religion took rise in Axum over Christianity during its decline?32
5127584071GreekWhat was one of the official languages of Axum?33
5127584072EthiopiaWhat modern day country did Axum eventually become?34
5127584073West Africa; Niger RiverWhere were the Niger Valley Civilizations located?35
5127584074Migration of people looking for water coming from the Sahara desertWhat caused people to go to the Niger Valley?36
5127584075Jenne-Jeno with 40,000 peopleWhat was the largest city-based civilization in the Niger Vally?37
5127584076Almost nonexistint, No central government and not city-statesNiger Valley government:38
5127584077No, no police/military to enforce laws and no strong rulersDid Niger Valley have any real coercive authority?39
5127584078Economically specialized settlements centered around a cityNiger Valley economy:40
5127584079Economic castesWhat developed because of the Niger Valley economy system?41
5127584080Thought of people as equal with equal standings even though different specializationsThoughts on the economic caste:42
5127584081NoCould people marry outside their economic caste?43
5127584082FarmingWhat was specialized in rural areas?44
5127584083The Niger RiverWhich River did they use for commerce45
5127584084The domestication of camels connected West Africa more closely to North Africa and MediterraneanHow did large-scale empires develop in west Africa (1)?46
5127584085Islam arrived, culture changesHow did large-scale empires develop in West Africa (2)?47
5127689614Beginnings around 2000 B.C.The Maya48
5127689615Mathematics (Concept of 0 and place notation) AstronomyThe Mayan Achievements49
5127689616Egyptian hieroglyphicsWhat is the Mayan writing similar to?50
5127689617Pictographs and phonetics, distinctiveMayan Writing:51
5127689618Drained swamps, terraced hillsides, elaborate water management systemMayan Engineering:52
5127689619A large and growing population along with elite class and specialized occupationsWhat did the Mayan Productive Agriculture support?53
5127689620The Greeks because it varied from place to placeWhat was the Mayan government similar to and why?54
5127689621No central authority, City-states and regional kingdoms Divine rulers or "state shamans"Mayan Government:55
5127689622Over land and tradeWhy was there frequent warfare between the Mayan city-states?56
5127689623A long term drought 840 A.D.What caused the Mayan decline and fall?57
5127689624Epidemics and warfare, population dropped by 85% in the southWhat did the Mayan long term drought cause?58
5127689625Large cities were abandonedWhat happened after the results of the Mayan drought?59
5127689626909 A.D.When did Mayan civilization end by?60
5144425866TeotihuacanWhat city begun around 150 A.D. And is contemporary with the Mayans?61
5144425867TeotihuacanWhich city in America was built according to a plan?62
5144425868Arranged in a gridHow was the city of Teotihuacan arranged?63
5144425869Boulevards, apartment building, homes of elite, slums, reservoirsWhat did the city of Teotihuacan have?64
5144425870Yes, but it was used in a limited wayDid Teothuacan have a system of writing?65
5144425871TeotihuacanWhich city had a wide area of influence in Mesoamerica?66
5144425872ConquestWhat was a possible way that Teotihuacan influenced some Mayan regions?67
5144425873TributeWhat did Teotihuacan probably demand from neighboring regions?68
5144425874ArchitectureWhat did Teotihuacan influence over a wide region?69
5144425875Around 650 A.D.When did Teotihuacan collapse?70
5144425876Around the AndesWhere was Chavin?71
51444258772-3 thousand peopleHow many people were in the town of Chavin?72
5144425878A widespread religious movement (Probably spread by means of trade)What was Chavin a center of?73
5144425879ChavinWhich town in the Andes region had sharp class distinctions?74
5144479410Stone housesWhat did the elite in Chavin live in?75
5144479411Adobe dwellingsWhat did the commoners in Chavin live in?76
5144479412Throughout the Andes regionWhere we Chavin influences found?77
5144479413The Chavin PeopleWho had an elaborate temple complex?78
5144479414Located in Peru by the Ocean, flourished from 100-800 A.D.Moche79
5144479415MocheWho had a complex irrigation system?80
5144479416Represented by animalsHow did the Chavin people represent their deities?81
5144536865Maize, beans, squash, cottonWhat did kind of crops did Moche raise?82
5144536866MocheWho extensively fished anchovies?83
5144536867Warrior-priestsMoche Government:84
5144536868Atop pyramidsWhere did the warrior-priests of Moche live?85
5144536869Hallucinogenic drugsWhat did the warrior-priests of Moche use?86
5144536870The warrior-priests of MocheWho did human sacrifices of war prisoners?87
5144536871YesDid Moche have elaborate burial rituals for elite?88
5144536872Elaborate robes, masks, jewelry and headdressesHow were the elite of Moche dressed for their burial rituals?89
5144536873Sacrificial victimsWhat was buried along with the elite of Moche?90
5144656975MocheWho had skilled craftsmen and metal workers?91
5144656976MocheWho had naturalistic portrayal of people, animals, and gods?92
5144656977Drought, earthquakes, torrential rains from El NiñoWhat was the Moche region subject to?93
5144656978It weakened Moche civilizationWhat was the cause of Moche's drought, earthquakes, and torrential rains?94
