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41961057618000 BCEBeginning of agriculture0
41961057623000 BCEBeginning of Bronze Age-early civilization1
41961057631300 BCEIron Age2
41961057646th C BCELife of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi,3
41961057655th C BCEGreek Golden Age - philosophers4
4196105766403-221 BCEEra of Warring State5
4196105767323 BCEAlexander the Great dies6
4196105768221 BCEQin Dynasty unified China7
4196105769184 BCEFall of the Mauryan Dynasty8
419610577032 CEBeginning of Christianity9
4196105771180End of Pax Romana10
4196105772220End of Han Dynasty11
4196105773312Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity12
4196105774333Roman capital moved to Constantinople13
41961057754th CenturyBeginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes14
4196105776476"Fall" of Rome15
4196105777527Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire16
4196105778550Fall of Gupta dynasty17
4196105779622Founding of islam18
4196105780730Printing invented in China19
4196105781732Battle of Tours20
4196105782900Decline of classical Maya21
41961057831054Great schism in Christian Church22
41961057841066Norman conquest of England23
41961057851071Battle of manzikert24
419610578610951st Crusade25
41961057871206Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquest26
41961057881258Mongols sacked Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate27
41961057891271-1295Marco Polo's travels28
41961057901324Mansa Musas pilgrimage29
41961057911324-1349Travels of Ibn Battuta30
41961057921347-1348Bubonic plague in Europe31
41961057931368-1644Ming Dynasty32
41961057941405-1433Zheng He's voyages33
41961057951438Rise of Inca Empire34
41961057961453Ottomans conquer Constantinople35
41961057971450sPrinting press in Europe36
41961057981480sHeight of Aztec Empire37
41961057991488Dias rounds Cape of Goods38
41961058001492Columbus/Reconquista of Spain39
41961058011502First African slaves to America40
41961058021517Martin Luther/Prot Reformation41
41961058031521Cortez conquer the Aztec42
41961058041529First unsuccessful ottoman siege of Vienna43
41961058051533Pizarro toppled Inca44
41961058061545Discovery of silver at Potosí45
41961058071571Battle of Lepanto/First Manila Galleon46
41961058091588Spanish Armada47
41961058101600Battle of Sekigahara48
41961058111607Foundation of Jamestown49
41961058121618-164830 year war50
41961058131644End of Ming/ beginning of Qin Dynasty51
41961058141653Cape Town colony founded52
41961058151683Second unsuccessful ottoman siege of Vienna53
41961058161689Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights54
41961058171756-17637 year war55
41961058181767Invention of the Spinning Jenny56
41961058191776Deceleration of Independence/Smith writes wealth of nations57
41961058211789French Revolution begins58
41961058221796Jenner's smallpox vaccine59
41961058231804Haitian independence60
41961058241807British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade61
41961058251807-08Janissary Revolt62
41961058261815Congress of Vienna63
41961058271820sIndependence in Latin America64
41961058281839First opium war65
41961058291839-1878Tanzimat Reforms66
41961058301848Mark and Eagles the communist manifesto67
41961058311848-1849European revolution68
41961058321853Commodore Perry opens Japan69
41961058331857Sepoy Mutiny70
41961058341861End of Russian serfdom71
41961058351861-1865US Civil War72
41961058361861-1870Italian unification73
41961058371863US Emancipation Proclamation74
41967550011871German unification75
41967550021885Berlin Conference division of Africa(begins scramble for Africa)76
41967550031893New Zealand grants women suffrage77
41967550041896Battle of Adowa78
41967550051898Spanish-American War79
41967550061899-1902Boer War80
41967550071905Russo-Japanese War81
41967550081919-1920Mexican Revolution82
41967550091911Chinese Revolution(end of Qin)83
41967550101914-1918WW184
41967550111917Russian Revolution85
41967550121918Armistice(end of WW1 fighting)86
41967550131919Treaty of Versailles87
41967550141928Kellogg-Briand Oact88
41967550151929Stock market crash89
41967550161931Japanese invasion of Manchuria90
41967550171935Italian invasion Ethiopia91
41967550181937Japanese invasion of (rest of) china92
41967550191939German Blitzkrieg in Poland93
41967550201941Pearl Harbor, entry of WW294
41967550211945Yalta Conference/ end of WW2/Hiroshima and Nagasaki95
41967550221947Independence and partition of India96
41967550231948Birth Israel97
41967550241948-1949Berlin Blockade/Airlift98
41967550251949NATO founded/Chinese Communist Revolution99
41967550261950-1953Korean War100
41967550271954Vietnam expels France101
41967550281955Bandung Conference102
41967550291956Khrushchev begins de-Salinization/Nationalization of Suez Canal103
41967550301962Cuban Missile Crisis104
41967550311966-1976Chinese Culture Revolution105
419675503219676-Day War106
41967550331973Yom Kippur War107
41967550341979Iranian Revolution/China begins "Socialist Mark Economy" reforms108
419675503519871st Palestine Intifada109
