******************** AP World History ********************* September 15‚ 2012 Chapter 14 Outline Introduction: Every year or al least once in their life‚ the Muslims must travel to Mecca. This is a holy pilgrim that has been a tradition for the Muslims since Muhammad made the trip. At the beginning the pilgrims to Mecca were made by small amounts of people. However‚ by the ninth century‚ thousands of people traveled to Mecca in the 9th lunar month. All these people survived on food and water
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1. Expansion & Integration - All classical civilizations expanded - New challenges: How did they cooperate? ○ Seminal thinkers brought central values; Confucius‚ Laozi‚ Buddha‚ Socrates - Unity attempts ○ China= Centralize the government § Royal citizens -> resettlement around the government § Language promotion § Confucian hierarchy § India= Hierarchy society § Caste system § Hinduism ○ Mediterranean § Local autonomy (freedom in life for their people;
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AP World History Comparative Essay Generic Rubric Overview Basic Core Historical skills and knowledge required to show competence. Expanded Core Historical skills and knowledge required to show excellence. 1. Has acceptable thesis. 1 Point (addresses comparison of the issues or themes specified) 2. Addresses all parts of the 2 Points of the question‚ though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly. (Addresses most parts of
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- No solid political system - While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods. - Male dominated society‚ women had virtually no rights Mauryan/Gupta India Political – Caste System‚ Regionalism + diversity‚ Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta‚ led military‚ converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India‚ wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India) Economics – traded + merchants (lots
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Ch 1: Introducing Government in America * Many young ppl apathetic about politics‚ less involved than elderly * Need to be involved for political tolerance‚ identify what policies they benefit from * Politics compete with TV and the internet Government * Government: institutions + processes through which public policies are made for a society (Congress‚ president‚ the courts‚ federal administrative agencies) * 500‚000 elected officials in US * How should we govern
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Chapter 5 Notes 1. Similarities Differences Roman Empire All three empires fell because of foreign invaders attacking the civilizations- the Huns destroyed the Roman Empire and Gupta Empire Population declines led to fewer people that could be a part of the army weakening the country’s defense against outside invasions. Gupta Empire The Indian government lost some support as the Islamic religion began to take hold in south western India Han Dynasty Like Rome political problems caused
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A. Conquest by the Cradle 1. The common term thirteen original colonies is misleading as Britain ruled thirty-two colonies in North America‚ including the Caribbean Islands by 1775 but only thirteen of them staked a rebellion 2. Among the distinguishing characteristics that the eventually rebellious settlements shared was lusty population growth; in 1700 they contained fewer than 300‚00 people; by 1775‚ there were about 2.5 million people a. Of the 2.5 million people‚ about half
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Chapter 2 AP World History Summery Each civilization faces challenges from politics to environment and everything in between. This chapter explains how each society became urbanized even though it was very tough. Nubia‚ China‚ Olmec‚ and Chavin are connected though each are separated by millions of miles and geological isolation. In China‚ dynasties rule all over the land; the Shang dynasty begins China’s history with the rise of power of it’s clans. It contains the earliest recorded writing
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I. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval A. Enlightened and revolutionary ideas 1. Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people a. Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule b. The Enlightenment challenged this right‚ made the monarch responsible to the people c. John Locke’s theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed 2. Freedom and equality: important values of
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AP World: Chapter 12 I. Reunification and Renissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Though it was not the biggest city‚ Hangzhou‚ the capital of the song rulers‚ was renowned for its beauty and sophistication a) Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era The emergence of the Sui dynasty at the end of the 6th century C.E. signaled a return to strong dynastic control in China. In the Tang era that followed‚ a Confucian revival enhanced the position of the
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