AP World History
UNIT 2 Study Guide
Chapter 7
Bedouin
Muhammad
Baghdad
Mecca
Medina
Umayyad Empire
Abbasid Empire
Ka'ba
Qu'ran
Five Pillars
Caliph
Ali
Abu Bakr
Uthman
Dhimmis
Jihad
Sunnis
Shi'ite
Chapter 8
Harun al-Rashid
Al-Razi
Ulama
Sufis
Seljuk Turks
Crusades
Mongols
Saladin
Bhaktic cults
Islamic conversions in SE Asia
Chapter 9
Stateless societies
Kush
Axum
Timbuktu
Kingdom of Kongo
Sudanic states
Great Zimbabwe
Ethopia
Mali
Sundiata
Mansa Musa (Kankan Musa)
Songhay
Benin
Demographic transition
Chapter 10
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Church
Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Justinian
Theodora
Belisarius
Iconoclasm
Rurik
Vladimir I
Yaroslav I
Cyril and Methodius
Kiev
boyars
Russian Orthodox
Tatars
Chapter 11
Middle Ages
Manorialism
Serfs
Black Death
Clovis
Three-field system
Hundred Years' War
Peter Abelard
Scholasticism
Magna Carta
Gothic
Feudalism
Charlemagne
Pope Urban II
Pope Gregory VII
Parliaments
Vikings
Vassals
Carolingians
Charles Martel
Battle of Tours
Hanseatic League
Holy Roman Empire
William the Conqueror
Crusades
Thomas Aquinas
Guilds
Benedict of Nursia
Chapter 12
Toltecs
Aztecs
Calpulli
Cannibal kingdom
Chinampas
Inca
Tenochtitlan
Quetzalcoatl
Inca socialism
Pachacuti
Split inheritance
Mita
Quipu
Chapter 13
Gunpowder
Li Yuan, duke of Tang
Yang Guifei
Xi Xia
Hangzhou
Wendi
Pure Land Buddhism
Xuanzong
Wang Anshi
Liao
Flying money
Junks
Footbinding
Yangdi
Wuzong
Changan
Li Bo
Jinshi
Grand Canal
Chapter 14
Taika Reforms
Heian
Tale of Genji
Bushi
Fujiwara
Samurai
Seppuku
Shoguns
Gumpei wars
Bakufu
Ashikaga Shogunate
Daimyo
Nara
Minamoto
Kamakura Shogunate
Koguryo
Silla
Yi
Khmers and Chams
Nguyen
Sinification
Chapter 15
Khanates
Karakorum
Ilkhan khanate
Hulegu
White Lotus Society
Chinggis Khan
Batu
Mamluks
Kubilai Khan
Golden Horde
Prester John
Timur-i Lang
Chapter 16
Ottoman Turks
Cheng Ho
Giotto
Iberian Peninsula
Inquisition
Polynesia
Chapter 16 cont…
Ibn-Rushd (Averroes)
Beijing
Renaissance
Christopher Columbus
Castile
Vivaldi Brothers
Ming Dynasty
Francesco Petrarch
Marco Polo
Ethnocentrism
Hawaiian Islands
Chapter 7
1. How did Islam address the fundamental problems in Arabian society?
2. How was the succession dispute over the office of caliph finally settled?
3. Compare and contrast Umayyad and Abbasid Empires.
4. Did women in the Islamic world have more or less freedom than women in other
contemporary societies? Explain.
Chapter 8
1. What were the causes for the weaknesses of the later Abbasid Empire?
2. Discuss the theological developments within Islam during the Abbasid Empire.
3. What were some notable technological and intellectual achievements of the Muslims?
3. Discuss the stages of Islamic incursion into India. How successful was it?
4. Discuss the influence of trade on the spread of the Islamic world.
Chapter 9
1. How did Islam and the beliefs of indigenous societies fuse among African peoples?
2. Where did cultures develop in Africa that were not impacted by Islam? What was the nature of
their organization?
3. How did Islam spread to different peoples in Africa in different ways/
Chapter 10
1. Compare and contrast the development of civilization in eastern and western Europe.
2. How does Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. Discuss the similarities in Byzantine and Chinese political organizations.
