AP
World
History
Unit
2:
Post
Classical
(600
–
1450
CE)
–
Vocabulary
&
Study
Questions
Directions:
Complete
the
following
tasks
for
each
chapter
in
this
unit.
If
you
work
with
others
to
study
for
the
exam,
DO
NOT
COPY
their
answers.
Big
Picture
Questions
–
use
information
from
your
notes
and
the
chapter
to
answer
the
questions
for
each
section
in
complete
sentences.
Vocabulary
–
write
a
definition
and
significance
for
each
Person/Group,
Place/Event,
or
Term.
General
Questions
to
consider
for
People:
How
was
a
person(s)
important
in
their
own
time?
Why
is
this
person(s)
important
to
the
major
developments,
larger
trends
and
stories
taking
place?
General
Questions
to
consider
for
Places/Events:
How
is
this
place
relevant
to
historical
events/developments?
How
did
this
historical
event
result
in
great
change
over
long
periods
of
time
for
large
numbers
of
people?
Is
this
event/development
connected
to
anything
that
happened
in
the
past?
General
Questions
to
consider
for
Vocabulary
Terms:
How
does
this
term
help
explain
events
which
took
place
during
the
era
under
study?
CHAPTER
9:
The
Rise
of
Islam,
600
­
1200
C.E.
Big
Picture:
Islam
culminated
the
trend
toward
identity
based
on
religion.
The
concept
of
Umma
united
all
Muslims
in
a
universal
community
embracing
enormous
diversity
of
language,
appearance,
and
social
custom.
1. How
did
Islam
become
a
cultural
and
economic
unifying
force
between
600
and
1200
C.E.?
2. What
were
the
major
turning
points
in
the
development
of
the
caliphate
from
the
beginning
of
Islam
through
1258
C.E.?
3. What
do
the
Islamic
artistic,
scientific,
and
technological
accomplishments
indicate
about
Islamic
civilization?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Muhammad
Mecca
Islam/Muslim
Shi’ites
Medina
Umma
Sunnis
Umayyad
caliphate
Caliphate
Abbasid
caliphate
Quran
Mamluks
Ulama
Hadith
Dar‐al‐Islam
(additional
term)
CHAPTER
10:
Christian
Societies
Emerge
in
Europe,
600
–
1200
C.E.
Big
Picture:
The
emergence
of
Christian
Europe
incorporated
the
dissimilar
historical
paths
of
Eastern
and
Western
Europe.
Western
Europe
struggled
with
the
chaos
that
resulted
from
the
collapse
of
the
order
formerly
imposed
by
Rome
and
gradually
built
a
new
political
and
economic
order,
aided
by
the
framework
of
the
Christian
church
based
in
Rome.
Eastern
Europe
inherited
Roman
institutions
and
continued
the
classical
civilization
for
almost
a
thousand
years.
1. What
new
political
systems
emerged
in
Europe
after
the
fall
of
Rome?
How
consistent
were
these
systems,
and
what
major
variations
were
there?
2. How
and
why
did
Christianity
spread
throughout
Europe
up
to
1200
CE?
3. How
does
the
economic,
social,
and
political
structure
of
Europe
compare
to
the
previous
era
under
the
Roman
Empire?
4. Describe
the
process
by
which
Christianity
diverged
into
two
branches:
Eastern
Orthodoxy
and
Roman
Catholicism.
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Charlemagne
Byzantine
Empire
Medieval
Vikings
Kievan
Russia
Schism
Holy
Roman
Empire
Manor
Investiture
Controversty
Serf
Horse
Collar
Vassal
Crusades
Papacy
Monasticism
CHAPTER
11:
Inner
and
East
Asia,
600
­1200
Big
Picture:
The
reemergence
of
a
unified
China
results
in
a
―Golden
Age‖
of
Chinese
achievement
which
had
enduring
effects
all
across
Eurasia.
China
extended
its
border
deep
into
Central
Asia,
while
its
wealthy
and
cosmopolitan
culture
attracted
visitors
from
all
over
Eurasia.
The
peripheral
states
of
Japan,
Vietnam,
Korea
and
Tibet
especially
felt
its
gravitational
pull.
China
too
experienced
transformation
as
the
country’s
growing
involvement
in
international
trade
stimulated
important
social,
cultural,
and
economic
changes
within
China
itself.
1. How
did
the
role
of
cities
develop
during
this
period?
What
kinds
of
economic
and
cultural
activity
took
place
in
cities?
2. How
did
Chinese
culture
influence
surrounding
areas
outside
China?
3. Was
there
an
integrated
network
of
economic
activity
by
the
year
1200
CE?
4. How
significant
were
the
artistic,
scientific,
and
technical
developments
of
the
Tang
and
Song
dynasties?
5. Why
didn’t
China
experience
an
industrial
revolution
before
1200
CE?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Uighurs
Tang
Empire
Tributary
System
Li
Shimin
Grand
Canal
Junk
Koryo
Bubonic
Plague
Gunpowder
Kamakura
Shogunate
Song
Empire
Neo‐Confucianism
Movable
type
Zen
CHAPTER
12:
Peoples
and
Civilizations
of
the
Americas,
600
–
1500
Big
Picture:
All
cultures
and
civilizations
of
the
Americas
experienced
cycles
of
expansion
and
contraction
as
they
struggled
with
the
challenges
of
environmental
changes,
population
growth,
social
conflict,
and
war.
