AP World History Final Exam Review

Nationalism - Answer- Devotion people feel towards their country/society; Became a cause for conflict in Europe at the turn of the 20th Century as Europeans competed for territories and power. Imperialism - Answer- A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. Muhammad - Answer- Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. Unified the Bedhouin tribes. Neolithic Revolution - Answer- The change from hunting-gathering to farming and domestication of animals; A period when humans first started to learn to plant crops and domesticate animals for their food, instead of hunting and gathering Ghengis Khan - Answer- Leader of the Mongols; Ruthless warrior that terrified Islamic and Asian societies Shi Huangdi - Answer- First emperor of China, (259 - 210 BC) Ruler of china, he united china for the first time. He built roads and canals and began the great wall of china. Shi hiungdi also imposed a standard of laws, money, weights, and writting system in china. Alexandria - Answer- City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization, the next center of Greek culture after Athens, contained a library and museum-a center for leading scientific figures. Potosí - Answer- A large city in Bolivia based on its silver mines, colonized by the Spanish Hernan Cortes - Answer- Led expedition to the coast of Mexico in 1519; conquistador responsible for defeat of Aztec Empire; captured Tenochtitlan. Janissaries - Answer- 30,000 Infantry, 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. Aryans - Answer- Nomadic invaders who moved into India during the centuries after Harappa's collapse. The Buddha founded the religion of Buddhism. Byzantine Empire; impact on Russia - Answer- The Russians came in contact with Christianity through the Byzantine Empire and adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The Russians also imitated Byzantine emperors instead of monarchs of Western Europe.