HINZMAN AP WORLD HISTORY 126-150 – Flashcards
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Primogeniture
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passing property to the eldest living son
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Protest Reformation
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a movement that established Protestantism as its own branch of Christianity in Europe and challenged the authority of the Catholic Church.
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Ptolemy
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a scientist who put forth the theory that earth was the center of the universe
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Punic Wars
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A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
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Qianlong
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Chinese emperor that succeeded Kangxi
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Qin Dynasty
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the Chinese dynasty (from 221 BCE to 206 BCE) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
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Qing Warriors
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were invited by the Ming dynasty to quell a peasant uprising , but instead overthrew the Ming Dynasty
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Queen Isabella and Ferdinand
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Forced non-Christians to convert to Christianity or leave Spain during the Spanish Inquisition
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Rape of Nanjing
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250,000 Chinese people were slaughtered in Nanjing over a course of a few weeks
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Red Army
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a large and powerful military force created by the Bolsheviks to squash Russia
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Reichstag
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the German Weimar Republic's elected body, the German people rejected the solutions that they offered which led to the growing acceptance of the Nazi Party
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Renaissance
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a cultural movement that originated in the fourteenth century Florence and spread throughout Europe (also means "rebirth")
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Revenue Act
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British Parliament's first attempt to raise money from the American colonies (enforced the taxation of sugar and molasses)
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Reza Shah Pahlavi
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rose to power in Iran in 1925 by ousting the then-ruling shah
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Roman Republic
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the model for the modern-day American Government
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Romanov Dynasty
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They brought stability to Russia after the Time of Troubles
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Said that the United States would intervene in financial disputes between European power and countries in the Americas in order to maintain peace
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Russian Revolution
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ended in Feburary 1917, and Czar Nicholas was forced to give up his throne, ending the Romanov Dynasty
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Russification
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created by Czar Alexander III, under which all Russians were expected to learn the Russian language and convert to Russian Orthodoxy
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Russo-Japanese War
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resulted in when the Japanese ousted Russia from Manchuria
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Rwanda Tutsi and Hutu
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plagued by brutal conflicts between the two groups , one of these groups was fifteen percent of the population , and the other was eighty-five percent
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Samuel Morse
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invented the telegraph in 1837
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Sati
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the practice in which high-caste Hindu women would throw themselves onto their husbands' funereal pyres
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Schlieffen Plan
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Gemany issued this and it called for a swift attack on France through Belgium
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Second French Constitution
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Austrians and Prussians invaded France but France repelled the invasion, establishing a new ruling body called the Convention
