Week 22
Africa and Asia Study Guide (Chapters 11 and 12, skipping a couple sections)
This is NOT all the material on the test, but should be a good start for reviewing. Also look at any notes and handouts you have.
Africa: Chapter 11, skipping section 4
Asia: Chapter 12, skipping sections 3 and 5
This is NOT all the material on the test, but should be a good start for reviewing. Also look at any notes and handouts you have.
Africa: Chapter 11, skipping section 4
- Reasons for lack of growth compared to other civilizations
- Salt and Gold Trade across Sahara Desert
- Ghana, Mali, Mansa Musa, Timbuktu
- Uniqueness and isolation of Ethiopia, Swahili (how did it develop, how it reflects cultural diffusion)
- Why was it beneficial for Mansa Musa to be accepting of other religions in Mali?
- Bantu Migrations—what effects did they have on Africa’s culture and society?
- Islam and Christianity in Africa—how did they spread?
Asia: Chapter 12, skipping sections 3 and 5
- Status of women in Tang and Song dynasties
- Mongolian Invasion—Yuan Dynasty, Genghis and Kublai Khan, Pax Mongolica, conquest and expansion
- Zheng He and exploration—why the Ming only explored for a short time
- Silk road
- Japan—selective cultural borrowing from China, geography’s impact on history and culture
- Compare and contrast European and Japanese feudalism
- Tokugawa Shogunate—centralized feudalism and stability in Japan
- Europe’s contact with Ming China
Week 17--January 7-11, 2013
Map Quiz Friday--See Below!
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Map Quiz--Eastern Europe, on Friday, January 11
Map Locations
· Poland
· Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Czech Republic · Austria · Slovakia · Hungary · Serbia · Romania · Ukraine · Belarus · Croatia · Moldova · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Bulgaria · Macedonia · Albania |
Weeks 15-16
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