AP World History Vocabularies

AP World History Vocabularies

Chapter 1

Australopithecus / Jericho
CatalHuyuk / Jomon
Chinook / Natufians
Cro-Magnon / Neanderthal
Hominids / Paleolithic
Homo erectus / Prehistory
Homo sapiens / Venus figurines
Homo sapiens sapiens

Chapter 2

Ancestor Worship / Indo-Europeans / Iron / Ziggurats
Aryans / Hittites / Lextalionis / Yahweh
Assyrians / Hanging Gardens / Mesopotamia / Urdu
Babylon / Hammurabi’s Code / Monotheism / Torah
Bronze / Gilgamesh / Patriarchy / Ten Commandments
City-state / Cuneiform / Phoenicians / Sumerians

Chapter 3

Ahmosis / Bronze / Cult of Osiris / Nubia / Osiris
Amon-Re / Bantu / Hieroglyphics / Kush / Patriarchy
Ancestor Worship / Aten / Hyksos / Iron / Pharaohs

Chapter 4

Aryans / Jati / Karma / Prakit / Samsara / Vaishyas / Varna
Brahmins / Indra / Kshatriyas / Neolithic / Sanskrit / Upanishads / Varuna
Dravidians / Harappan / Lawbook of Manu / Moksha / Sati / Shudras / Vedas

Chapter 5

Ancestor Worship / Patriarchy / Shang Dynasty / Yangzi
Book of Changes / Oracle bones / Tian / Yellow River
Book of History / Mandate of Heaven / Xia / Yu
Book of Rites / Indo-Europeans / Xinjiang / Zhou
Book of Songs / Bronze / Yangshao

Chapter 6

Ancestor Worship / Mochica / Olmecs / Yucatan
Austronesians / Maya / PopolVuh / Venta, La
Chavin cult / Lapita / Teotihuacan / Tikal

Chapter 7

Achaemenid empire / Magi / Sasanids
Ahura Mazda / Medes / Satraps
Avesta / Parsis / Seleucids
Gathas / Parthians / Zarathustra
Indo-Europeans / Perseopolis / Zoroastrianism
Macedon / Qanat

Chapter 8

Analects / Ren / Wuwei
Confucianism / Qin / Xianyang
Dao / Patriarchy / Xiao
Daoism / Li / Yellow Turban Uprising
Han Dynasty / Legalism / Zhuangzi

Chapter 9

Ahimsa / Jainism / Jati / White Huns
Artha / Hinduism / Mahabharata / Vaishyas
Arthashastra / Hinayana / Mahayana / Upanishads
Bactria / Gupta / Mauryan empire / Stupas
Bhagavad-Gita / Four Noble Truths / Noble Eightfold Path / Silk roads
Bodhisattvas / Caste / Ramayana / Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha / Buddhism / Sanskrit / Shudras

Chapter 10

Aeschylus / Linear A / Linear B / Phoenicians / Polis
Alexandria / Hellenic Era / Macedon / Persian War / Ptolemaic
Antigonid Empire / Epicureans / Marathon / Perseopolis / Seleucids
Battle of Marathon / Dionysus / Minoan / Peloponnesian War / Skeptics
Cult of Dionysus / Delian League / Mycenaean / Patriarchy / Stoics

Chapter 11

Carthage / Stoics
Cult of Isis / Strabo
Essenes / Plebians
Etruscans / PaxRomana
Latifundia / Patricians
Mithraism / Patriarchy
Pater familias

Chapter 12

Bactria / Mesopotamia / Monotheism
Barracks Emperors / Manichaeism / Nestorian
Bubonic Plague / Karakorum / Ptolemaic
Buddhism / Hinduism / Sasanids
Byzantine / Hellenistic Era / Silk road
Christianity / Han Dynasty / Zen Buddhism
Confucianism / Edict of Milan / Zoroastrianism

