AP WORLD HISTORY: TERMS FOR CHAPTERS 23 & 24
DIRECTIONS: For each term listed below, provide a well-developed definition that explains the significance of
that term. Your definition should be written in a complete sentence(s). All terms and their definitions must be
numbered and hand-written.
ex. Cuneiform: This is the first known writing system and was developed c3500 BCE by the Sumerian
civilization located in Mesopotamia’s Fertile Crescent.
**Please note**: The terms below are not necessarily listed in the order that they are found in the text. Many
terms are NOT highlighted or italicized as you read them in the textbook. Use your textbook’s glossary or index
to locate the terms. You may also use outside resources to define the term, but the definition provided must be
relevant to our historical studies. Do NOT trust publically edited websites such as Wikipedia or Yahoo Answers
to retrieve definitions.
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American Revolution
American Declaration of Independence
representative democracy/republic
French Revolution
Old Regime (as it relates to preRevolutionary France)
Estates General
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Reign of Terror (as it relates to the
French Revolution)
nationalism
Napoleon Bonaparte
coup d’etat
Napoleonic Code
liberalism
conservatism
radicalism
Congress of Vienna
Greek Revolution
Enclosure Movement
Industrial Revolution
factory system
Luddites
socialism
Karl Marx
communism
25. bourgeoisie (as it relates to
Marxism/communism)
26. proletariat (as it relates to
Marxism/communism)
27. Louis Pasteur
28. Romanticism
29. Social Darwinism
30. White supremacy
31. “The White Man’s Burden”
32. sepoys
33. Sepoy Mutiny
34. British Raj
35. core/dependency theory
36. “Scramble for Africa”
37. Berlin Conference (as it relates to
European imperialism)
38. nawabs
39. manifest destiny
40. Zulus
41. Isandhlwana
42. Afrikaners
43. Boer War
44. settlement colonies
45. white dominions
46. contested settler colonies
47. sphere of influence