5144656979They became vulnerable to aggressive neighbor's and internal strife.When Moche civilization weakened, what happened?95
51446569808th centuryBy the end of which century did the Moche civilization collapse?96
5144656981Wari and TiwanakuWhich two empires flourished from 400-1000 A.D.97
5144656982Wari and TiwanakuWhich two empires developed colonies in isolated areas?98
5144656983Wari and TiwanakuWhich two centered around large capital cities?99
5144656984Wari and TiwanakuWhich two's government stored surplus grains to prevent famine?100
5144656985WariHillside terraced farming and employed irrigation, buildings of field stone set in mud and plaster, cities built according to a common plan and linked to a capital city by road network101
5144656986TiwanakuUsed raised fields in swampy areas separated by irrigation canals, buildings using elaborately fitted stone walls, less central control over outer cities102
5144656987Wari and TiwanakuWhich two neighboring societies seemed to have had little apparent conflict between them?103
5144656988Language and ClothingWhat were difference between Wari and Tiwanaku?104
51446569891000 A.D.Around what time did both civilizations, Wari and Tiwanaku, collapse around?105

AP World History Dates: 1450-1750 CE Flashcards

every freaking important thing that happened between 1450 and 1750

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4047268725Ottomans recapture Constantinople14530
4047268726Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope14881
4047268727Columbus/ Reconquista of Spain14922
4047268728first slaves to the Americas15023
4047268729Martin Luther's 95 Theses15174
4047268730Cortez conquers the Aztecs15215
4047268731Pizarro topples the Inca15336
4047268732Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of the Ottomans)15717
4047268733defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British15888
4047268734Battle of Sekigahara/ beginning of Tokugawa in Japan16009
4047268735foundation of Jamestown in the Americas160710
404726873630 Years War1618-164811
4047268737Ottoman failed attempt to capture Vienna168312
4047268738Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights168913

AP World History Exam #3 Flashcards

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8202984282XuanzangChinese-Buddhist monk who traveled to India to learn Indian Buddhism0
8202984283Sui Yangdi's accomplishmentsCompleted work on the Grand Canal which made trade more possible1
8202984284equal-field systemTang policy of redistributing land so each peasant family could support itself2
8202984285Tang DynastySuccess due to Tang Taizong, extensive communication networks, equal field system, bureaucracy based on merit, military expansion3
8202984286Song Dynasty DownfallFinancial issues and little military education4
8202984287New Chinese's crops during the Tang and Song dynastiesFast-ripening rice5
8202984288Foot bindingThe practice of binding the feet of young girls with long strips of cloth to prevent growth and results in small, curved, and malformed feet6
8202984289Buddhism in ChinaBecame popularized by Buddhist merchants on the Silk Road, high morality and standards, posed a challenge to Chinese cultural and social traditions7
8202984290Chinese influence on the SillaSimilar capitals, Chinese court and bureaucracy8
8204693679Vietnamese womenProminent role, dominated markets and business ventures9
8204693680ShintoismThe indigenous religion of the Japanese10
8204693681ShogunA military governor who ruled Japan11
8204693682SamuraiClass of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.12
8204693683Muhammad's successorAbu Bakr13
8204693684Islamic splitShia and Sunni14
8204693685Conquered peoples of the UmayyadLevied a heavy tax (jizya) on those who didn't convert to Islam15
8204693686Shia BeliefsBelieve defendants of Ali should be caliphate16
8204693687New industry from China to the Islamic WorldPaper manufacture17
8204693688Islamic conquest Persia and Mesopotamia affectStarted veiling women18
8204693689Beliefs of sufisDid not find formal religious teachings to be especially meaningful, worked to deepen their spiritual awareness19
8204693690Persian Influence on IslamUsed Persian administration techniques20
8204693691Hindu-Arabic numeralsthe number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty21
8204693692HajjThe fifth pillar of the Muslim faith: visit Mecca at least once in your lifetime22
8204693693Dar al-Islaman Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule23
8204693694The QuranThis Islamic holy book contains the teachings of Muhammad24
8204693695political structure in post classical IndiaKingdoms divided25
8204747055Reunited northern IndiaHarsha26
8205349894Sind in 711Abbasid forces conquered Sind27
8205349895Mahmud of Ghaznithe Ghaznavid Turkish leader who raided and plundered India28
8205349896Delphi sultansConducted raids but never overcame the Hindu resistance29
8205349897Southern kingdoms of IndiaChola, Vijayanagar30
8205349898Hindu templesplayed an important role in the agricultural and financial development of southern India31
8205349899EmporiaWarehouses that stored cargo between trade expeditions32
8205349900Muslim population of India1/4, Hindus of lower castes hoped to move up33
8205349901FunanDominated Mekong river, capital at Oc Eo, wealth from controlling trade between China and India34
