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AP World History Unit Syllabus* – B Day

Period 3: Regional and Trans-regional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450 PART I

Strayer - Ways of the WorldCh.8-10 Bentley – Traditions and Encounters Ch.

Date / Topics / Class Activities / Handouts / Homework / Reading Assignments
Tue
10/20 /
  • Preview new Key Concepts
  • Trade Routes map activity
  • BWH – Connections Across Land
  • BWH - Mali 12:29
  • Discuss Ibn Batutta reading
  • Mankind #6 on Batutta beginning – 11:09
/
  • Read Ch. 8 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 8
  • Barrons 119-133
  • Listen to Podcast #8 and 10 HERE
  • Learn Unit Terms and Dates
  • Ch. 8 GRQs
  • Work on Ibn Batutta reading activity
  • Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
  • Watch Crash Course #9

Thur
10/22 /
  • Ibn Batutta readingDUE
  • Watch Crash Course #16
  • Discuss Indian Ocean Trade and Southernization
  • BWH - Connections Across Water
/
  • Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
  • Barrons 143-144, 151-159
  • Listen to Podcast #13 HERE

Mon
10/26 /
  • Trade Route map DUE
  • Watch Crash Course #18
  • Watch / Discuss Ancient Silk Roadsand Ted Talk Silk Road
/
  • Finish everything for Ch. 8
  • Start reading Ch. 9
  • Start GRQs for Ch. 9

Wed
10/28 /
  • Resurgence of China
  • BWH - Confucian Korea 10:50
  • BWH - China – 14:12
  • Comparison
-Korea, Japan, Vietnam
  • Footbinding Tradition HERE and HERE
  • Engineering an Empire: China
/
  • Read Ch. 9 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 9
  • Barrons 145-150,163-171
  • Unit Terms and Dates
  • Continue GRQs
  • Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz

Fri
10/30 /
  • Discuss emergence of W.Europe
  • Engineering and Empire: Byzantines
  • BWH - Serfdom
  • Crash Course Dark Ages / Crusades
  • Autopsy of an Empire
/
  • Same as above
  • Barrons 138-149
  • Watch Ways of the Samurai
  • Finish everything for Ch. 9
  • Move on to Ch. 10

Tue
11/3 /
  • Finish power point discussion
  • Crusades map activity
  • Continue Autopsy
/
  • Read Ch. 10 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 10
  • Barrons 159-161
  • Listen to Podcast #15 HERE
  • Unit Terms and Dates
  • Ch. 10 GRQs
  • Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
  • Watch Crash Course #12

Thur
11/5 /
  • Vocabulary and Dates exam
  • Finish Map
/
  • Finish everything for Ch. 10
  • Study for Unit Exam

Mon
11/9 /
  • Take Unit 3 Part I Exam
/
  • Finish ALL GRQs
  • Read Ch. 11 outline
  • Start reading Strayer Ch. 11

Wed
11/11 / Veteran’s Day – No School /
  • Same

Thur
11/12 /
  • Test corrections
  • Guided Reading QuestionsDUE!!!
/
  • Same

* Schedule is TENTATIVE and may possibly change.

Essential Question:

▼ What were the primary causes and consequences of the expansion and intensification of communication and

exchange networks between 600 C.E. and 1450?

Main Topics for Discussion

· It is difficult to ascribe a distinct identity for this period.

· In some regions there was the creation of new but smaller civilizations where none had existed before such as the East African

Swahili civilization, Kievan Rus, and in East and Southeast Asia.

· The most expansive and influential civilization of this period was Islam.

· Many older civilizations persisted or restructured such as Byzantium, China, India, and the Niger Valley.

· The Maya civilization and Teotihuacán of the Americas declined so that the Inca formed an empire out of various centers of

Andean civilization.

· In Western Europe, third wave states tried to hold on to Greco-Roman ideals while incorporating Christian traditions.

· Many instances of increasing interactions between regions and cultures occurred resulting in significant changes including

improved and varied food production, cosmopolitan regional centers and the spread of diseases.

· Trade emerged as a major driver in the human story.

Terminology (you must identify definition, significance, and any specific examples in relation to the unit)

Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10

Black DeathFootbindingByzantine Empire

Ibn BattutaMurasaki ShikibuCharlemagne

Indian Ocean trading networkNeo-ConfucianismEastern Orthodox Christianity

MalaysiansSamuraiRoman Catholic Christianity

Sand RoadsSilla DynastyCrusades

Silk RoadsSong Dynasty economic revolutionHoly Roman Empire

Swahili civilizationSui DyanstyIndulgence

Third-wave civilizationsTang DynastyJustinian

Trans-Saharan slave tradeTrung SistersPrince Vladimir of Kiev

Dates to Remember (will be on vocab test) –List in MISC section of binder

Utilize correlation guide for Key Concept – Period 3

Chapter 8 Commerce and Culture 500 CE – 1500 CE

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Chapter Learning Targets

Analyze the significanceand impact of trade in human history

Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed

Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies

Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

  1. What made trade so significant in the linking and shaping of societies?

Silk Roads: Exchange across Eurasia

  1. The Silk Road was known for “relay trade”. What does that mean?
  1. What helped create the Silk Road and what kept it going for so many centuries?
  1. What made silk a highly desired commodity across Eurasia?
  1. What were the major economic, social and cultural consequences of Silk Road commerce?
  1. Why did the Silk Road have such a huge impact on the spread of Buddhism?
  1. What was the impact of disease along the Silk Road?

