Define
Caliph:
Chapter 9 Lesson 2: The Arab Empire and the Caliphates
Shia:
Sunni:
Vizier:
Caliphate:
Jihad:
Sultan:
Answer the following questions completely
1. Why was there tension over who should rule the empire after the death of Muhammad?
2. How did Muhammad’s successors help expand the Arab Empire after his death?
3. What was Aby Baker’s chief success as caliph and to what did it contribute?
4. What internal struggles of led to revolts against the Umayyad’s?
5. How did the caliphates become a dynasty, and what factors threatened that dynasty?
6. What changes did the Abbasid rulers bring to the world of Islam?
7. How did the prosperous Abbasid dynasty become politically divided?
Chapter 9 Lesson 3: Islamic Civilization
Define
Bazaar:
Astrolabe:
Arabesque:
Muezzin:
Answer the following questions completely
1. What factors allowed both urban and rural areas to flourish after the 8th century within the Arab Empire?
2. How were the principles of Islam reflected in the social structure of the Arab Empires?
3. In what ways were the lives of early Muslim men and women different?
4. What were the major contributions of Islamic scholars?
5. Which Muslim innovations and ideas of Muslim scholars could still be used today?
6. How did the arts convey the ideas of spiritual glory in Islam?
7. How was Islamic art influenced by Arab, Persian, and Turkish traditions?
Define
Scholar-gentry:
Chapter 11 Section 1: China Reunified
Dowry:
Answer the following questions completely
1. How did the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties bring order to China between periods of chaos and instability?
2. What were the reasons for the collapse of the 3 dynasties?
3. How did the Chinese government and economy develop and change over the time period of the 3
dynasties?
4. What principles from former dynasties did the Sui, Tang, and Song use to shape the government?
5. How did Chinese society evolve during the period the 3 dynasties?
6. Which group replaced the landed aristocracy as the elite in Chinese society? Why?
Define
Khanate:
Neo-Confucianism:
Porcelain:
Chapter 11 Lesson 2: The Mongols and Chinese Culture
Answer the following questions completely
1. How did the Mongols create the world’s largest land empire?
2. What effects did the Mongol invasions of the Arab Empire have on Islamic civilization?
3. Why were Mongol rulers successful in ruling China?
4. How did the role of religion in Chinese government change between the Han and Yuan dynasties?
5. Why was neo-Confucianism embraced by the state government?
6. What spurred the golden age of literature and art in China?
7. What factor made forms of art such as paining and ceramics available to more Chinese people that
literature?
Define
Subsistence farming:
Chapter 13 Lesson 2: Kingdoms and States of Africa
Stateless society:
Answer the following questions completely
1. How did fold help create a strong economy in the kingdom of Ghana?
2. What role did the Berbers play in African trade?
3. What contributed to the success of the kingdom of Mali?
4. What were Mansa Musa’s accomplishments?
5. What were the key factors in the kingdom of Songhai’s rise to power?
6. What were the key factors in Songhai’s rise to power?
7. How did Bantu migration affect culture in different areas of Africa?
8. How did Indian Ocean trade affect societies in East Africa?
9. How did the arrival of Arab traders influence life in eastern Africa?
10. In what ways were states in southern Africa different than those in the north?
11. In what type of society did most peoples in southern Africa live until the 11th century?