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AP World History
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History
10th Grade
04/02/2011

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Cards

Term

 

3000 BCE

Definition

 

Hinduism being practiced in India

Term

 

483 BCE

Definition

 

Siddhartha Gautama Dies

 

Term

 

3500 BCE

Definition

 

Civilization arises in Mesopotamia

Term

 

0-40 CE

Definition

 

Life of Jesus

Term

 

500 CE

Definition

 

End of Roman Empire

Start of Feudal West Europe

Term

 

632 CE 

Definition

 

Death of Muhammad

Term

 

750 CE

Definition

Fall of Umayyad Dynasty

&

Rise of Abbassid Islamic Empire

Term

 

900 CE

Definition

 

Ghana Kings convert to

Islam in West Africa

Term

 

1095

Definition


First Crusade:

Europeans go to West Africa to re-conquer Holy Lands

Term

 

1250 - 1350

Definition

Mongol Empire: 4 Khannates


Russia

Persia

Central Asia

China

Term

 

1300 - 1500

Definition

 

Italian Renaissance

Term

 

1324

Definition

 

MALI KING (Mansa Musa)

Makes pilgrimage

to Mecca

Term

 

1405 - 1433

Definition


Voyages of

Admiral Zheng He

on Indian Ocean

 

Term

 

1453

 

Definition

 

Fall of Constantinople to

Ottoman Turks

Term

 

1492

Definition


Spain Unifies

Columbus

Start of Columbian Exchange

Moors driven out

 

Term

 

1506

Definition

 

Kongo King 

converts to Christianity

Term

 

1519

Definition

 

Arrival of Conquistadors

in Mexico

Term

 

1600

Definition

 

British East Indian Company

trading in India

Term

 

1607

Definition

 

Founding of Jamestown &

start of slaves being brought to North America

Term

 

1644

Definition

 

Rise of 

Qing Dynasty in China

Term

 

1765

Definition

 

James Watt 

perfects the Steam Engine

Term

 

1776

Definition

 

American Revolution

Term

 

1807

Definition

 

Slave Trade abolished

in Britain

 

Term

 

1808

Definition

 

Slave Trade abolished

in United States

Term

 

1814

Definition

 

Slave Trade abolished

in France

Term

 

1833

Definition

 

Slavery abolished in

Britain

Term

 

1848

Definition

 

Slavery abolished in

France

Term

 

1865

Definition

 

Slavery abolished in

United States

Term

 

1843

Definition

 

Treaty of Nanjing ends

Opium Wars between

Britain & China

Term

 

1848

Definition

 

Communist Manifesto 

written by Karl Marx

(Early years to German Industry)

Term

 

1857

Definition

 

Start of direct British Rule

in India - after the

Sepoy Mutiny

Term

 

1868

Definition

 

Meiji Restoration in

Japan

Term

 

1884-85

Definition

 

Berlin Converence

to decide rules for 

dividing Africa

Term

 

1914 - 1918

Definition

 

WORLD WAR I

Term

 

1939 - 1945

Definition

 

WORLD WAR II

Term

 

1947

Definition

 

Indian Independence

Term

 

1948

Definition

 

Creation of State of Isreal

(Britain pulls out of

Middle East)

Term

 

1949

Definition

 

Communist Revolution 

in China

Term

 

1950

Definition

 

Start of Korean War

Term

 

1955

Definition

 

Bandung Conference

where emerging nations

declare Non-alignment

Term

 

1960

Definition

 

"The Year of Africa"

When many African nations 

gained independence

Term

 

1961

Definition

 

Construction of Berlin Wall

Term

 

1990

Definition

 

Fall of Communism in

Russia & East Europe

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