AP World History Ch. 13-17 (COMPLETE)

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What did the Indian population rise to in 1500 C.E.?

105 million

What do the designs of the Khmer Tom and Angkor Wat temples show?

A microcosmic reflection of the Hindu World Order

What did the kingdom of Srivijaya do?

Built a powerful navy to control commerce in southeast Asian waters and established a powerful trade center

Whom did the Abbasid empire fall under control of during it's last two years?

A Person Noble Family

In relation to Chinese influences and traditions, the Vietnamese women had what?

A much more prominent role in society and economy

What were Islamic institutions of higher learning called?

Madrasas

Who was the plunderer that led 7 different raiding expeditions into India?

Mahmud of Ghanzi

In what field was the main Indian influence on Islamic thought?

Mathematics

What state was most heavily influenced by Islam?

Melaka

What was the biggest difference between Melaka and other states influenced by Islam?

Melaka coverts to Islam

How did Islam reach India?

Merchants, Military Conquests, Migrants

What occurred during the Tang Dynasty?

Military Expansion in all Directions, Tributary Relationships, Establishment of the Middle Kingdom

What does Vijayanagar mean?

"The city of victory"

The Japanese city of Nara was a copy of what Tang capital?

Chang'an

What does the phrase, "dar al-Islam" mean?

House of Islam

Who did Muhammad marry in 595?

Khadija

What is a mounted warrior?

Samurai

The Quaran allowed men to have how many wives?

4

What is the Quaran?

A recitation of Muhammad's prophecy

What was the kowtow?

A ritual prostration in which subordinates knelt before the emperor.

Who was Buzurg ibn Shahriyar?

A tenth century ship master who created the "Book of the Wonders of India"

What did the Tang dynasty agree on with the Silla dynasty in the seventh century?

A tributary relationship

After the death of Muhammad, who took control of the Islamic Empire?

Abu Bakr

Who was the founder of the Abbasid dynasty?

Abu al-Abbas

In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?

Albino Elephant

What did the sufis believe?

Allah was too big to understand (Mystical)

What did the Umayyad dynasty do after assassinating Ali?

Allowed people to practice their own religion

The Tang Emperors invited the Turkish nomads in order to suppress a rebellion by whom?

An Lushan

What was the capital of the *Abbasid Empire*?

Baghdad

Why was India a natural location for the establishment of emporia?

Because of it's position in the Indian Ocean

How did the conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia influence the Islamic world?

By introducing the veiling of women, and further limitations to women's rights.

In the Islamic empire, what was the title of the person who held political authority?

Caliph

What did the Minamoto clan do in 1185?

Claimed rule to the land in the emporer's name

The Song dynasty was weakened by Song Taizu's decision to do what?

Create and maintain a large bureaucracy by purchasing loyalty

Buddhist missionaries translated the term *dharma* into what Chinese concept?

Dao

What did postclassical India *never* do, regarding political structure?

Develop a coherent, unified, society

Who founded the Sui Dynasty in 589?

Emperor Yang

Even though the Silla Dynasty copied China in many ways, what did they never do?

Establish a merit-based bureaucracy (it wasn't needed)

What is some good music to listen to while you study?

Evening Star's Grand Flying Machines, http://eveningstarmusic.bandcamp.com/album/grand-flying-machines (My favourite track is Kingdoms)

What was the most important crop introduced to China during the Tang and Song periods?

Fast-Ripening Rice

What was the first southeast Asian state influenced by India?

Funan

What did the monsoon winds ensure?

Half a year of rain that required irrigation in southern India

The grand canal stretched from what city in the south to what city in the west?

Hangzhou; Chang'an

Who was the Buddhist emperor that reunited northern India in the seventh century?

Harsha

The kingdoms of southern India were mainly what religion?

Hinduism

Who was the Islamic thinker that studied Aristotle?

Ibn Rushd

Where did Arabic numbers originate from?

India

What were caravanserais?

