H AP World History Words
Hundred Years' War
(1337-1453) War fought between France and England for control of the French throne
Hundred Days
(1815) Period that marks the time between Napoleon's return to Paris from Elba (March 20), his final defeat at Waterloo (June 18), and the restoration of King Louis XVIII (June 28)
Haiku
A Japanese poem that consists of 17 syllables set in three lines
Hieroglyphics
A form of ancient writing in which picture symbols represent sounds
Hydrogen Bomb
A nuclear weapon that gets its power from the fusing together of hydrogen atoms
Hominid
An early humanlike creature that is believed to be the ancestor of humans
Hyperinflation
An extremely high level of inflation that grows rapidly in a short period of time
Heresy
An opinion that goes against the teachings of a church
Hanseatic League
An organization of north-German cities and towns that organized and controlled trade throughout northern Europe from the 1200s through the 1400s
Hoplites
Foot soldiers in ancient Greece
Hubris
Great pride
Helots
In ancient Greece, state slaves
Hegira
Mohammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
Hunter-Gatherers
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs
Holy Land
Region that included Jerusalem and the are around it, considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Heliocentric Theory
Scientific theory that has the sun as the center of the universe with the earth rotating around the sun
Hellenistic
The blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great
Holocaust
The killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II
Hinduism
The largest religion in India; Hindus believe that everything in the world is a power of Brahman, the single great universal being; they also believe in reincarnation and strive to break free from the cycle of rebirth.
Hindu-Arabic Numerals
The number system that we use today, created by Indian scholars and brought to Europe by Arabs
Huguenot
a French Protestant
Humanism
an intellectual movement during the Renaissance that focused on the study of worldly subjects, such as poetry and philosophy, and on human potential and achievements
