packet 14 ap world vocab

These flashcards cover key historical terms, events, and concepts for exam preparation.

Monocultures

The agricultural practice of growing a single crop over a wide area.

Cassava

A tropical root vegetable important as a staple food in many countries.

Tupac Amaru II

An indigenous leader who led a significant uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Peru.

Samory Touré

A military leader who founded the Wassoulou Empire in West Africa and resisted French colonialism.

Yaa Asantewaa War

A war fought in 1900 between the British and the Ashanti Empire over the Golden Stool.

Sepoy Rebellion

An 1857 uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company.

Indian National Congress

A political party in India that played a crucial role in the Indian independence movement.

Sokoto Caliphate

An Islamic state in West Africa founded in the early 19th century by Usman dan Fodio.

Usman dan Fodio

An Islamic scholar and leader who led a jihad that founded the Sokoto Caliphate.

Cherokee Nation

A Native American tribe originally located in the Southeastern United States.

Trail of Tears

The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from their ancestral lands in the 1830s.

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.

Zulu Kingdom

A kingdom in Southern Africa that was an important political entity in the 19th century.

Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement

A movement among the Xhosa people in the 1850s that led to famine and suffering.

Push factors

Conditions that drive people to leave their home country.

Pull factors

Conditions that attract people to a new country.

Pan Africanism

A movement that seeks to unify African people and emphasize their common humanity.

Mahdist Wars

A series of conflicts in Sudan led by Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi.

Maori

Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

Maji Maji Rebellion

A uprising in German East Africa from 1905 to 1907 against colonial rule.

Empress Cixi

The last effective monarch of the Qing Dynasty in China, known for her conservative policies.

100 Days Reform

An attempt at reform in China in 1898 aimed at modernizing the country.

Taiping Rebellion

A massive civil war in Southern China from 1850 to 1864 against the Qing Dynasty.

Hong Xiuquan

Leader of the Taiping Rebellion, who claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ.

Boxer Rebellion

An anti-foreigner uprising in China from 1899 to 1901.

Tongzhi Restoration

A reform period in late Qing China aimed at modernizing military and economic structures.

Aboriginal

Referring to the original inhabitants of a region, particularly in Australia.

Immigrate

To come to live permanently in a foreign country.

Emigrate

To leave one’s own country to settle permanently in another.

Migrate

To move from one region or habitat to another.

Ethnic enclaves

Concentrated communities of people from the same ethnicity.

Indentured servitude

A labor system where people worked for a fixed term in exchange for passage to a new country.

Chinatowns

Neighborhoods within cities that are populated predominantly by Chinese immigrants.

Diaspora

The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.

Penal Colony

A settlement used to house prisoners, often in a remote location.

Irish Potato Famine

A period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland during the 1840s.

Chinese Exclusion Act

A U.S. federal law enacted in 1882 to prohibit Chinese immigration.

White Australia Policy

Australian immigration policy that favored white immigrants over non-white.

Homesteading

The act of claiming land by living on it, often associated with the American West.

Anglo-Zulu War

A conflict in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

Ghost Dance

A 19th-century spiritual resistance movement among Native American tribes, led by Wovoka. Adherents believed the dance would restore traditional life and remove white settlers. It represented indigenous resistance to U.S. imperialism, tragically linked to the Wounded Knee Massacre.