Chapter 13

Caesaropapism / Corpus luriscivilis (Justinian Code) / Saint Cyril and Methodius / Monasticism
Constantinople / Hagia Sophia / Roman Catholic Church / Bezant
Greek Fire / Iconoclasts / Belisarius / Slavic people
Eastern Orthodox Christianity / Theme / Cyrillic Alphabet / St. Basil
Council of Nicaea / Justinian / Constantine / Greens and Blues

Chapter 14

Abbasid / Mecca / Muhammad / Umma
Al-Andalus / Madrasas / Muslim / Umayyad
Bedouins / Ka’ba / Qadis / Ulama
Caliph / Jizya / Qu’ran / Sunni
Dar al-Islam / Islam / Rubaiyat / Sufis
Five Pillars / Hijra / Sakk / Shia
Battle of Talas River / Hajj / Seal of the Prophets / Shari’a
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Chapter 15

Xuanzang / Song Dynasty / Neo-Confucianism
Sui Dynasty / Chan Buddhism / Samurai
Grand Canal / Zhu Xi / Shintoism
Tang Taizong / Heian / Tale of Genji
Equal-Field System / Nara Era / Uighur Turks

Chapter 16

Sultanate of Delhi / Vishnu / Jati
Chola Kingdom / Shiva / Funan
Vijayanagar / Shankara / Srivijaya
Dhows and Junks / Ramanuja / Angkor
Axum / Bhakti / Melaka

Chapter 17

Franks / Magyars / Serfs
Carolingian Empire / Manor / Vikings
Clovis / Missidominci
Heavy Plow / Monasticism
Lords and retainers / Pope Gregory I

Chapter 18

Bubonic Plague / Istanbul / Timur-ilang / Chinggis Khan
Chaghatai / Lamaist Buddhism / Ulaanbaatar / Mongol Empire
Ghaznavids / Nestorian / Yuan / Khubilai Khan
Golden Horde / Ottoman Empire / Yurts / Osman
Ilkhanate / Shamanism / Nomads

Chapter 19

Age Grades / Kingdom of Kongo / Solomonic Dynasty / Zimbabwe
Diviners / Koumbi-Saleh / Songhay
Ghana / Mali / Stateless Societies
Griot / Mansa Musa / Sundiata
Kilwa / Niani / Swahili

Chapter 20

Albigensian Crusade / Crusades / Oprichnina / Teutonic Knights
Capetian / Fief / Relics / Three Estates
Cathars / Guilds / Scholasticism / Troubadours
Cathedral Schools / Hanseatic League / St. Petersburg / Vinland
Chivalry / Investiture / Table of Ranks / Waldensians

Chapter 21

Aliaei / Chucuito / Metis / Toltecs
Aztec Empire / Huitzilopochtli / Oceania / Yucatan
Cahokia / Inca / Quetzalcoatl
Chimu / Iroquois / Quipu
Chinampas / Marae / Tenochtitlan

Chapter 22

Eunuchs / Ming
Humanists / Spanish Inquisition
Hundred Years War / Yongle
Mandate of Heaven
Melaka

Chapter 23

Astrolabe / Melaka / Vasco de Gama
Columbian Exchange / United East India Company (VOC) / Christopher Columbus
Cross Staff / Volta do mar / Ferdinand Magellan
East India Company / Wind Wheels
Manila / Captain James Cook

Chapter 24

Absolutism / Council of Trent / John Locke / Ptolemaic Universe / Versailles
Capitalism / Enlightenment / Law code of 1649 / Putting out system / Voltaire
Catholic Reformation / Holy Roman Empire / Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy / Sun King
Copernican Universe / Indulgences / Peace of Westphalia / Thirty Years War
Deism / Jesuits / Protestant Reformation / Vernacular

Chapter 25

Audiencias / Hacienda / Peninsulares / Zambus
Conquistadores / Indentured labor / Quinto
Criollos / Mestizo / Repartimiento
Encomienda / Mulattoes / Taino
Engenho / Metis / Treaty of Tordesillas

Chapter 26

Antonianism / Kongo
Diaspora / Maroons
Fulani / Timbuktu
Great Zimbabwe / Triangular Trade
Kingdom of Ndongo