41967550361989Fall of Berlin Wall/Tiananmen Square110
41967550371990Namibia gains independence111
419675503819911st Persian war112
41967550391991USSR disbands113
41967550401994Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race election in South Africa114
419675504120019/11 attacks115
41967550422003US invades Iraq116
41967550432004Facebook founded117
41967550442007Global "Great Recession" begins118
41967550452011Wikileaks "Arab Springs" democracy119
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AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

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2239801779CivilizationAn ambiguous term used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits.0
2239804885CultureSocially transmitted patterns of action and expression. Material culture refers to physical objects, such as dwellings, clothing, tools, and crafts. It also includes arts, beliefs, knowledge, and technology.1
2239808020Mesopotamia...2
2239808971Stone Age...3
2239808972Paleolithic...4
2239810192Neolithic...5
2239810215Homo sapiens...6
2239811980Gorager...7
2239811981Jericho...8
2239814327Catak Huyuk...9
2239818630Agricultural Revolution...10
2239818631Epic of Gilgamesh...11
2239819670Sumerians...12
2239822564Babylon...13
2239822591Semitic...14
2239826748City-State...15
2239826749Hammurabi...16
2239826779Scribe...17
2239828743Ziggurat...18
2239830897Anthropomorphic...19
2239830898Cuneiform...20
2239832688Pharaoh...21
2239832689Memphis...22
2239832690Thebes...23
2239839712Hieroglyphics...24
2239839713Papyrus...25
2239839753Mummification...26
2239841940Harappa...27
2239841962Mohenjo-Daro...28
2239844340Huang He...29
2239844341Yangzi...30
2239984971Loess...31
2239984972Shang...32
2239986531Anyang...33
2239986572Mandarin...34
2239988165Divination...35
2239988166Zhou...36
2239991324Mandate of Heaven...37
2239991325Legalism...38
2239991326Confucius...39
2239991327Analects...40
2239991328Laozi...41
2239992608Dao...42
2239992609Qin...43
2239992610Nubia...44
2239995221Cataract...45
2239995222Kush...46
2239995223Meroe...47
2239997096Mesoamerica...48
2239997097Olmec...49
2239997098Chavin...50
2239999877Iron Age...51
2240001078Hittites...52
2240002484Hatshepsut...53
2240005097Akhenaten...54
2240006975Ramesses II...55
2240006976Minoan...56
2240007999Mycenae...57
2240008000Shaft grave...58
2240012444Linear B...59
2240013515Neo-Assyrian Empire...60
2240013516Mass deportation...61
2240015055Library of Ashurbanipa...62
2240015056Israel...63
2240016385Hebrew Bible...64
2240016386First Temple...65
2240020151Monotheism...66
2240020152Diaspora...67
2240020229Phoenicians...68
2240021745Carthage...69
2240023199Neo-Babylonian kingdom...70
2239989236Mandate of Heaven...71
2239989237Legalism...72
2238504504Simon Bolivar...73
2238505893Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla...74
2238505894Jose Maria Morelos...75
2238507909Confederation of 1867...76
2238507910Personalist leaders...77
2238509099Caudillo...78
2238509100Andrew Jackson...79
2238510231Jose Antonio Paez...80
2238510232Benito Juarez...81
2238511639Tecumseh...82
2238511640Caste War...83
2238512543Abolitionists...84
2238512544Nativists...85
2238513776Acculturation...86
2238513777Women's Rights Convention...87
2238515449Zulu...88
2238515450Sokoto Caliphate...89
2238515451Modernization...90
2238517317"Legitimate Trade"...91
2238517318Recaptives...92
2238518430Nawab...93
2239679877Sepoy...94
2239679878British Raj...95
2239680665Durbar...96
2239682085Indian Civil Service...97
2239682086Clipper ship...98
2239683234Contract of Indenture...99
2239687517Muhammad Ali...100
2239693067Janissaries...101
2239693068Tanzimat...102
2239693069Crimean War...103
2239720087Young Ottomans...104
2239720088Decembrist Uprising...105
2239720089Taiping Rebellion...106
2239720090Extraterritoriality...107
2239720091Opium War...108
2239720092Bannermen...109
2239720093Treaty of Nanking...110
2239720094Treaty ports...111
2239720095Railroad/Steamships (impact)...112
2239726012Telegraph (impact)...113
2239748511Steel (impact)...114
2239748512Victorian Age...115
2239748513Separate Spheres...116
2239748514Labor Unions...117
2239748515Communist Manifesto...118
2239748516Bourgeoisie...119
2239748517Proletariat...120
2239751038Anarchist...121
2239751039Nationalism...122
2239753323Liberalism...123
2239754804King Wilhelm I...124
2239754805Otto von Bismarck...125
2239758219Napoleon III...126
2239759158Alfred Dreyfus...127
2239759159Pogroms...128
2239768989Empress Dowager Cixi...129
2239768990Matthew Perry...130
2239768991Meiji Restoration...131
2239768992New Imperialism...132
2239768993Battle of Omdurman...133
2239768994Colonialism...134
2239770855Suez Canal...135
2239771081Henry Morton Stanley...136
2239772773King Leopold II...137
2239772774Berlin Conference...138
2239777318Afrikaners...139
2239777319Zulu...140
2239778973Xhosa...141
2239781407Cecil Rhodes...142
2239782880Asante...143
2239782881Menelik...144
2239790258Emilio Aguinaldo...145
2239790276Free-trade imperialism...146
2239801782Panama Canal...147
