AP World History Terms Flashcards

9859436806	han dynasty	Chinese dynasty that ruled for most of the period from 202 B.C. to A.D. 220	0
9859436807	Huns	a nomadic people of central Asia	1
9859436808	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A major Chinese peasant revolt that helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty. (185 AD)	2
9859436809	Persian Wars	A series of wars between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire (5th century B.C.).	3
9859436810	Delian League	Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities	4
9859436811	Battle of Marathon	Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War 490 BCE	5
9859436812	Yuan Dynasty	the Mongol imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368	6
9859436813	Shi Huangdi	First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty (259-210 BCE)	7
9859436814	Genghis Khan	(1167-1227) One of the Mongol's greatest leaders and founder of the Mongol Empire.	8
9859436815	Empress Wu	Empress of China during the Tang dynasty, she ruled ruthlessly and brought prosperity to China (684-705 AD)	9
9859436816	Englightenment	Philosophical movement that changed the way people thought (politics, religion, rights, etc). Period 4	10
9859436817	Renaissance	the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world period 4	11
9859436818	Protestant Reformation	A split in the church caused by corruption in the church period 4	12
9859436819	Scientific Revolution	The series of events that led to the birth of modern science	13
9859436820	Ibn Battuta	14th century traveler who visited most of the Islamic world	14
9859436821	Mali Empire	from 13th to the 14th century. Was founded by the Almoravids, Sundiata	15
9859436822	Syncretism	a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith	16
9859436823	Swahili city-states	Trade centers on East African coast	17
9859436824	Amritsar Massacre	an incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians	18
9859436825	Mughal Empire	a period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s	19
9859436826	Sepoy Rebellion	The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs	20
9859436827	Bombay (Mumbai)	The most populous city in India	21
9859436828	Simon Bolivar	Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule period 5	22
9859436829	Gran Colombia	Bolivar's dream of a united South America	23
9859436830	Morelos	led revolution for 4 years after hildago had led to indians and metizos to revolution	24
9859436831	Hidalgos	Lesser nobles in Spain who came to New World.	25
9859436832	Iranian Revolution	Overthrew Reza Shah Pahlavi's monarchy in Iran; Replaced the government with an Islamic Republic	26
9859436833	Russian Revolution	over throw of tsar	27
9859436834	Mexican Revolution	armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform period 6	28
9859436835	Woodrow Wilson	28th President of the United States, WWI	29
9859436836	Mandate System	Compromise between the Allies Retain the former German and Turkish colonies	30
9859436837	self determination	the right of people to choose their own form of government	31
9859436838	Syria and Lebanon	were the two French mandates in the Middle East	32
9859436839	Ottoman Empire	A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.	33
9859436840	Palestine	A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Disputed with Israel.	34
9859436841	Ten Commandments	A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.	35
9859436842	Talmud and Torah	Jewish literature that contains the teachings, traditions and laws of Judaism	36
9859436843	David	second king of Israel Jewish beliefs	37
9859436844	Yahweh	Hebrew name for God	38
9859436845	Hammarabi's Code	The first written code of law. Created by Hammurabi, king of Babylon. Punishments were very strict. period 1	39
9859436846	Christianity	the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.	40
9859436847	Zorastrianism	Persia's main religion	41
9859436848	Mandate of Heaven	in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority	42
9859663002	porcelain	ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic	43
9859663003	silk	a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms	44
9859663004	New Economic Policy	1921 plan that permitted some capitalist activity in Russia in order to increase food production, Lenin	45
9859663005	5 year plan	Stalin's economic programs designed to increase industrial production.	46
9859663006	Rwandan Genocide	1994 killing of 800,000 Tutsis by the Hutu tribe in Africa. (Civil War).	47
9859663007	Holocaust	the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler	48
9859663008	Armenian Genocide	The massacre of Armenians conducted by Turkey during WWI	49
9859663009	Khmer Rouge	communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on Cambodian citizens, period 6	50
9859663010	Westernization	adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture	51
9859663011	Battle of Tours	(732 CE) European victory over Muslims. It halted Muslim movement into Western Europe.	52
9859663012	Battle of Hastings	(1066 CE) The Norman invasion of England; this was the largest battle.	53
9859663013	Meiji Restoration	The restoration of the Emperor Meiji to power in Japan, overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868.	54
9859663014	Bushido Code	Samurai code of honour	55
9859663015	mamluks	Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the Abbasid Caliphate's armed forces	56
9859663016	Martin Luther	German monk, questioned the Roman Catholic Church, was excommunicated. Wrote the 95 theses, began Protestant revolution	57
9859663017	Catholic Reformation	Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation; reformed and revived Catholic doctrine.	58
9859663018	Congress of Vienna	restored a balance of power to Europe after Napoleon's reign 1815, period 5	59
9859663019	Iranian Revolution	•led to Islamist theocracy (government by religious leaders), overthrow of Pahlavi	60
9859663020	ayotalloh Khomeini	founder of Iran Islamic government	61
9859663021	Globalization	development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy	62
9859663022	Facism	political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator	63
9859663023	Zionism	A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine	64
9859663024	Italian Unification	1815-1871	65
9859663025	German Unification	1871	66
9859663026	Herodotus	the ancient Greek known as the father of history	67
9859663027	Athens	the capital and largest city of Greece	68
9859663028	Zheng He	• Chinese admiral during Ming dynasty • explored as far as Africa • traded & collected tribute	69
9859663029	monsoon winds	a key element in establishing trade across the Indian Ocean	70
9859663030	divine right of kings	the belief that the authority of kings comes directly from God	71
9859663031	Indulgences	pardon sold by catholic church to reduce one's punishment	72
9859663032	Aztecs	Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City	73
9859663033	incans	Powerful South American Empire in Peru that toppled in 1532	74
9859663034	sati	Indian practice where widows kill themselves when husband die	75
9859663035	Ming Dynasty	the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644	76
9859663036	Baghdad	Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon	77
9859663037	Ghana Empire	controlled all the western trade routes across the Sahel period 3	78
9859663038	Songhai Empire	A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591.	79
9859663039	Timbuktu	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning	80
9859663040	Great Zimbabwe	City that grew into an empire built on the gold trade	81
9859663041	Jenne	city/province of Rome	82
9859663042	gao	city in mali near tumbuktu	83
9859663043	Ummayads	Sunni Muslims led Islamic pire until defeated by Abbasids	84