APWH – PERIOD 3 MAP TEST (600 – 1450) STUDY GUIDE
Using the map given to you, label the following items. This is your study guide for the Period 3 map test to be
administered during the week of __________. You will turn in your study map on Test day & it will count for 20
points of your Test grade.
HISTORICAL REGIONS
CITIES (MARK WITH A STAR)
Afro-Eurasian Trade Routes
Baghdad
Catholic Western Europe
Cahokia
Deccan
Cairo
Muslim World
Calicut
Orthodox Europe
Constantinople
Sudan (West Africa)
Cordoba
Swahili (East Africa)
Guangzhou
BODIES OF WATER
Hangzhou
Baltic Sea
Heian
Congo River
Kilwa
Dnieper River
Melaka
Java Sea
Mogadishu
Lake Victoria
Novgorod
Mekong River
Tenochtitlan
North Sea
Timbuktu
Sea of Japan
Venice
Volga River
MAJOR STATES – USING DIFFERENT COLORS,
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
COVER THE RANGES OF THE FOLLOWING
Bosporus, Dardenelles
MAJOR STATES – THERE WILL BE OVERLAP, SO
Hawaiian Islands
PLAN YOUR COLOR USE ACCORDINGLY
Italian Peninsula
Byzantine Empire
Incan Empire
Iberian Peninsula
Islamic Caliphates
Italian City States
Java
Japan
Mongolian Empire
Madagascar
Polynesia
Swahili States
Urals
[Sui, Tang, Song]
Toltecs
Vikings
STUDY MAP – PLACE ON PROJECTOR SCREEN ON WORK DAY SO STUDENTS MAY LABEL LAND & MARITIME
EMPIRES (I also place map on class website)
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF PERIOD 3 GEOGRAPHY: THE POST-CLASSICAL WORLD
During the Post-Classical Era the areas of civilization spread to all continents except Australia and the
Antarctic. Areas, which had never known civilization, especially the lands and islands on the periphery of older
civilizations, were settled and brought into contact with the core centers of civilizations.
Created by: Tracey Osborn, Rowlett HS
Sources:
Maps - freemanpedia.com
Period Geography Historical Context – Paul Philp, John Paul II HS