8205349902Kingdom of SrivijayaCame after fall of Funan, powerful navy, controlled commerce35
8205349903Kmer templesLarge and elaborate, Ankhor36
8205349904ByzantionByzantine Empire, market and fishing town, Golden Horn, sea lanes37
8205349905ConstantinopleCapital of the Byzantine Empire38
8205349906CaesaropapismSystem in which the temporal ruler extends his own powers to ecclesiastical and theological matters.39
8205349907Hagia Sophiathe Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian40
8205349908Justinian's achievementsCodification of the Roman law41
8205349909Theme systemreorganization of Byzantine society where provinces are put under the control of a general42
8205349910Post Roman authorityGermanic kingdoms43
8205349911The FranksRose to prominence under Charles Martel during the Middle Ages44
8205349912CharlemagneBuilt capital at Aachen, led many military expectations45
8205349913Missi DominiciRoyal officials under Charlemagne who traveled around the country to enforce the king's laws46
8205349914Christmas Day 800Charlemagne is crowned emperor of Rome47
8205349915Carolingian empire post Louis the PiousLost control of authority and the empire dissolved.48
8205349916Agricultural innovations in EuropeHeavy plows49
8205349917FeudalismA system of government based on landowners and tenants50
8205349918Pope Gregory IResponsible for charting an independent course for the Roman church51
8205349919St. Basil of CaesareaPrepared regulations for monasteries52
8205349920St. ScholasticaSister of St. Benedict; founder of Benedictine order for women53
82053499211054Schism54
8205349922Conversion in 989Prince Vladimir to Christianity55

AP World History: World Wars (Unit 9) Flashcards

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6806225048WWI (background causes)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Nationalism + imperialism/industrialization + alliances (Triple alliance and Triple Entente) + militarism0
6806232446WWI (immediate cause)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist + declarations of war as a result of nationalism, militarism, and imperialism1
6806240892total warRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: When all of a nation's resources are dedicated to the war effort; both civilian and military populations mobilize to defeat an enemy via rationing, propaganda, increased women in the work force, conscription/draft; e.g. WWI2
6806255915WWI (technology)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Considered the world's first modern war because of technological advancements (e.g. machine guns, heavy artillery, trench warfare, poison gas grenades, gas masks, armored cars, aerial combat, planes, submarines/U-boats); resulted in many cities destroyed and millions of deaths3
6806270399WWI (results)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Cities/nations destroyed (led to rise of WWII leaders) + millions of deaths/injuries/homeless + increased nationalism + breakup of Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires + League of Nations + concept of self-determination4
6806279899Paris Peace ConferenceRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: A meeting of Allied nations in Paris in 1919 after WWI to discuss peace terms with Central Powers + Wilson's proposed 14 Points (the last of which was the League of Nations) + Big Four (Britain's George, France's Clemenceau, U.S.'s Wilson, Italy's Orlando) + formed new nations, broke up other nations, severely punished Germany, created unstable peace5
6806296652Treaty of VersaillesRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Peace settlement negotiated by the Allies with Germany after WWI which ensured that Germany would never again be a threat to the security of Europe + war-guilt clause, loss of German territory, Rhineland (demilitarized zone between France and Germany), war reparations, disarmament of army, war reparations + led to German economic depression and rise of totalitarian government6
6806311092League of NationsRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: First permanent international organization dedicated to maintaining peace + created after WWI + promised peace but had no military power to enforce it + replaced by United Nations (UN)7
6806318859mandate systemRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: System in which more advanced nations would act as guides for less experienced ones put in place by an article in the covenant of the League of Nations + influenced by the concept of self-determination8
6806329390Age of AnxietyRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Period after WWI in which doubt and feelings of uncertainty were cast upon existing ways of life + Pablo Picasso, Freud, Hemingway9
6806334215Great DepressionRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Global economic depression of 1929 resulting from the U.S. stock market crash and the struggles of European countries to rebuild their damaged postwar economies + surpluses, overproduction, inflation + extreme forms of government for solutions10
6806344914New DealRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Legislation aimed at economic recovery created by FDR to provide relief, recovery, and reform11