4. How did the Byzantine Empire influence the development of Russia?
Chapter 11
1. What defines the postclassical period in Western Europe?
2. What developments in the 9th and 10th century Western Europe pointed the way to
political and economic recovery?
3. Describe the various political units of Western Europe between 1000-1400.
4. What were the signs of vitality in Western Europe?
Chapter 12
1. What was the relationship between war and religion in the rise of the Aztecs?
2. What social, political, and technological problems did the Aztecs face?
3. What is a tribute empire and what was its relationship to trade?
4. Explain the political, economic, and social organization of the Incian empire.
Chapter 13
1. Describe the rise and fall of the Tang dynasty. What institutions did the Tang use to govern
their empires?
2. Identify Neoconfucianism; how did it influence Chinese culture and the state?
3. Describe family life and society during the Tang-Song era.
4. What problems plagued the Song state and how did they attempt to solve them?
5. What was the overall impact of the Tang-Song ear on Chinese history?
Chapter 14
1. To what extent did the Japanese, Koreans and Vietnamese accept and reject Chinese
influences (Sinification)? What were common elements of Chinese culture passed on to all
three of the satellites?
2. What led to the decline of imperial power in Japan?
3. How did the rise of the provincial warrior elites change Japanese institutions?
4. How did Korea and Vietnam maintain political independence from China?
Chapter 15
1. Discuss the culture of the Mongol peoples and how it impacted their future empire.
2. What type of military leaders were both Chenggis and Kublai Khan? Explain.
3. How did Mongol rule influence Europe, Russia, the Muslim world, and China?
Chapter 16
1. What institutions and situations gave Europeans an advantage at the end of the PostClassical Era?
2. What led to the decline of the Muslim world and its empires?
3. What regions were outside the world network and why were they vulnerable?
4. How did the Mongols disrupt international relations?
Unit 02 - Study Questions
1. Analyze the changes and continuities in the Arabic world’s acceptance of ONE of
the following items between 700 and 1400. Be sure to discuss the causes of the
changes as well as the reasons for the continuities.
Arts
Technology
Sciences
2. Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the
following regions between 700 C.E. and 1450 C.E. Be sure to discuss the causes of the
changes as well as the reasons for the continuities.
West Africa
South Asia
Europe
3. Describe the developments and shifts in trade in ONE of the following regions between
600 and 1450 CE. Be sure to discuss the causes of the changes as well as the reasons for
the continuities.
Indian Ocean
Trans-Sahara
Silk Road
4. Compare and contrast the economic and political choices made during the Tang/Song Era
with those made during the first century of the Ming dynasty.
5. Describe and analyze the changing political structure of China between 600 and 1450 CE.
Be sure to discuss the causes of the changes as well as the reasons for the continuities.
6. Compare and contrast the economic and political effects of China on TWO of the following
neighboring regions.
Korea
Japan
Vietnam
7. Compare and contrast the economic and political systems of two of the following regions
between 700 and 1300 CE.
Russia
Byzantine Empire
Western Europe
8. Compare and contrast the Greek Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church using
TWO of the following criteria:
Religious dogma
Role and responsibilities of clergy
Organizational structure
Art used in places of worship
9. Compare and contrast the social, political and economic patterns of the TWO of the
following civilizations
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
10. Compare and contrast Japanese and European feudalism using TWO of the following
criteria:
Warrior class
Architecture
Role of king/emperor
11. Compare and contrast the impact of TWO of the following migrations:
Bantu
Vikings
Aztecs
12. Compare and contrast Islam and Christianity using TWO of the following criteria:
Dogma
Relation to the state
Religious prophets
Role of women
13. Describe the developments and shifts in the role of women in TWO of the following
regions between 600 and 1450 CE:
China
Dar al-Islam
Western Europe
14. Compare and contrast the short and long-term effects of the Crusades on Western
Europe and the Middle East.
15. Compare and contrast the role and function of cities in TWO of the following regions:
Dar al-Islam
Western Europe
China
16. Compare and contrast European and sub-Saharan contacts with the Islamic world using
TWO of the following criteria:
Degree of adoption of Islam
Military conflict
Economic relationship
Treatment of minority/indigenous religions