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AP WORLD-Review for Chapters 6-8 Things you should know.
Chapter 6: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
1. Know the definition of Islam.
2. Know which continents were and were not affected by Islam in the millennium after 600 A.D.
3. Know what the Arabic camel nomads were referred to as.
4. Know the extent of sedentary agriculture in the Arabian Peninsula.
5. Know the cultures found in the Arabian Peninsula and which was most significant in shaping the development of Islam.
6. Know the Bedouin society.
7. Know what the leaders of Bedouin clans were called.
8. Know which groups were and were not part of the Bedouin society.
9. Know the inter-clan relationships in Bedouin society.
10. Know the result of inter-clan rivalries.
11. Know which clan was responsible for the foundation of Mecca.
12. Know what the Ka’ba was.
13. Know what the major differences between Medina and Mecca.
14. Know the status of women in Bedouin society prior to Islam.
15. Know the nature of the material culture of Bedouin society.
16. Know the nature of pre-Islamic Bedouin religion.
17. Know the mounting pressure for change in pre-Islamic society.
18. Know which clan Muhammad was born unto.
19. Know when Muhammad first received the first revelations that were eventually written down in the Quran.
20. Know the initial response of the Umayyads to Muhammad’s new faith.
21. Know Muhammad’s reasons for his flight to Medina from Mecca.
22. Know what had threatened the Umayyad society.
23. Know the date of Muhammad’s flight to Medina from Mecca.
24. Know what was the Umayyad response to Muhammad’s subsequent success and migration to Medina.
25. Know the principle advantage of the Islamic concept of the ummah
26. Know the ethical system of early Islam.
27. Know Muhammad’s teaching with respect to other monotheistic religions.
28. Know the five pillars of Islam.
29. Know what happened after Muhammad’s death in 632
30. Know what the Ridda wars were.
31. Know what the Caliph is
32. Know the reasons for early expansion of Islam beyond Arabia.
33. Know why the Arabs did not want to convert large numbers of people to Islam.
34. Know which of the areas of the Byzantine Empire were conquered by the Muslims by 650 CE.
35. Know why Caliph Uthman was disliked by Arabs
36. Know the result of the first civil war between Ali and the Umayyads
37. Know who the Shi’is are and what they believed in.
38. Know where the political center of Islam shifted to under the Umayyads
39. Know the nature of citizenship within the Umayyad Empire.
40. Know what Mawali means.
41. Know the attitude of the Umayyads towards other religions.
42. Know what the most significant transformation was under the Abbasids rise to power.
43. Know where the Abbasids political center was.
44. Know the nature of the Abbasid government.
45. Know the nature of the Abbasid economy.
46. Know the term ayan.
47. Know the status of artisans in Abbasid cities.
48. Know the nature of slavery in the Abbasid social system.
49. Know the primary cultural contribution of the Muslims during the Abbasid period.
50. Know what happened to Abbasid control of the empire by the 9th century.
Chapter 7: Abbasid decline and the spread of Islamic Civilization to Asia
1. Know the causes of decline in the Abbasid Empire by the 9th century.
2. Know which groups revolted against Abbasid rule.
3. Know how Caliph al-Mahdi resolved the problem of succession in the Abbasid dynasty.
4. Know al-Mahdi’s attitude towards the Shi’is
5. Know the Thousand and One Nights
6. Know how the administration of al-Rashid set a trend for future Abbasid rulers.
7. Know the result of the civil wars following al-Rashid’s death.
8. Know about the mercenary armies of the later Abbasid era.
9. Know what was responsible for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire.
10. Know the innovation of the Abbasid court with respect to women.
11. Know the Abbasid’s attitude towards the institution of slavery.
12. Know why the practices of seclusion and veiling were seen as essential in the Islamic society.
13. Know about the status of women in the Abbasid era.
14. Know who captured Baghdad in 945.
15. Know who captured Baghdad in 1055.
16. Know the religious affiliation of the Seljuk-Turks.
17. Know what year Jerusalem was captured by Christian Crusaders.
18. Know the impact of the Seljuk conquest of Baghdad on the Abbasid Empire.
19. Know who Saladin was.
20. Know why the First Crusade was a success.
21. Know what year Acre fell.
22. Know the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West.