6806359140fascism (rise)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Extreme form of nationalist government (state gov. controls all aspects of life) which emerged from Italy and Germany between WWI and WWII because of economic depression and the need for strong leaders + e.g. Italy's Mussolini, Germany's Hitler12
6806382596Adolf Hitler (rise to power)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Leader of the Nazis who rose to power in the 1920s and 1930s + Mein Kampf + appointed Germany's chancellor + ignored Treaty of Versailles and increased military + Nuremburg Laws (anti-Semitic policies)13
6806391218Adolf Hitler (at war)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Took control of Rhineland and Austria + appeasement (e.g. Munich Conference, in which he promised not to invade Czechoslovakia in return for the Sudetenland) + "Living space" (Lebensraum) + Holocaust14
6818029388Benito MussoliniRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Responsible for the establishment of the world's first fascist state + dictator in postwar Italy + promised economic recovery, more land to Italian empire + actually suspended people's liberties, used fear/terror to enforce his will + Rome-Berlin Axis15
6818035895Joseph StalinRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Lenin's successor + "man of steel" + totalitarian dictator of USSR during WWII and early Cold War + Five Year Plan + collectivization + Great Purge16
6818056141WWII (origins)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan) vs. Allied (France, GB, USSR, China, U.S.) + imperial goals of Japan, Italy, Germany + appeasement (W give in to aggressors to keep peace)17
6818069501Nazi-Soviet pactRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Nonaggression treaty signed between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 in which the two nations publicly agreed to avoid armed conflict with one another + violated by Germany18
6818075249Japanese invasion of China (1937)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: A full-scale invasion of China by another country in hopes of gaining control of China's extensive natural resources + China was overtaken (ill-prepared to stop invasion)19
6818079473BlitzkriegRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Lightning War + strategy of being fast and mobile (element of surprise, essentially) + e.g. German invasion of POland20
6818084827Pearl HarborRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Japanese attack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 + "a date which will live in infamy" + Hitler and Mussolini declared war on U.S., U.S. joined Allies in WWII21
6818090827atomic bombRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Weapon which ended WWII in the world after it ended in Europe + General MacArthur responsible for island-hopping campaign as well as decision to employ these weapons on the Japanese mainland + Hiroshima, Nagasaki + President Truman + followed by U.S. occupation of Japan22
6818099623U.S. occupation of JapanRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Occupation of Japan by a certain country led by General MacArthur after unconditional surrender of WWII + democratization, new constitution, demilitarization23
6818120053Holocaust (Jewish)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Result of anti-Semitism + genocide + under Nazi regime + Final Solution + death/concentration camps (e.g. Auschwitz, Belzec) with gassing, experiments, guns + Nuremberg Trials24
6818129653United Nations (UN)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Coalition dedicated to maintaining world peace and security + created after WWII + replaced League of Nations + esp. U.S., China, GB, USSR, France25
6818133850Cold War (origins)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Ideological war (war of ideas) between two ideologically opposed superpowers + democracy vs. communism + containment + NATO and Warsaw Pacts (military alliances, increased tensions) + satellite nations + nuclear arms and space races26
6818141364Iron Curtain (creation)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Term coined by English PM Winston Churchill in a 1946 speech referring to symbolic division of Europe at the end of WWII + symbolized the war between capitalism (W) and communism (E) + later became reinforced by actual visible symbol, Berlin Wall27
6818151860Nuclear Arms RaceRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Struggle between U.S. and USSR to claim political superiority across the globe via expensive arms race and proliferation (spreading) of nuclear weapons + deterrence + brinkmanship + Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)28
6818158759satellite nationsRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Soviet-occupied nations at the end of WWII + e.g. Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania + buffer zone between USSR and W29
6818168508Truman DoctrineRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Economic and military program of 1947 by President Truman to help nations resist Soviet aggression and prevent the spread of communism30
6818175296Marshall PlanRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: A.k.a. European Recovery Program + massive economic aid package (part of containment policy) designed to strengthen democracy and lessen appeal of communism after WWII31
