Download Exam Review Guide: Unit 3

Exam Review Guide: Unit 3 (20 percent of the AP Exam)
Covering Chapters 6 through 13, Mesoamerica through the Byzantine Empire
Chapter 6
What are political and social structures of the Mayan Civilization?
What are political and social structures of the Aztec Civilization?
Identify political and social structures of the Incan Civilization.
What ends up happening to each of these Civilizations?
How do these civilizations compare in terms of religious and technological achievements to the Ancient
Civilizations in Africa and the Middle East? Why do these similarities exist?
Chapter 7
What are the fundamental beliefs of Islam?
How does Islam move from a religious movement to an Empire? What promotes this change?
Describe the role of the Abbasid Caliphate and its impact on Islamic Empires, be sure to know the ruler during
the Abbasid Golden Age.
How do the Seljuk Turks lead to the demise of the Abbasid Empire?
Describe the rise and fall of Andalusia and the Umayyad Dynasty.
What is the major issue with Jerusalem and its relationship to Christianity and Islam?
Chapter 8
Give a brief description of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, and their impact on West Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa, and what did he do for Mali?
What is the importance of Kush and Axum? What civilizations did they adopt traditions from during this time
period?
How did Islam affect the Somali Coast?
What was the effect of Islamic trade on West Africa?
How does Christianity come to dominate in Ethiopia?
What is the purpose of griot’s in African society?
Chapter 9
What are several achievements of the Gupta dynasty?
How does Buddhism transform itself with the rise of Brahamnism/Hinduism?
Compare and contrast the Theraveda version of Buddhism vs. the Mahayana version of Buddhism.
What leads to the decline in Buddhism?
Describe the cultural advancements of the Islamic Kingdom of Mahmud of Ghazni in India.
What led to the downfall of the Delhi Sultanate?
Who is Timur the Lame, what are positive and negative effects of his conquests?
Chapter 10
Describe the reign of Sui Yangdi and explain why the Dynasty collapsed after his death.
Why does China become the dominant power in Asia during the Tang Dynasty?
Where is the influence of Buddhism seen in the Tang Dynasty?
How are the Tang and the Han similar in their demise?
What are the cultural achievements of the Tang and Song Dynasty?
How do the Song keep invaders away? (2 reasons)
What is the significance of the Civil Service Exams, when do they become a dominant force in China?
Describe the rise of the Mongols. How do they end up taking China and most of Asia? What are positive and
negative effects of the Mongols?
Scan page 291 and 292 on the revolts against Buddhism in China.
Chapter 11
How did these three powers take ideas from China? Think government.
What is the purpose of the samurai?
Identify major cultural traditions of Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese society.
What is the “seventeen-article Constitution”
Who takes power after Shotoku Taishi in Japan?
Describe the Koryo dynasty and the rise of Vietnam.
Chapter 12
What is the role of Christianity during the Early Middle Ages?
How did Charlemagne rise to power? What is his legacy on Western Civilization?
Describe the system of feudalism, how does it stabilize the lives of some within Europe?
How does crop rotation lead to a cultural revival in the High Middle Ages?
How do chivalry, warfare, and the aristocracy have an impact in the High Middle Ages?
How do the Mongols allow for increased trade?
Describe the Kingdoms of England and France during the High Middle Ages.
What is the impact and purpose of the Crusades? Where is bias shown within accounts of the taking of
Jerusalem? (Primary Document for test)
How does Christianity dominate the High Middle Ages?
Chapter 13
How did the Byzantine Empire preserve Roman Traditions?
What is the role of Theodora in Justinian’s life and various decisions as Emperor?
What are achievements of the Byzantine Empire?
At the high point of the Byzantine Civilization (750-1025 CE), describe life in Constantinople and the
surrounding empire. What are the achievements of the Macedonian rulers?
What are challenges faced by the Byzantine Empire?
How does it finally fall in 1453 CE?