1. What
common
social,
cultural,
economic,
and
political
patterns
existed
among
the
Mayan,
Aztec,
and
Incan
civilizations?
2. What
evidence
do
historians
use
to
support
their
characterizations
of
American
civilizations
before
1500?
3. What
opportunities
and
limitations
existed
before
1500
for
elite
women
in
American
civilizations?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Teotihuacan
Chinampas
Maya
Tenochtitlan
Toltecs
Tribute
system
Aztecs
Chiefdom
Anasazi
Khipu
Moche
Ayllu
Tiwanaku
Mit’a
Wari
Inca
acllas
CHAPTER
13/14:
Mongol
Eurasia
and
Its
Aftermath,
1200­1500
&
CHAPTER
17:
The
Maritime
Revolution,
Global
Maritime
Expansion
Before
1450,
Indian
Ocean
Section,
to
answer
question
4
Big
Picture:
Societies
in
regions
as
widely
separated
as
Russia,
Iran,
China,
Korea,,
and
Japan
benefited
from
the
Mongol
stimulation
of
economic
and
cultural
exchange
and
found
in
their
opposition
new
bases
for
political
consolidation
and
affirmation
of
cultural
difference.
1.
How
did
the
Mongols
directly
impact
the
areas
they
conquered,
as
well
as
indirectly
impact
the
surrounding
areas?
2.
What
were
the
social,
economic,
political,
and
religious
effects
of
the
bubonic
plague?
3.
How
did
the
Mongols
affect
the
Eurasian
trade
network?
4.
What
was
China’s
attitude
and
actions
toward
exploration
in
the
Indian
Ocean
during
the
first
quarter
of
the
15th
Century?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Mongols
Bubonic
Plague
Nomadism
Genghis
Khan
Yuan
Dynasty
Il‐khan
Timur
Ottoman
Empire
Golden
Horde
Rashid
al‐Din
Ming
Empire
Tsar
Nasir
al‐Din
Tusi
Ashikaga
Shogunate
Lama
Alexander
Nevski
Beijing
Kublai
Khan
Kamikaze
Yongle
Zheng
He
Yi
CHAPTER
15:
Tropical
Asia
and
Africa:
1200­1500
Big
Picture:
The
Indian
Ocean
basin
became
more
interconnected
and
formed
the
most
developed,
sophisticated
trade
region
on
earth
before
1500
CE.
Trade
was
facilitated
by
an
intricate
combination
of
geological,
ecological,
and
human
factors.
The
powerful
states
and
commercial
systems
which
developed
were
only
made
possible
by
local
farmers,
fisherman,
and
pastoralists—or
rather,
by
the
food,
labor,
and
taxes
they
provided.
1. What
geographic
and
ecological
characteristics
of
the
Indian
Ocean
Basin
facilitated
a
trade
network
before
1500
CE?
What
human
developments
encouraged
the
growth
of
this
trade
network
as
well?
2. To
what
extent
did
the
Indian
Ocean
continue
the
trade
network
previously
developed
by
the
Mongols,
and
to
what
degree
did
the
trade
network
change
or
deviate
from
the
Mongol
era?
3. What
role
did
cities
along
the
Indian
Ocean
rim
play
during
this
period?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Ibn
Battuta
Delhi
Sultanate
Tropics
Mansa
Kankan
Musa
Great
Zimbabwe
Monsoon
Mali
Gujarat
Dhow
Swahili
Coast
Aden
Malacca
Timbuktu
CHAPTER
16:
The
Latin
West,
1200
­1500
Big
Picture:
After
1000,
Western
Europe
emerged
as
an
especially
dynamic,
expansive
and
innovative
civilization.
From
1200
to
1500
trade
and
commerce
were
central
to
the
growth.
1. Trace
the
growth
of
European
industry,
technology,
and
trade
in
the
Middle
Ages
through
the
development
of
the
textile
industry.
2. What
social,
political,
and
economic
role(s)
did
guilds
play?
3. How
did
the
political
relationship
among
monarchs,
nobles,
and
the
church
change
from
1200
to
1500
CE?
4. How
did
major
economic,
social,
and
political
elements
of
Europe
change
from
1200
to
1500
CE?
VOCABUALRY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Latin
West
Renaissance
(European)
Black
Death
Hanseatic
League
Printing
press
Three‐field
system
Humanists
(Renaissance)
Great
Western
Schism
Water‐wheel
Hundred
Years
War
Guild
Reconquest
(of
Iberia)
Gothic
Cathedral
Universities
Scholasticism
CHAPTER
17:
The
Maritime
Revolution,
Global
Maritime
Expansion
before
1450
Big
Picture:
1. Describe
the
Polynesian
migrations
in
the
Pacific
and
Indian
oceans
prior
to
1450.
2. Why
did
Portugal
and
Spain
undertake
voyages
of
exploration?
3. How
did
patrons
such
as
Prince
Henry
the
Navigator
impact
the
development
of
European
maritime
success?
VOCABULARY
TERMS,
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS
AND
PEOPLE:
Define
&
Significance
People
Places/Events
Terms
Arawak
Gold
Coast
caravel
Henry
the
Navigator