6818181172NATORegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) + military alliance of democratic nations against Soviet nations + goal: to form military alliance to maintain peace through collective defense in postwar Europe32
6818189126Warsaw PactRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Defensive military alliance of communist nations designed to counter the collective defense formed by the democratic nations of NATO + USSR, Poland, East Germany + Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria33
6818196105Geneva ConferenceRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Cold War peace conference held in 1954 + divided Vietnam temporaily at 17th parallel (N w/ communist Ho Chi Minh vs. S w/ noncommunist control) + domino theory (Eisenhower's belief that if one falls to communism, all will)34
6818205328Korean WarRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: War as a result of USSR (N) and U.S. (S) occupation (split at 38th parallel) + divided by cease-fire agreement + divided by demilitarized zone35
6818213097Cuban Missile CrisisRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Alliance of Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Stalin (Soviet Union) after Bay of Pigs incident + nuclear missile base built in Cuba + President Kennedy declared removal of weapons36
6818218763nonalignmentRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Alternative to allying with either U.S. or USSR in Cold War + e.g. India, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, many African nations + goal: to avoid involvement in Cold War + maintain/increase economic progress by accepting economic aid from both sides37
6818223933colonizationRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Occurred as mother countries could no longer maintain control of their colonies as they attempted to repair their own war-torn lands after WWII + newly independent states struggled to maintain autonomy and develop self-determination38
6818231503European Economic CommunityRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Community of a certain continent formed in 1957 + founded by France, Belgium, W Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands + characterized by common market and free trade + established by Treaty of Rome39
6818239570detenteRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Policy adopted by Soviet Union and U.S. during the Cold War in an effort to reduce tensions between the two superpowers over the arms race and control of developing countries + encouraged cooperation in environmental research, space exploration, health research, cultural diffusion40
6818246529Vietnam WarRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Conflict in non-communist S Vietnam after defeat of French + U.S. intervention, but pressured to end Vietnamization + ended with Paris Peace Accords (1973)41
6818256970Iran-Iraq WarRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Saddam Hussein (Iraq) vs. Iran + e.g. Persian Gulf War in Kuwait over oil + U.S. involvement42
6818263402globalizationRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Interdependence and interconnection of world communities + goal: global economy to facilitate movement of goods and trade (associated with the term free trade) + International Monetary Fund (IMF) + North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)43
6818269475OPECRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (1960) + organized producers of oil + goal: to control the price of oil through cooperation + power lessened in 1980s due to overproduction and Iran-Iraq and Gulf Wars44
6818279313Iron Curtain (demise)Region: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Berlin Wall opened (1989), symbolizing end of Cold War + spread of democracy into E Europe + continent no longer divided45
6818284991Green RevolutionRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Revolution in agriculture which improved agriculture + new farming techniques, fertilizers/pesticides, machinery + new farming methods introduced in developing countries (esp. India) to increase production of stable crops (rice, wheat) + increased food production and population growth46
6818292851genocideRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Systematic and deliberate killing of a specific group of people + e.g. Holocaust, Bosnia's ethnic cleansing, Rwanda (Hutus, Tutsis), Cambodia, Armenia47
6818299112feminismRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Women's fight for control of own bodies (birth control, abortions) and equality + no longer such ting as "women's work"48
6818303849global problemsRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Poverty, trafficking, HIV/AIDS, terrorism49
6818306434NGOsRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Nongovernmental organizations (groups with no connection, e.g. funding, to a government) + e.g. UN, Red Cross, Greenpeace50
6818317093machine gunRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Weapon invented by Maxim in 1884 + defensive weapon during WWI + offensive weapon when mounted on aircraft, tanks, other vehicles + operated by one man, portable + improved with time51
6818322790cell phonesRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: Commercial mobile devices + originally radio technology from WWII + increased communication and information/data services52
