A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 12
“Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath – 1200 to 1500”
Terms
1. Steppes
2. Nomadism
3. Khan
4. Shamanism
Places
11. The Ukraine
Empires / Kingdoms
12. Il-khan Empire
Individuals / Peoples
14. Genghis Khan
(Temujin)
15. The Mongols
16. Great Khan Ogodei
17. Marco Polo
5.
6.
7.
8.
Bubonic plague
“Great Pandemic”
Tax farming
‘The Mongol Yoke”
9. Tsar
10. Teutonic Knight
13. Khanate of the Golden Horde
18. Batu
19. Timur of the Jagadai
Khanate
20. Ibn Khaldun
21. Nasir al-Din
22. Omar Khayyam
23. Alexander Nevskii,
Prince of Novgorod
24. The Ottomans
25. The Mamluks
A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 13
“Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200 – 1500”
Terms
26. Tropics
27. Monsoons
28. Ecosystems
Places
34. Niger River
35. Indus River
36. The Ganges
37. Mekong River
Empires / Kingdoms
46. Delhi Sultanate
47. Mali Empire
48. Kanem-Bornu
Individuals / Peoples
53. Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Battuta
54. Sundiata
Important Events
59. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage
29. Bilad al-sudan
30. Dhow
31. Swahili
32. Urdu
33. Junks (describe at this
time)
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Swahili Coast
Strait of Malacca
Mogadishu
Kilwa
Aden
Malabar Coast
Malacca
Timbuktu
49. Gujarat
50. Bahmani Kingdom
51. Vijayanagar Empire
52. Great Zimbabwe
55. Mansa Kankan Musa
56. Mansa Suleiman
57. Sultan Iltutmish
58. Sultan Raziya
A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 14
“The Latin West, 1200 – 1500”
Terms
60. Latin West
61. Three-field system
62. Water wheel
63. Hanseatic League
64. International fairs
65. Guild
Individuals / Peoples
76. Thomas Aquinas
77. Geoffrey Chaucer
78. Marco Polo
79. The Medici family
80. The Fugger family
81. Dante Alighieri
Events / Wars / Periods
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
“Peter’s Pence”
Flying buttresses
Modern universities
Scholasticism
Humanists / humanism
Printing press
72.
73.
74.
75.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
Francesco Petrarch
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Johann Gutenberg
Giotto
Jan van Eyck
Leonardo da Vinci
88. Lorenzo de Medicia
(the Magnificent)
89. King Philip “the fair”
90. King John
91. Joan of Arc
92. Ferdinand and Isabella
Magna Carta
New monarchies
English Parliament
The Estates General
93. The Black Death
96. The Great Western
98. Reconquest of Iberia
94. The “Fourth Crusade”
Schism
(Reconquista)
95. Renaissance
97. Hundred Years War
Ch. 12 Questions to Outline:
1. Mongol troops had a decided technological advantage over their enemies. Describe the components
of this technological advantage and how they enabled the Mongols to conquer such an enormous
territory.
2. The Mongols presided over a vast cultural exchange across geographic and religious borders. What
were the important intellectual developments that Europe owed to Mongol influence?
3. Discuss the effects of Mongol domination on Russia with emphasis on how it shaped Russia’s
history.
4. Describe in detail the knowledge and skills that the Mongol Empire spread across Eurasia. How
did the Mongols integrate different cultural and intellectual traditions?
5. What tensions were there between the Mongols and the Muslims?
Ch. 13 Questions to Outline
1.
2.
3.
Why were metalworking and food-producing systems important to tropical peoples?
Outline the events of the arrival of Islam into India – be specific and thorough.
The Indian Ocean trade was the world’s richest maritime trading network. Why was it important
and how did it develop? What technologies made the trade network a success? Did Islam play a
role? Why could it be described as “decentralized and cooperative”? Be sure to include the various
goods, peoples, and lands involved.
4. How and why did the roles and status of tropical women change between 1200 and 1500?
5. What were the three major factors that caused social and cultural changes in the lives of tropical
peoples from 1200 to 1500? Provide detailed descriptions for each of the three factors.
CH. 14 Questions to Outline:
1. List the consequences (at least 5) of the inefficiency of farming in Europe during this period.
2. The Black Death – how did it spread, what were its symptoms and list at least 5 social changes as
its results.
3. List at least 5 results of the rapid growth of industry in Europe at this time.
4. Discuss the revival of the cities in later medieval Europe. How was urban growth linked to the
revival of trade and manufacturing? How are the clock and the cathedral good symbols of this
revival?
5. Describe the changes in civic life associated with urban growth in later medieval Europe. Use the
document in the Diversity and Dominance section, “Persecution and Protection of the Jews, 12721349” in your analysis. What do these documents reveal about the position of Jews in the Latin
West?
6. One of the most significant events in Europe in the later Middle Ages was the rise of the new
monarchies. What three closely related transformations led to this rise?