2239792071Spanish American War...148
2395984321Cold WarThe ideological struggle between Communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another. It came to an end when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.149
2395987782Iron CurtainWinston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the United States dominated West.150
2395990033NATOOrganization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies.151
2395991215United NationsInternational organization founded in 1945 to promoted word peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.152
2395992059International Monetary FundIt is an organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, foster international trade, promote high employment and sustain economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.153
2395996317World BankA specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.154
2396000099Marshall PlanU.S. program to support the reconstruction of western Europe after World War 2. By 1961 more than $20 billion in economic aid had been dispersed.155
2396413512Proxy WarDuring the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants.156
2401648157Allende, SalvadorSocialist politician elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by the military in 1973. He died during the military attack.157
2401648158Pinochet, AugustoA military leader with support of the United States, overthrew Chile's president, Salvador Allende. During the revolution many Chileans died and others were illegally seized, tortured, and imprisoned without trial. Once in power he rolled back Allende's social reforms158
2401648159Dirty WarWar waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment, torture, and executions by the military.159
2401648160SandinistasMembers of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somozoa in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United States financed armed opposition by the Contras. They lost national elections in 1990.160
2401648161Contras...161
2401648162Reagan, Ronald...162
2401648163Bush, George H.W....163
2401648164Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza...164
2401648165Khomeini, AyatollahShi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic republic.165
2401648166Husain, SaddamPresident of Iraq from 1979 until overthrown by an American-led invasion in 2003. Waged war on Iran from 1980 to 1988. His invasion of Kuwait in 1990 was repulsed in the Persian Gulf War in 1991.166
2401648167KeiretsuAlliance of corporations and banks that dominate the Japanese economy.167
2401648168Asian TigerCollective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore- nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.168
2401648169NIEsRapidly growing, newly industrial nations of the late twentieth century, including the Asian Tigers.169
2401659194Xiaoping, Deng...170
2401673067Tiananmen Square...171
2401676937Solzhenitsyn, Alexander...172
2401683592Glasnot...173
2401685297Perestroikapolicy of "openness" that was the centerpiece of Mikhail Gorbachev efforts to liberalize communism in the Soviet Union.174
2402516949SolidarityPolish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall communism in eastern Europe.175
2402670839Wojtyla, Karol...176
2402670840Walsea, Lech...177
2402670841Ceausescu, Nicolae...178
2402670842Havel, Vaclav...179
2402670843Persian Gulf War...180
2402670844Demographic TransitionA change in the rate of population growth. Before the transition, both the birthrates and death rates are high, resulting in a slowly growing population; then the death rate drops but the181
2406915057Wojtyla, Karol...182
2406915058Walsea, Lech...183
2406915059Ceausescu, Nicolae...184
2406915060Havel, Vaclav...185
2406915061Persian Gulf War...186
2406915062Demographic TransitionA change in the rate of population growth. Before the transition, both the birthrates and death rates are high, resulting in a slowly growing population; then the death rate drops but the birthrates remains high, causing a population explosion; finally the birthrate drops and the population growth slows down. This took place in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in North America and East Asia in the middle twentieth, and, most recently, in Latin America and South Asia.187
2420854715Wojtyla, Karol...188
2420854716Walsea, Lech...189
2420854717Ceausescu, Nicolae...190
2420854718Havel, Vaclav...191
2420854719Persian Gulf War...192
2420854720Demographic TransitionA change in the rate of population growth. Before the transition, both the birthrates and death rates are high, resulting in a slowly growing population; then the death rate drops but the birthrates remains high, causing a population explosion; finally the birthrate drops and the population growth slows down. This took place in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in North America and East Asia in the middle twentieth, and, most recently, in Latin America and South Asia.193