6818327649internetRegion: The world Time Period: 1900 - present Definition: "Network of networks" + World Wide Web (WWW) + after U.S. technology research after Soviet launch of Sputnik53

AP World History Periodization Flashcards

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6820641835peopling of the earth100,000 BCE started in africa0
6820653624paleolithic era10,000 BCE n/a1
6820657944agricultural revolution8,000 BCE n/a2
6820660390catal huyuk6500 BCE middle east3
6820664207bronze age3000 BCE n/a4
6820670346bantu migrations3000-1100 BCE africa5
6820673450epic of gilgamesh2000 BCE middle east/mesopotamia6
6820676979founding of judaism1800 BCE middle east/israel7
6820681928mayan civilization1800 BCE mesoamerica8
6820685290hammurabi's code1790 BCE middle east/mesopotamia9
6820687918shang dynasty1600-1100 BCE central asia10
6820691836book of the dead1550 BCE africa11
6820693553mandate of heaven950 BCE central asia12
6820696240founding of buddhism595 BCE south asia13
6820701601founding of confucianism551 BCE central asia14
6820703505roman republic509 BCE west europe15
6820706123golden age of pericles480 BCE west europe16
6820709704peloponnesian war431 BCE west europe17
6820712387rock and pillar edicts255 BCE south asia/india18
6820713892terra cotta army200 BCE central asia/qin19
6820717527start of the silk road190 BCE central asia20
6820721924first civil service exams130 BCE central asia/han21
6820724535roman empire40 BCE west europe22
6820727365founding of christianity32 CE middle east23
6820733376beginning of the trans-saharan trade4th century CE africa24
6820735022ghana empire300-1200 CE africa25
6820737082gupta empire320-550 CE south asia/india26
6820739380yamato clanlate 4th century CE east asia/india27
6820741267zimbabwe4th to 7th century CE africa28
6820746194justinian's rule527-565 CE east europe29
6820750450tang dynasty618-907 CE central asia30
6820763464founding of islam632 CE middle east31
6820765865umayyad caliphate661-750 CE middle east/north africa32
6820768621battle of tours732 CE west europe33
6820772199abbasid caliphate750-1258 CE middle east34
6820776545charlemagne768-814 CE west europe35
6820780314foot binding1000 CE central asia36
6820781934champa rice1000 CE southeast asia37
6820783774great schism1054 CE west europe38
6820786108crusades1095-1291 CE middle east39
6820787941cuzco established1100 CE south america40
6820789803shogunate1200 CE east asia/japan41
6820792471genghis khan1206 CE central asia42
6820795474yuan mongol dynaty1271-1368 CE central asia43
6820797516aztecs1300-1500 CE mesoamerica44
6820800262mansa musa's pilgrimage1324 CE africa45
6820801549black death1347-1352 CE west europe46
6820802784renaissance1400-1700 CE west europe47
6820806995printing press invented1440 CE west europe48
6820809566columbian exchange1450-1550 CE north america west europe africa49
6820813997columbus begins voyage1492 CE west europe-americas50
6820818229luther's 95 thesis1517 CE west europe51
6820819673middle passage1520s CE atlantic ocean52
6820821763mughal empire founded1526 CE south asia53
6820824352tokugawa shogunate1609 CE east asia54
6820827524japanese isolation begins1639 CE east asia/japan55
6820829033qing empire begins1644 CE east asia56
6820831072glorious revolution1688 CE west europe57
6820832689english bill of rights1689 CE west europe58
6820833940peter the great1721 CE east europe59
6820837666first industrial revolution1750 CE west europe60
6820840491french and indian war1754 CE north america61
6820844986declaration of independence1776 CE north america62
6820847095french revolution1789 CE west europe63
6820848941napoleon1799 CE west europe64
6820851418egypt breaks from ottoman empire1805 CE middle east65
6820854609slavery abolished in britain1834 CE west europe66
6820857517opium war1839 CE east asia67
6820860414britain directly governs india1858 CE south asia68
6820864451german and italian unification1871 CE west europe69
6820866120second industrial revolution1880s CE north america70
6820868054berlin conference1884 CE west europe71
6820869704spanish american war1898 CE north america72
6820872168russian revolution1905 CE east europe73
6820873735mexican revolution1911 CE north america74
6820875720qing overthrown1911 CE east asia75
6820876963panama canal1906 CE central america76
6820878676us joins WWI1917 CE north america77
6820880706balfour declaration1917 CE britain/middle east78
6820883511stock market crash1929 CE north america79
6820885433green revolution1930s-1960s CE world80
6820887630hitler takes power1933 CE west europe81
6820889258japan invades china1937 CE east asia/japan82
6820891210munich conference1938 CE west europe83
6820892884WWII1939-1945 CE world84
6820895086pearl harbor1941 CE north america85
6820896690marshall plan1948 CE north america86
6820899409apartheid in africa1948 CE africa87
6820902303israel formed1948 CE middle east88
6820903614korean war1951 CE east asia89
6820904615warsaw pact1955 CE east europe90
6820907068start of african decolonization1957 CE africa91
6820908620OPEC1960 CE middle east92
6820909735bay of pigs1961 CE north america93
6820911208berlin wall built1961 CE west/east europe94
6820912684cuban missile crisis1962 CE north america95
6820914536vietnam war1975 CE southeast asia96
6820918659USSR enters war in afghanistan1979 CE east europe97
6820920428iran-iraq war1980 CE middle east98
6820922026fall of communism in east europe1989 CE east europe99
