AP World History Study Guide Unit 3B Name _____________________

China & the Mongols (Ch 15, 18) Score / Hour ___ November 2, 2012

Big Question: Why doesn’t Song China have an industrial revolution?

Relevant Reading

Text & Secondary SourcesBentley, Ch 15 The Resurgence of Empire in East AsiaBentley, Ch 18 Nomadic Empires & Eurasian Integration (Mongols)Numerous short readings on the Mongols

Who Were the Mongol People?Who Was Chinggis Khan?

Could an Empire be Ruled from Horseback?Judging the MongolsMongol Chronology

General History Vocabulary cosmopolitan, currency, metallurgy, nomadic, pastoral, plague

People

Name Theme(s) Place/Time Significance (What did this person do?) Related

Tang Taizong386, 378

Uighurs “WEE-

goors” 389, 380

Zhu Xi 403, 395

Temujin 477, 467Chinggis Khan, orGenghis Khan

Marco Polo 479,481, 469, 471

Khubilai Khan480, 470

Tamerlane(Timur the Lame)487, 477

Mehmed IIthe Conqueror490, 480

APWH Themes: 1 = H-E Interaction; 2 = Cultural Dev & Interaction; 3 = Politics; 4 = Economic; 5 = Social

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Vocabulary / Historical Events / Trends

Term Theme(s) Place/Time Definition & Significance Related

bushido 408, -& handout, p. 342

daimyo handoutp. 361

Grand Canal385, 377

equal-fieldsystem 386, 378

civil serviceexams 387, 379

fast-ripeningrice 392, 383

gunpowder395, 387

block-printing395, 387

“flying cash”397, 389

foot binding394, 386

Neo-Confucian-ism 402, 395

Nam Viet404, 397

The Tale ofGenji 406, 399

shogun 407, 400

Kamakura &MuromachiShogunates408, 400

APWH Themes: 1 = H-E Interaction; 2 = Cultural Dev & Interaction; 3 = Politics; 4 = Economic; 5 = Social

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samurai 408, 400

seppuku orhara-kiri 408, 1

Khan 474, 464

Battle of Man-zikert 475, 465

Yuan Dynasty481, 486, 471, 476

kamikaze 481,471

ilkhanate 482,472 map, 481, 471

Bubonic Plague486, 476

Short Answer Based on some of the feedback several of you have given me re: previous study guides, I’ve tried to“reverse engineer” the questions on the next unit test. The result is the “Short Answer” questions below. Hopefully these will helpyou focus your studying efforts.

Tang/Song China & East Asia

1. Which religions/belief systems were the most common during the Tang dynasty?

2. How much of the Han Dynasty’s governmental techniques/structure did the Tang dynasty copy? Howdid the Tang dynasty attempt to avoid the problem(s) that had caused the Han Dynasty to end? Howwell did their attempts work, and what caused their attempt(s) to work/not work?

3. What new class of military official emerged in Japan in the post-classical era? What were theirresponsibilities/functions?

4. What differences existed in the rights granted men and women in post-classical China? How didthose differences vary by social class?

5. How did the civil service examination system in China compare to other post-classical empires’bureaucracies?

6. What was unique/notable about The Tale of Genji?

7. Compare the distribution of political power during the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi erasin Japan.

8. Why didn’t Song China have an Industrial Revolution? (They seemed to have all the necessary “ingredients.”)

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9. What Chinese cultural characteristics were adopted by Japan, Korea, & Vietnam? (Or influenced by China?)

Japan Korea Vietnam

Ch 18 Mongols

10. How did the Mongols, with only a small population, conquer such a vast territory? What military,governmental, economic, and psychological methods did the Mongols use?

11. What caused the Mongols to stop expanding/conquering (E, SE, S, SW Asia, and into Europe?)

12. How did the Mongols affect the economy of Eurasia during their rule? How did they affect diffusionin other areas: culture, technology; languages, biology; science?

13. What challenges did the Mongols face in ruling China? What practices/policies did they use tostrengthen their rule? Which of their policies do you think was a mistake, and which do you agreewith? (and why?)

14. Why did the Mongol Empire break up? Why were they able to last as long as they did?

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