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AP World History Final Exam
AP World History
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History
10th Grade
12/12/2011

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Confucius
Definition
551-478 BCE Confucianism
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Pericles
Definition
Athenian political leader during 5th century B.C.E
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Socrates
Definition
tutor of pluto
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Hammurabi
Definition
important ruler of Babylonian Empire;responsible for codification of law
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Alexander the Great
Definition
Invaded India, did not establish durable empire
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Julius Caesar
Definition
civil wars between 2 generals
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Aristotle
Definition
384-322 BCE Greek philosopher and teacher of Alex. the great
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Khadijah
Definition
1st wife of prophet Muhammad
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Mansa musa
Definition
1312-1337 Muslim took a hajj distributed gold
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Cyril and methodius
Definition
missionaries sent by Byzantine government
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Justinian
Definition
most famous emperor
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constantine
Definition
Roman emperor 312-337 CE
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Charlemagne
Definition
Carolingian monarch government established empire
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Clovis
Definition
early Frankish King
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Thomas Aquinas
Definition
Italian monk
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Vikings 
Definition
scandinavian raiders from sweden
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Definition
1343-1400 English poet
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Pachacuti
Definition
ruler of Inca society 1438-1471
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Li Bo
Definition
701-762 most famous poet of tang era
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Empress Wu
Definition
690-705 Tang ruler who supports buddhist establishment
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Xuanzong
Definition
leading chinese emperor 713-755
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Chabi
Definition
wife of Kubilai Khan
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Kubilai Khan
Definition
commander of mongol forces grandson of Chingghis Khan
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Vasco de Gama
Definition
Portuguese explorer
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Christopher Columbus 
Definition
1492 went to the Americas
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Johannes gutenberg
Definition
movable type to Europe
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Galileo
Definition
discovered laws of gravity
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
author of the Prince 16th century
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Martin Luther
Definition
German Monk, 95 theses
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Paleolithic
Definition
old stone Age end 12,000 BCE hunting/gathering, stone tools
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Neolithic
Definition

New stone age, sedentary agriculture 8,000-5,000 BCE

domestication of plants/animals

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Catal Huyuk
Definition
urban culture based on agriculture occured.
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cuneiform
Definition
form of writing developed by Sumerians wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
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Confucianism
Definition
system of ethics, loyalty
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Daoism
Definition
produced durable division in china;s religious and philosophical culture
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legalism
Definition
alt. system distained confucianism by forced labor.
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Silk road
Definition
trade in silk luxury products and network of roads through central Asia.
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Daoism
Definition
produced durable division in china's religious and philosophical culture.
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Sanskrit
Definition
sacred and classical indian language
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Hinduism
Definition
belief of following their dharma or rules of their caste
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Buddhism
Definition
spread coherence of teachings of Buddha
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Nirvana
Definition
Buddhist state of enlightenment
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reincarnation
Definition
principle in which souls don't die when bodies pass to other human beings.
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