Chapter 27

Bunraku / Manchus / Shogun
Daimyo / Ming Dynasty / Tokugawa
Dutch Learning / Nagasaki / Wanli
Floating Worlds
(Ukiyo) / Qing Dynasty
Kabuki / Scholar-Bureaucrats

Chapter 28

Devshirme / Mughals / TajMahal
Ghazi / Ottoman Empire / TwelverShiism
Istanbul / Safavid / Millet
Kanun / Sikhs
Janissaries / Suleyman

Chapter 29

Ancien Regime / Liberalism
Congress of Vienna / National Assembly
Declaration of Independence / The Directory
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen / Volksgeist
Jacobins / Zionism

Chapter 30

Bessemer Converter / Luddites / Tsar
Coke / Proletariat / Zaibatsu
Communism / Socialism
Corporation / Steam Engine
Crystal Palace / Trade Union

Chapter 31

Caudillos / Indian Removal Act / Mexican-American War / Vaqueros
Dawes Act / La Reforma / National Policy / Zamudio, Adela
Declaration of
Sentiments / Louisiana Purchase / Reconstruction
Emancipation Proclamation / Machismo / Trail of Tears
Gauchos / Manifest Destiny / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Chapter 32

Boxer Rebellion / Hundred Days of Reform / Tanzimat
Capitulation / Meiji Restoration
Cohong / Opium War / Treaty of Nanjing
Crimean War / Self-strengthening movement / Unequal Treaties
Diet / Taiping Revolution / Young Turks

Chapter 33

Afrikaners / Great Trek / Sepoys
Battle of Omdurman / Indian National Congress / Social Darwinism
Berlin Conference / MajiMaji Rebellion / Spanish-American War
French Indochina / Monroe Doctrine
Great Game / Panama Canal

Chapter 34

Black Hand / October Revolution / Triple Alliance / The Mandate System
Bolshevik / Ottoman Empire / Triple Entente
Central Powers / Schlieffen Plan / Gallipoli
Dreadnoughts / Self-Determinism / March Revolution

Chapter 35

Anti-Semitism / New Deal / Uncertainty Principle
Collectivization / New Economic Policy / War Communism
Nurembourg Laws / Weimar Republic
Fascism / Planned Scarcity
Five Year Plans / Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Great Purge / Theory of Relativity

Chapter 36

Indian National Congress / Decolonization / Long March

Chapter 37

Blitzkrieg / Kamikaze / NATO / Truman Doctrine
COMECON / League of Nations / Operation Barbarossa / United Nations
Appeasement / Containment / Lebensraum
Battle of Britain / Marshal Plan / Rape of Nanjing
Holocaust / Munich Conference / Final Solution

Chapter 38

Bay of Pigs / Korean War
Berlin Airlift / Cuban Missile Crisis / SEATO / Velvet Revolution
Berlin Blockade / De-Stalinization / Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) / Soviets / Warsaw Pact
Berlin Wall / Detente / Sputnik
Brezhnev Doctrine / Five-Year Plans / Perestroika / Strategic Arms Limitations Talk (SALT)
Glasnost / Prague Spring

Chapter 39

Balfour Declaration / Geneva Conference / Liberation Theology / Sikhs
Bandung Conference / Great Leap Forward / Negritude / Suez Crisis
Communalism / Iran-Iraq War / Organization of African Unity (OAU) / Tiananmen Square
Decolonization / Islamism / Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) / Viet Minh
Economic Dependency / Jihad / Partition of India
Front de Liberation Nationale (FCN) / Kikuyu
(Mau Mau) / Sandinistas

Chapter 40

Al-Qaeda / General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) / North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) / World Health Organization (WHO)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Global Warming / Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) / World Trade Organization (WTO)
Civil Rights Act 1964 / Globalization / Red Cross
European Community / Greenpeace / SuuKyi, Aung San
European Union / Little Tigers / Taliban
Free Trade / NGO / Universal Declaration of Human Rights