Inns for caravan merchants

Funan dominated which southeast Asian river?

Isthmus of Kra

What happened to the caste system during the postclassical era?

It changed to accommodate social changes and expanded from northern india to southern india

What was the most important feature of the Byzantine state?

It was a powerful empire with an emperor who ruled under caesaropapism.

What was Byzantium's major advantage?

It's location on a defensible peninsula.

What was the religious head tax of the Umayyad dynasty called?

Jizya

The temples of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat were built by what kingdom?

Khmer

What Indian state had it's base in Cambodia?

Khmer

What alleviated the shortage of copper during the Tang and Song periods?

Letters of Credit

Where is Persian influence best seen in Islam?

Literary works and political structures.

What was the turning point in the rise of Islam?

Muhammad's return to Mecca

That term does "one who submitted" translate to?

Muslim

Chinese influence was most profound during what Japanese period?

Nara Japan

By around 1500, what portion of the Indian population was Muslim?

One quater

What did Tang emperors do in the 840s?

Ordered a closure of Buddhist monasteries

What new industry was introduced to the Islamic World from China?

Paper Manufacturing

What happened in China on the year 1024?

Paper money was introduced

Chinese foot binding the the best example of what?

Patriarchal Social Structure

What group of people does the world *ulama* refer to?

People with religious knowledge

What was important about Hindu temples?

Public life revolved around them, they ever economic and social centers, they organized agriculture, the coordinated irrigation work, they provided basic schooling, and they served a banks

What was the most popular school of Buddhism in China?

Pure Land School

Who overran the Abbasid dynasty in 1258?

Saljuq Turks

What is the Islamic Holy law?

Sharia

The main split inside Islam was between Sunni and who?

Shia

What is the native religion of Japan?

Shinto

What was the title of the military governor who ruled in place of the Japanese emperor?

Shogun

Who was the founder of the song dynasty?

Song Taizu

What does Islam mean?

Submission

Who was the second Tang ruler?

Tang Taizong

What did the Shia believe?

That Ali and his descendants were infallible, as they were related by blood to Muhammad.

What did bhakti teacher, Guru Kabir, believe?

That shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were manifestations of the same deity.

After the collapse of the Gupta dynasty, India never become fully reunited until when?

The 16th century

What ninth-century Indian document contains the passage, "One should engage himself in singing of Me, praising Me..."?

The Bhagavata Purana

What Indian concept did not become popular in southeast Asian states?

The Caste System

What was the wealthy trading state that controlled southern India through 850 to 1267

The Chola Kingdom

What was the most influential Chinese naval technology?

The Compass

What was the Tang plan to avoid land concentration into the hands of the wealthy called?

The Equal Field System

What chinese constructions would have important economic implications up into the twentieth century?

The Grand Canal

The White Huns began the collapse of which administration?

The Gupta Administration

Who did the song dynasty fall to in 1279?

The Mongols

Northern India was dominated by who during the twelfth and sixteenth century?

The Sultante of Delhi

What is the other name for The Arabian Nights?

The Thousand and One Nights

What happened in Dunhuang in western China?

The first Buddhist community was established

What is the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?

The hajj

The cultural development of Heian Japan reflects what?

The influence of Chinese traditions and the elaboration of Japanese ways

What did Imperial Service Examinations do during the Tang Dynasty?

They Determined an individual's position in the bureaucracy.

What was the Viet people's relationship with China like?

They resented and revolted against Chinese domination

What did the bhakti movement seek?

To erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam

What was the Chinese Monk, Xuanzang, famous for?

Traveling outside of China and obtaining Buddhist literature

Who did the northern India area of Sind fall to in the year 711?

Umayyad

Two emissaries from the Dalhi sultan reconverted to Hinduism and founded what southern kingdom?

Vijayanagar

How did the Abbasid dynasty differ from the the Umayyad dynasty?

it was more cosmopolitan

What were the Islamic letters of credit called?

sakk


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