6820925155tiananmen square1989 CE east asia100
6820926538end of USSR1991 CE east europe101

Unit 4 Ap world history Flashcards

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7999493455absolute monarchA system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power0
7999493456atheistsPeople who deny the existence of God1
7999493457capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital2
7999493458colonizationOne country taking over another area to be used for their benefit3
7999493459commerce/commercialsocial dealings between people4
7999493460commonwealtha political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them5
7999493461divine rightBelief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.6
7999493462demographyScientific study of human populations.7
7999493463humanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements8
7999493464left wingthe liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system9
7999493465mercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought10
7999493466monasticRelating to or resembling a monastery (where monks or nuns live), esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries11
7999493467monopolyA market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.12
7999493468right wingConservative ideology in which change is opposed and the traditional way of doing things is encouraged13
7999493469revolutionAn overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.14
7999493470satireA literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.15
7999493471utopiaan ideal society16
7999493472hagia sophiaMost famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.17
7999493473vernacularEveryday language of ordinary people18
7999493474age of reasona movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions19
7999493475Akbar the greatknown for religious tolerance. grandson of Babur who created a strong central government20
7999493476john calvin1509-1564. French theologian. Developed the Christian theology known as Calvinism. Attracted Protestant followers with his teachings.21
7999493477martin lutherA German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He led the Protestant Reformation.22
7999493478Elizabeth I(1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the most successful rulers of all time.23
7999493479henry VIII(1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532.24
7999493480encomienda systemIt gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity25
7999493481english bill of rightsKing William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.26
7999493482floating empiresPortuguese and the Spanish set out to sea, controlled many major shipping routes27
7999493483goa, indiaPortuguese trading port. They took control with a fleet of ships.28
7999493484Gutenberg's printing pressthe printing press that allowed the spread of protestant ideas and the bible29
7999493485hacienda systemsimilar to the feudal system, Natives got money and had to buy their products from their owners30
7999493486hapsburg spainCharles V was the king here and this is where counter reformation was strongest.31
7999493487heliocentric theorythe idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.32
7999493488huguenotsFrench Protestants33
7999493489indulgencesSelling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation.34
7999493490dutch east india companyGovernment-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.35
7999493491edict of Nantes1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship.36
7999493492counter reformationthe reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)37
7999493493protestant reformationA religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.38
7999493494the three g'sGod, glory and gold39
7999493495scientific revolutionA major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.40
7999493496shogunA general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name41
7999493497solemn the magnificent(Ottoman Empire) Created the largest empire and rebuilt legal system42
7999493498thirty years warProtestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire ends with peace of westpahlia.1618-48) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a batlte between France and their rivals the Hapsburg's, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.43
7999493499treaty of WestphaliaEnded Thirty Years' War in 1648; granted right to individual rulers within the Holy Roman Empire to choose their own religion-either Protestant or Catholic.44
7999493500zheng heAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.45
7999493501Tokugawa bakufu systemlast feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 18646
7999493502janissariesInfantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.47
7999493503gunpowder empiresMuslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals that employed cannonry and gunpowder to advance their military causes.48
7999493504peter the great(1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.49
7999493505An accurate list of the Gunpowder Empires?Safavid Persia, Ottoman Turkey, Mughal India50
7999493506Viva LaRaza51
7999493507What system managed the transportation of goods throughout the world?Columbian Exchange52
7999493508What were considered cash crops?Sugar and Tobacco53

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