HINZMAN AP WORLD HISTORY 101-125 – Flashcards
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Spanish Inquisition
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Began by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in newly untied Spain, a movement to force all citizens to convert to Christianity or leave
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Sonni Ali
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Songhai ruler that conquered all of western Africa to establish the Songhai Empire
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Song Dynasty
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Emperor Taizu took power in 960 in China, and created this dynasty. Eventually this dynasty fell to Mongols in 1279
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Socrates , Plato, and Aristotle
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Ancient Greek philosophers who believed that the truth could be discerned through rational thought and the quest for goodness would lead to eternal peace and happiness
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Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists , or Boxers
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This group was composed of men that were anti-Manchu, European , and Christian , they organized once China became occupied by Western Countries and Japan
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Social Darwinists
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Applied Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection to sociology.
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Six Days' War
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A battle fought in 1967 against Arab nations and the Israelis, lasted only six days and resulted in a total victory for Israel
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Sir Thomas More
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Wrote a book called Utopia and the book described an ideal society where wealth was shared and every member of society's needs were met
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Invented calculus to help prove scientific theories and also worked out the law of gravity
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Sino-Japanese War
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A war between Japan and China over territory and trade right in 1893
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Sino-French War
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The French waged war on China for the control of Vietnam in 1883, The Chinese lost the war and control of Vietnam
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Simon Bolivar
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Appointed to lead Venezuela after the Spanish colonists chose to ignore France's rule. Established a national congress in 1811 which declared independence from Spain
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Silk Road
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A major trade route over land from China to the Roman Empire, the road took months to traverse
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Shinto
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Means "the way of the gods" and was the earliest Japanese religion, they worshiped the kami
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Shiite
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Believed that Mohammad's son in law , Ali , was the rightful heir of the Islam Empire
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Sharpeville Massacre
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Sixty-seven unarmed protesters in Sharpeville South Africa , who were speaking out against apartheid were shot and killed by police force
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Petition of Right
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a document that limited taxes and forbid unlawful imprisonment in England in 1628
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Pierre Toussaint L'Ouverture
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was a former slave and started a long and violent slave revolt in Europe, despite them winning against 20,000 troops, L'Ouverture was captured
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Platt Amendment
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Allowed the United States to remain involved in Cuban affairs, it also allowed the U.S to retain economic and military territories
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Polis
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the name for a city-state in Greece, each one shared a common culture and identity
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Political Action Party
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a center-right , Christian democratic party and one of the three main political partied in Mexico
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Polytheism
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the religious belief in multiple gods who affect life on earth
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Ponce de Leon
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explored Florida on behalf of Spain in 1513. was searching for the fountain of youth
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Pope Innocent III and Pop Gregory IX
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issued strict decrees from the church, started the Inquisition, a formalized interrogation and persecution process of heretics
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Pope Leo X
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the head of the Catholic Church when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses, was furious and ordered Luther to retract his theses
