AP World History
Study Guide – Islamic Civilization
Chapters 6 – 8
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AP World History
Post-Classical World, 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.
Islamic Civilization
Study Guide
The Kaaba of Mecca
Chapters 6 – 8
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1. What set the stage for the postclassical era?
2. Explain how Central Asia will once again be instrumental in the postclassical era.
3. Identify the four overarching developments of the postclassical era.
4. Describe the spread of civilization during the postclassical era.
5. Explain why the “world religions” spread greatly during the postclassical era.
6. Describe the World Network that developed during this period, along with its impact, and its primary location.
7. Identify the major world history themes during this period.
Using the map on page 123, show the expansion of Islam from 622-750. Use colored pencils, markers, or pencil shadings/symbols but you must include a key.
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AP World History
Study Guide – Islamic Civilization
Chapters 6 – 8
· Mecca
· Medina
· Damascus
· Baghdad (NOTE: Baghdad located near the old Persian city “Ctesiphon”)
· Cordoba
· Rome
· Alexandria
· Constantinople
· Jerusalem
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AP World History
Study Guide – Islamic Civilization
Chapters 6 – 8
Starting with Mecca, draw an arrow to each of the succeeding capitals of Islam. (They are listed in order above.)
1. In what direction was the “center” of Islam moving?
2. How was this related to the areas of civilization?
1. Describe the condition of the pre-Islamic Arabian peninsula.
2. What conditions influenced the rise of Islam in Arabia?
3. Explain the basic tenants of Islam.
4. Describe the development of the Muslim community
5. What factors contributed to the rise and success of the Arabic Empire?
6. Explain the origins of the Sunni/ Shi’a split.
7. Explain how the Ummayyad’s changed the empire.
8. How did Islam unite and effectively rule diverse peoples and cultures?
9. How did Islam and the Arabic empire change during the Abbasid rule?
10. Describe Islamic society including social classes, gender, and inequalities.
11. Describe the growth of Islamic learning.
1. What factors led to decline and collapse of the Abbasid caliphate?
2. What factors served to unite Muslims across continents and diverse cultures?
3. How did women’s social status deteriorate during this era?
4. What was the impact of Turkish migrations on Islamic civilization?
5. What motivated the Christian Crusades and how did they affect the combatants
6. What intellectual movements and divisions arose and how did they affect Islam?
7. Describe the intellectual contributions and achievements of Islamic civilization
8. Explain the rise of orthodox Islam and the rise of Sufi Islam.
9. What factors contributed to Islam’s spread to South Asia?
10. How did Islam both convert and accommodate the majority Hindu population?
11. How did contacts between Hindu society and Islam affect their civilizations?
12. What factors contributed to Islam’s spread to Southeast Asia?
13. How did Islam adapt to Southeast Asian culture?
14. What Muslim achievements and technologies influenced other civilizations?
Using the maps on page 177 & 182
· Draw the boundaries of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhay Empires and label each accordingly
· Label the Niger River
· Label the Nile River (the Blue Nile flows into the White Nile to create the Nile River)
· Label the city along the Niger that was within the borders of all 3 empires
· Label the Swahili city-state of Mogadishu
· After reading the section “The Coastal Trading Ports”, shade the approximate area where the Swahili language was spoken.
· Study the map on page 184 carefully and then answer the following: why was it more likely for Arab dhows to arrive to trade along the east coast of Africa between November and March?
1. Describe the nature of African stateless societies.
2. What were the common elements in African societies?
3. How did the arrival of Islam and Christianity affect African societies?
4. Describe the Sudanic states of
a. Ghana
b. Mali
c. Songhay
5. What were the general themes of the political and social life in Sudanic States?
6. Describe the political structure of the Swahili coast.
7. Describe the politics and artistic style of Nok and Benin cultures.
8. Why was civilization so late in arriving to south and central Africa?
9. Describe the political structure of the Kingdom of Kongo.
10. Explain the effect of prejudice on the history of Great Zimbabwe.
11. How did religion and trade connect Africa to a larger world; with what results?
12. Describe the intellectual accomplishments of the African and Bantu civilizations.
Identify
Who? What? Where? When?
1. Quran
2. Umma
3. Caliph
4. Sunni Islam
5. Shi’a Islam
6. Sharia
7. Jizya
8. Dhimmi(-s)
9. Ayan
10. Sultan
11. Seljuk Turks
12. Crusades
13. Saladin
14. Sufis
15. Mameluks
16. Rajas
17. Sati
18. Bhakti
19. Stateless societies
20. Animism
21. Maghrib
22. Sahel
23. Sudan
24. Zanj (Zenj)
25. Almoravids
26. Jihad
27. Juula
28. Griots
29. Timbuktu
30. Emir
31. Swahili
32. Ibn Battuta
33. Mansa Musa
34. Sundiata
35. Great Zimbabwe
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