AP world review

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Across
  1. 4. Social system where men hold primary power.
  2. 5. Religious way of life, often secluded (e.g., monks)
  3. 7. Leader of the Haitian Revolution, the first successful slave revolt leading to statehood.
  4. 10. Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became the first Black president of South Africa.
  5. 12. Creole leader who drove the independence movement against Spanish rule in South America.
  6. 14. System of institutionalized racial segregation in South Africa.
  7. 15. Global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
  8. 17. Appointed officials operating government functions.
  9. 22. Dispersion of people from their homeland.
  10. 24. Ideological conflict between the USA and USSR.
  11. 26. Unified Spain, funded Columbus, and completed the Reconquista.
  12. 27. Confucian virtue of respect for parents and ancestors.
  13. 30. Venetian traveler whose accounts of China increased European interest in Asian trade.
  14. 31. Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism.
  15. 32. "House of Islam," referring to lands under Islamic rule.
  16. 33. Empires that used cannons/firearms to consolidate power (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal).
  17. 34. Founded the Mongol Empire, creating the largest contiguous land empire in history, which secured the Silk Road and allowed for massive cultural exchanges.
  18. 36. Ruler of Mali whose pilgrimage to Mecca showcased the immense wealth of West African kingdoms.
  19. 39. Moroccan scholar who traveled the Islamic world, documenting social and cultural life across Africa and Asia.
  20. 40. Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas of natural rights influenced the Atlantic Revolutions.
  21. 41. Shift from hand production to machine manufacturing.
  22. 44. Led nonviolent resistance against British rule in India.
  23. 45. Developed the idea of laissez-faire capitalism, influencing the economic shift during the Industrial Revolution.
  24. 46. Transformed the USSR into an industrial superpower but conducted the Great Purge.
  25. 47. Mughal emperor known for religious tolerance and centralizing administration in India.
  26. 48. Engineered the unification of Germany through realpolitik.
  27. 49. Businesses where investors pool money, sharing profits/losses (e.g., VOC, EIC).
  28. 50. Judging other cultures by the standards of one's own.
Down
  1. 1. The blending of different religions or cultures.
  2. 2. Increasing interconnectedness of economies and cultures.
  3. 3. Economic system with private ownership and free markets.
  4. 4. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved.
  5. 6. Physical structures needed for society (roads, bridges).
  6. 8. Ming Admiral who led massive voyages throughout the Indian Ocean to demonstrate Chinese power, fostering trade connections.
  7. 9. His policies of glasnost and perestroika led to the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union
  8. 11. Led the Chinese Communist Party to victory and established the People's Republic of China.
  9. 13. Intense loyalty to one's nation
  10. 16. Ottoman system of taking Christian boys for government/military service.
  11. 18. Leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the first head of the USSR.
  12. 19. Developed Marxism (scientific socialism), criticizing industrial capitalism and advocating for a worker revolution.
  13. 20. Misapplication of "survival of the fittest" to human societies.
  14. 21. Unified Spain, funded Columbus, and completed the Reconquista.
  15. 23. Tsar who westernized Russia and built St. Petersburg, expanding the empire.
  16. 25. The process of colonies gaining independence.
  17. 28. Led Britain during WWII, popularizing the "Iron Curtain" term for the Cold War.
  18. 29. Founder of the Safavid Empire, established Shi'a Islam as the state religion.
  19. 35. Ottoman sultan who expanded the empire into Europe and enhanced its law and cultural influence.
  20. 36. Economic policy focusing on accumulating gold by exporting more than importing.
  21. 37. Spanish labor system in the Americas, forcing natives to work.
  22. 38. system where peasants are tied to the land.
  23. 42. War involving all of a nation's resources and population.
  24. 43. Extending a country's power through diplomacy or military force.