23. Know the impact of the Crusades on Islam.
24. Know the trend of urbanization during the Abbasid Empire.
25. Know the level of Abbasid trade.
26. Know the primary language of the later Abbasid court.
27. Know what the Shah-Nama was.
28. Know the literary figures of the Abbasid Empire.
29. Know about the Sufi movement within Islam.
30. Know what the ulma was.
31. Know who captured Baghdad in 1258.
32. Know how the political center of Islam changed after the Mongol invasions.
33. Know the differences between the Islamic invasions of India and previous incursions of the subcontinent.
34. Know the differences between Islam and Hinduism.
35. Know the extent of the unified empire that Harsha imposed on the Indian subcontinent.
36. Know Harsha’s religious policy.
37. Know the date of the first Muslim raids into India.
38. Know how the Muslims conquerors of Sind treated the Hindu and Buddhist residents of the region.
39. Know the most critical cultural advance that was a result of increased contact between Muslims and Indian civilization.
40. Know who the commander was of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was.
41. Know what Mahmud of Ghazni did in the 11th century.
42. Know what transition Muhammad of Ghur was responsible for in the Indian subcontinent.
43. Where was the capitol of the Islamic kingdom in 1206 on the Gangetic plain.
44. Know what the traders and Sufi mystics were responsible for in the Islamic faith.
45. Know why the Sufi’swere effective missionaries in the Indian subcontinent.
46. Know which groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam.
47. Know how Hinduism responded to the challenge of Islam.
48. Know the why Islam could spread to SE Asia.
49. Know how Islam spread in SE Asia.
50. Know the nature of Islam that developed in SE Asia.
Chapter 8: African Civilizations and the spread of Islam.
1. Know the most significant impact on sub-Saharan Africa between 800-1500.
2. Know the differences between African civilizations and other post-classical societies.
3. Know about the political and religious universality in Africa.
4. Know what stateless societies were.
5. Know the functions of stateless societies
6. Know about the indigenous religion of sub-Saharan Africa.
7. Know the beliefs shared between practitioners of many indigenous African religions.
8. Know about African economies.
9. Know about African trade with other civilizations.
10. Know which region of Africa first converted to Islam by 700.
11. Know about the puritanical movements of the Almoravids and Almohadis.
12. Know about the phrase “equality before God and inequality within the world.”
13. Know about Ethiopia.
14. Know the important points of cultural contact between Africa and Islam.
15. Know what the Sahel is.
16. Know about the decline of Ghana.
17. Know about the Sudanic states of Mali and Songhay.
18. Know where the empire of Mali was located.
19. Know what Sundiata is credited for.
20. Know about the social organization of the Manlinke people.
21. Know who the Jula were.
22. Know the nature of urbanization of the Mali Empire.
23. Know about the agricultural economy of Mali.
24. Know the function of the griots both politically and socially.
25. Know what Sunni Ali did.
26. Know what African empire Songhay was originally part of.
27. Know what Askia refers to.
28. Know about the downfall of Songhay.
29. Know about the Hausa people.
30. Know why Islam was readily accepted by rulers of the Sudan.
31. Know the relationship between Islam and indigenous religions of Africa.
32. Know how the contact with the Muslim empire affected the African slave trade.
33. Know how slavery was viewed in Muslim society.
34. Know which groups migrated to the coastal region of East Africa.
35. Know the term Zanj.
36. Know the common cultural traits of urbanized trading ports of the East African coast.
37. Know the nature of trade with towns of East Africa.
38. Know the effects of the Islamic expansion on international trade.
39. Know to what extent Islam penetrated East Africa.
40. Know the impact of the arrival of the Portuguese on the trade of East Africa.
41. Know the term Demography.
42. Know what Demographic Transition means.
43. Know which African societies developed without systems of writing.
44. Know the political organization of the Yoruba people.
45. Know the form of political organization of the Kongo kingdom.
46. Know about Great Zimbabwe.
47. Know what Mwene Mutapa refers to.
48. Know where the influence of Islam is most profound.
49. Know which state represents the development of Bantu concepts of kingship and state building.
50. Know the impact of Islam on sub-Saharan Africa.