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AP World History: ModernReview Packet #1Unit 1: 1200-1450 Directions: Use your notebooks, the internet, and Strayer to answer the questions below. Please complete this review packet as thoroughly as possible, as you may be able to use it as a tool on your AP Exam. You are strongly encouraged to cut and paste the content of this review packet in a Google Document, and you’re your responses in a separate color. This final document should be submitted by Friday, April 3 at noon. Ensure that ALL work is YOUR OWN!Unit 1: Global TapestrySection I: Song ChinaDefine the following vocab words IN YOUR OWN WORDS:Filial piety - Champa rice - Textile - Bureaucracy - Foot-binding - Name two characteristics of Confucianism that heavily influenced Chinese culture and government. Compare and contrast the two major sects of Buddhism. Name at least two differences each and at least two similarities.Theravada BuddhismSimilaritiesMahayana BuddhismName three characteristics of the Song economy. Describe how the civil service exam encouraged the creation of a merit-based bureaucracy.How is Neo-Confucianism different from Confucianism?Section II: Dar al-IslamWhat does Dar al-Islam mean?Name three Islamic empires that arose after the Abbasid Empire fell in the Middle East and where they were located.EmpireLocationIndiaEgyptCentral Asia/Middle EastDescribe how Islam spread so rapidly throughout the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.This time period is generally called the Islamic Golden Age. Name three areas in which these civilizations excelled. Section III: South and Southeast AsiaName three commonalities that exist amongst Hindu and Buddhist states that existed in South and Southeast Asia. Name three states developed during this time period in South and Southeast Asia. Describe the major tenets of the Bhakti Movement.Describe the major tenets of Sufism.Define monasticism and explain how it impacted Buddhism.Section IV: the AmericasName two indigenous civilizations that were centralized (had a strong central government). Name three indigenous civilizations that were decentralized (had no strong central government to unify them). Describe three common characteristics of indigenous American culture and religions. Find a map or maps that display(s) the major indigenous American civilizations. Copy and paste it here.Section V: AfricaName three significant states/empires that existed in Africa during this time period. Section VI: EuropeDefine the following vocab terms:Manorial system - Decentralization - Serfdom - Feudalism - Fief - Describe the various levels of the feudal pyramid and the relationships that existed between levels. What were the Crusades, and why were they fought?Section VII: Practice Free Response QuestionsIn your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable.FRQ #1Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.“In the twelfth year of his reign, to regulate foreign trade, Song Emperor Taizu [972??c.e.] decided to appoint a superintendent of maritime trade in the southern port city of Guangzhou, and afterward other superintendents in the ports of Hangzhou and Mingzhou as well. The emperor then appointed another superintendent to oversee the activities of all Arab, Sumatran, Javanese, Bornean, Philippine, and mainland Southeast Asian barbarians whose trade passed through China. These maritime merchants, both Chinese and barbarian, would usually take from China the following goods: gold, silver, strings of coins, lead, tin, many-colored silk, and porcelain. They would usually bring into China spices and aromatics, rhinoceros horn, ivory, coral, embers, pearls, fine steel, sea-turtle leather, tortoise shell, gemstones, foreign cloth, ebony wood, and other such things.”History of the Song, official history of the Song dynasty, commissioned by the Mongol Chief Minister of Emperor Shundi of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty, 1345a) Identify ONE claim made in the passage about the policies of Chinese rulers.b) Identify ONE way in which the passage illustrates the economic development of China under the Song dynasty.FRQ #2Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.“The wise and noble Queen Blanche [of Castile], the mother of King Louis IX of France [reigned 1226-1270], had infinite goodness. She ruled the kingdom of France with such skill and care until her son was old enough to accede to the throne that no man could have done better. Even when he was grown up, she proved herself so worthy that she remained at the head of his advisors and nothing was decided without her consent. She even followed her son into battle.On one occasion during the king’s minority, she scolded the Count of Champagne for having rebelled against his lord, the king. On hearing her wise words, he gazed at Queen Blanche and was captivated by her great virtue and respectability, despite the fact that she had long passed the flower of her youth. The count was so suddenly overcome with love for her that he didn’t know what to do. From that moment on, he adored her for the rest of his life.”Christine de Pizan, French female author,??The Book of the City of the Ladies, a collection of stories about famous women in history, written circa 1405a) Identify ONE claim made in the passage.b) Identify ONE way in which the passage illustrates the political development of Europe in the period 1200–1450. ................
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