Sea Roads: Exchange across the Indian Ocean

  1. How did Indian Ocean trading network differ from that of the Silk Road?
  1. What 2 processes changed the landscape of the Afro-Eurasian world and wove the web of Indian Ocean exchange more densely than before? And, why?
  1. Why was Srivijaya so important to Indian Ocean trade?
  1. How was the Swahili civilization connected to Indian Ocean trade?

Sand Roads: Exchange across the Sahara

  1. What changes did trans-Saharan trade bring to West –Africa?

An American Network: Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere

  1. How did the networks in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere?

Chapter 9 East Asian Connections, 300-1300

Chapter Learning Targets

Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.

Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.

Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.

Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.

The Reemergence of a Unified China

  1. What, within China, opened the door to a greater acceptance of Buddhism and Daoism among the elite?
  1. What 2 dynasties were parts of the “Golden Age” of Chinese achievement? They were built on the foundation of what other dynasty? Why were they referred to in that manner?
  1. What took place during the Song dynasty that seemed to tighten patriarchal restrictions on women and restore some of the earlier Han dynasty images of female submission?
  1. What was the most telling expression of tightening patriarchy?
  1. How were women in the textile industry affected?
  1. What are some of the positive changes that took place for women in the Song dynasty?

China and the Northern Nomads: A Chinese World Order in the Making

  1. Describe the relationship between China and the nomads living to the north of them.
  1. Why did China view themselves as the “middle kingdom”?
  1. What was the tribute system?
  1. How did the tribute system in practice differ from the Chinese understanding of it?
  1. How did China and the Nomads influence each other?

Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, and Japan

  1. How did China influence Korea?
  1. How did China influence Vietnam?
  1. How did China’s influence over Japan differ from Korea and Vietnam?
  1. How did Japan not change due to China’s influence?
  1. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressure of Confucian orthodoxy?

China and the Eurasian World Economy

  1. In what ways did China participate in the world of Eurasian commerce and exchange, and with what outcomes?
  1. What caused Buddhism to take root within China?
  1. What were the major oppositions to Buddhism within China?

Chapter 10 European Christendom, 500-1300

Chapter Learning Targets

Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire

Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire

Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development

Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up

Eastern Christendom: Building on the Roman Past

  1. How was the Byzantine Empire different from the Roman Empire?
  1. How was the Byzantine Empire the same as the Roman Empire?

The Byzantine state

  1. Rather than focusing on the lives of most people, the Byzantine’s centralized state focused mainly on what?
  1. What caused the Byzantine Empire to shrink by 1453?

The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence

  1. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?

Byzantine and the World

  1. How did the Byzantine Empire interact with the rest of the world?

The Conversion of Russia

  1. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?

Political life in Western Europe, 500-1000

  1. How did the decline of Rome affect the European West during the post-classical era?
  1. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?

Society and the Church, 500-1000

  1. Describe feudalism.
  1. What is the difference between slaves and serfs?
  1. Describe how the church was organized and how it increased its influence over society.
  1. How did the “missionary’ process of Christianity compare with Buddhism’s process?
  1. What were some of the ‘selling points’ used by the Church to convert people?
  1. How did church authorities and nobles influence each other?

Accelerating Change in the West, 1000-1300

  1. In what ways did European civilization change after 1000?
  1. As women’s opportunities in cities declined by the 15th century, what opportunities did the churches offer women?
  1. What happened in the 11th thru 13th centuries in regards to government commanding loyalty?

Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading tradition

  1. What were the Crusades?
  1. Which were the most famous crusades?
  1. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?

The West in Comparative Perspective – Catching Up

  1. In what ways was the West less developed than Byzantium, China, India and the Islamic World?
  1. In what things did Europe’s willingness to “borrow” from abroad help shape their civilization after 1000?
  1. In what areas did Europe have the biggest technological innovations? Give examples.

Pluralism in Politics

  1. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?

Reason and Faith

  1. In what ways rational thought and human reasoning affect Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world?

Big Picture Questions

  1. How does the history of the Christian world in the post-classical era compare with that of Tang and Song dynasty China?