AP World Unit 1

Labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen

Birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and ritual center of the Islamic religion

Muhammad experienced profound spiritual revelations that led him to believe that

Muslim religious scholars.

religious community apart secular society & adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience

King of the Franks

The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was

Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership from descendant of Muhammad’s son inlaw Ali

Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule

China under the Tang and Song has the lest direct influence over which of the following?

Which of the following is not true of Afro-Eurasia during the Post-Classical Era?

Land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service

Powerful post classic empire that influenced much of Mesoamerica, Aztecs claimed ties to them

Aztecs believed that the ____ were the source of all of the great achievements of Mesoamerica

System of knotted colored cords used by pre- literate Andean peoples to transmit information

A tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad

The purpose of the Grand Canal was to

The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head

A very large flat bottom sailing ship, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel.

Large land consisting of the lord’s residence outbuildings, peasant village, & surrounding land

Between 581 and 615, which dynasty unified China

Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad fled to Medina in 622. Muslims call this

Western Europe experienced all of the following as a result of the Black Death except:

Agricultural laborer bound to a lord’s property and obligated to perform a set of services.

What Maya agricultural practices led to devastating environmental degradation?

Raised fields constructed along lake- shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields

political organization with rule by a hereditary leader over a collection of villages and towns

Mesoamerica was never united

Which of the following characterized the post-classic period in Mesoamerica

The Five Pillars are to Muslims as

A formal split within a religious community

Southernization refers to:

Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation network as well as impressive urban centers

Which of the following is true of the early caliphs?

The Mongol conquest of which region/empire had the most devastating long-term impact?

Both China and the Inca adopted which technique for environmental modification?

The Inca civilization was originally based on

Political alliances and military conquest, the _ built a regional power called the Aztec Empire

The Chichen Itza pyramid is from what Mesoamerican civilization in Mexico?

Which state/Empire did the Mongols take the most direct control over during their conquests?

Countries sent embassies to the Tang capital to acknowledge the Chinese emperor's supremacy

Office established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire

Branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation

The Byzantine Empire shared all of the following with the Roman Empire except

Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of th Abbasid Caliphate

The Byzantine Empire weakened by 1450 for all of the following reasons except:

Western Europe between 600 and 1450 can be characterized as:

The community of all Muslims