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7104405779lokasyontumutukoy sa eksaktong kinaroroonan ng isang lugar sa daigdig0
7104405780lugartumutukoy sa mga katahgiang natatangi sa isag pook1
7104405781rehiyonbahagi ng daigdig na nag bubuklod ng magkakatulad na katangiang pisikal o kultural2
7104405782interaksyon ng mga tao sa kapaligiranang kaugnayan ng tao sa pisikal na katangiang taglay ng kaniyang kinaroroonan3
7104405783paggalawang paglipat ng tao mula sa kinagisnang ligar pa tungo sa ibang lugar; kabilang din dito ang paglipat ng mga bagay at likas na pangyayari,tulad ng hangin at ulan4
7104405784lineargaano kalayo ang isang lugar5
7104405785timegaano katagal qng paglalakbay6
7104405786phychologicalpaano tinitingnan ang layo ng lugar7
7104405787240 milyong taonmayroon lamang isang super kcontibent na tinatawag na Pangea na polinaliligiran ng karagatang tinawag na panthalassa ocean8
7104405788200 milyong taonnagsimulang maghiwalay ang kalupaab ng pangea hanggang sa mahati sa dalawa:laurasia sa northern hemisphere at gondwana sa southern hemisphere9
710440578965 milyong taonnagpatuloy ang paghiwahiwalay ng mga kalupaan.10
7104405790sa Kasalukuyanunti unti ang paggalaw ng mga kontinente. tinatayang 2.5 sentimetro ang galaw ng north amarica at europe bawat taon11
7104405791everesttaas (sa metro) 8 84812
7104405792k-2taas(sa metro) 8 61113
7104405793kangchenjungataas(sa metro) 8 58614
7104405794lhotsetaas (sa metro) 8 51115
7104405795makalutaas (sa metro) 8 46316
7104405796Cho oyotaas sa metro 8 20117
7104405797dhaulagiritaas sa metro 8 16718
7104405798manaslutaas sa metro 8 16319
7104405799nanga parbattaas sa metro 8 12520
7104405800annapurmataas sa metro 8 09121
7104405801pacific oceanmariana trench22
7104405802Atlantic Oceanpuerto rico trench23
7104405803indian oceanjava trench24
7104405804southern oceansandwich trench25
7104405805arctic oceaneurasia basin26
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AP LITERATURE: Genres/Classifications of Literature Flashcards

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3469431378writing that falls into linked fragments or sentences and paragraphs; found in short stories, essays, novels, and some playsprose0
3469434206poetryverse1
3469437127a story line in prose or versenarrative2
3469445475a narrative in which the characters, action, and setting make coherent sense on a literal level, but also represent large ideas or abstract qualitiesallegory3
3469448142animal farm is an allegory of?communism4
3469451741where the characters are symbolic of something elseallegory5
3469457620the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an allegory of?Jesus' life6
3469460077a collection of short stories or poemsanthology7
3469469812a novel that recounts the development of an individual from childhood to maturity, to the point at which the main character recognizes his/her place in the worldbildungsroman8
3469473132"coming of age" storybildungsroman9
3469482620an amusing work that ends happily and presents the "lighter" side of life, and generally represents the experiences of ordinary people in common languagecomedy10
3469487525the literary art of belittling a subject by making it ridiculoussatire11
3469495200a satiric form of comedy that takes the artificial and superficial habits of high society and mocks themcomedy of manners12
3469498941Pride and Prejudice is an example of a what?comedy of manners13
3469512776a type of comedy that employs improbable or otherwise ridiculous situations and mix-ups, slapstick, horseplay, and crude/bawdy languagefarce14
3469516566The Three Stooges is an example of a?farce15
3469519217The Hangover is an example of a?farce16
3469532013an imitation of a piece of writing, copying some features such as diction, style, and form, but changing features for humorous effectparody17
3469534975scary movie is an example of a?parody18
3469538812a novel that depicts an imperfect, oppressive worlddystopian novel19
3469542619a novel that depicts a perfect society or worldutopian novel20
3517471452a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects that customs, mores, and aspirations of a nation or race and who undertakes historical exploits, usually over a long period of timeepic21
3517473210novel written in lettersepistolary novel22
3517478811Dracula is an example of an?epistolary novel23
3517489019a brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson using symbolic characters, details, and plot linesfable24
3517501689a narrative of the exploits of a hero told through several generationssaga25
3517503768Star Wars is an example of a?saga26
3517512481a serious and often somber drama, written in prose or verse, that typically ends in disaster and that focuses on a character who undergoes unexpected personal revealstragedy27
3517524796literature that concerns itself with humanity's very being, with its perpetual, anguished struggle to exist; individuals have free will and are thus entirely responsible for their actionsexistentialism28
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