AP World Chapter

Compare how the rulers of Muslim and Chinese empires used the new wealth circulating in global trade. Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimes through magnificent architecture and art In what way did the Islamic world in the period between 1500 and 1780 change from its earlier pattern of cultural development? The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires. Which group closed off the studies to European science...

What factors led to the industrial revolution? Ag innovations, selective breeding, population increase between 1400 and 1800 in Europe because competative nature, many people had capital, iron, and coal, energy crisis. What new sources of energy began to be used? Fossil fuels, coal, oil, and natural gas The earliest innovations in the industrial revolution were in what industry? The textile Industry What was the greatest technological breakthrough of the industrial revolution? The coal-fir...

Identify how new modes of communication and transportation increased global connectivity - 20th century innovations in transportation and mass transit made possible the surging movement of goods and people (cars buses, trucks, containerized, shipping and supertankers, airplanes and air friet -Greatest social and cultural impact in transportation in 20th century was the automobile -by 1920's ford's model T production made the US the first country to market cars to the masses Communication...

Globalization Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope; in terms of AP World History - globalized culture and trade Green Revolution Agricultural revolution that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations. 1918 Influenza Pandemic changed from a epidemic and spread over an entire world killing around 20 million in many areas around the world Malaria This dise...

The post classical period in Western history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the 15th century is referred to as the Middle Ages Which of the following statements concerning the impact of Christianity on polytheistic religions in western Europe is most accurate? The process of conversion produced a religious blend in which beliefs in magic and supernatural spirits coexisted with Christianity Following the fall of Rome, where was the center of the post-classical West? The central pla...

1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns? Continued Patterns (Original: p. 271 and p. 276; With Sources: p. 427 and p. 432) Divergences (Original: pp. 272-273; With Sources: pp. 428-429) ▪Continuance can be seen in Byzantium's roads, military structures, centralized administration, imperial court, laws, and Christian organization ▪It can also be seen in Byzantium's pursuit of the long-te...

1. Why was the location of Arabia important? Scattered oases, the highlands of Yemen, and interior mountains supported sedentary village-based agriculture, and in the northern and southern regions of Arabia, small kingdoms had flourished in earlier times. Arabia also sat astride increasingly important trade routes, which connected the Indian Ocean world with that of the Mediterranean Sea and gave rise to cosmopolitan commercial cities, whose values and practices were often in conflict with ...

1. Why was the location of Arabia important? Scattered oases, the highlands of Yemen, and interior mountains supported sedentary village-based agriculture, and in the northern and southern regions of Arabia, small kingdoms had flourished in earlier times. Arabia also sat astride increasingly important trade routes, which connected the Indian Ocean world with that of the Mediterranean Sea and gave rise to cosmopolitan commercial cities, whose values and practices were often in conflict with ...

Aristocracy A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility Bureaucrat One who works for a department or agency of the federal government - civil servant, not elected, appointed by a leader and approved by the senate Caliph The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth Caliphate The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph Chivalry The medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyal...

Topic 2.1 The Silk Roads What group drastically improved the functions conducted on the Silk Road? The Mongols How did the Mongols improve the Silk Road? They unified the entire Silk Road under one rule. They also improved safety by punishing bandits. Examples of Silk Road trading cities -Kashgar -Samarkand What new economic innovations changed how merchants bought and sell goods on the Silk Road? -Bills of exchange -Banking houses -Use of paper money (flying cash) Why were caravansera...