Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

assignments

Inka city of Machu Picchu, Andes Mtns, Peru, 1450-1540 CE

Religions related to Units 1 and 2

Table of Contents

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (Overview)

Era 1: 1200-1450 CE

You'll explore how states formed, expanded, and declined in areas of the world during the period c. 1200–c. 1450 and the related political, social, and cultural developments of that time

  • Explain the systems of government employed by Chinese dynasties and how they developed over time.

  • Explain the effects of Chinese cultural traditions on East Asia over time.

  • Explain the effects of innovation on the Chinese economy over time.

  • Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from 1200 to 1450.

  • Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time.

  • Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar-al-Islam.

  • Explain how the various belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia affected society over time.

  • Explain how and why various states of South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power over time.

  • Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.

  • Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

  • Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society.

  • Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from 1200 to 1450.

  • Explain the effects of agriculture on social organization in Europe from 1200 to 1450

On The Exam

8%–10% of exam score

1.1 Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.1

Unit 1.1 Daily Video 1

Unit 1.2 Daily Video 2

Unit 1.3 Daily Video 3

Vocabulary

Chapter 13 (if not in chapter, you must look for the terms from other sources or on the internet)

  • state - an organized political community living under a single system of government

  • empire

  • imperial

  • dynasty

  • internal and external factors

  • filial piety

  • Song Dynasty (inc dates of rule)

  • Song Taizu

  • warlords

  • bureaucracy

  • administration

  • Mandate of Heaven

  • examination system

  • meritocracy

  • centralized government

  • urbanization

  • Confucianism

  • Buddhism

  • Siddhartha Gautama

  • Daoism

  • Champa/fast growing rice

  • luxury goods

  • artisan

  • paper money

  • porcelain

  • textiles

  • gunpowder

  • printing/printing techniques

  • navy/naval

1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450

Class Lecture

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.2

Unit 1.2 Daily Video 1

Unit 1.2 Daily Video 2

Unit 1.2 Daily Video 3

Vocabulary

Chapter 14

  • Dar al-Islam - lands under Islamic rule

  • Islam

  • Muslim

  • Abraham

  • Muhammad

  • bedouin

  • Arab

  • Allah

  • Quran

  • hadith

  • Mecca

  • Medina (Yathrib)

  • Ka'ba (Kaaba, possibly other spellings)

  • hijra

  • umma

  • Five Pillars of Islam (know all 5 individually)

  • jihad

  • Sharia

  • Abu Bakr

  • caliph

  • caliphate

  • Shia

  • Sunni

  • Ummayed Dynasty

  • Abbasid Dynasty

  • Abu al-Abbas

1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450

Class Lecture

Primary Sources

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.3

Unit 1.3 Daily Video 1

Unit 1.3 Daily Video 2

Vocabulary

Chapter 15 and 18

  • Bhakti Movement

  • Sufism

  • Buddhist monasticism

  • Vijayanagara Empire

  • Srivijaya

  • Ceylon

  • Angkor Wat

  • Khmer Empire

  • Straits of Melaka

  • Sumatra

  • Java

  • Malay Peninsula

  • Aksum

  • Kilwa

  • Ibn Battuta

  • Indian Ocean Trade Routes

  • monsoons

1.4 Developments in the Americas from c. 1200 to c. 1450

Class Lecture

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.4

Unit 1.4 Daily Video 1

Vocabulary

Chapter 20

  • Maya

  • city-state

  • Toltecs

  • Mexica

  • Aztec Empire

  • Montezuma (Moctezuma)

  • chinampa

  • calpulli

  • Quetzalcoatl

  • Huitzilopochtli

  • Inca

  • Quechua

  • Tenochtitlan

  • Yaxchilan

  • Cuzco

  • Qorikancha

  • quipu

  • ayllu

  • Inti

  • Pueblo

  • Navajo

  • Iroquois

  • Chaco

  • Mesa Verde

  • cliff dwellers

  • Cahokia

  • mound-builders

1.5 Developments in Africa from c. 1200 to c. 1450

Class Lecture

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.5

Unit 1.5 Daily Video 1

Vocabulary

Chapter 18

  • Bantu migrations

  • stateless society

  • segmentary society

  • kin-based societies

  • Jenne-jeno

  • Kingdom of Kongo

  • camels

  • caravan

  • Kingdom of Ghana

  • Gold trade

  • trans-Saharan trade networks

  • Koumbi-Saleh

  • Mali Empire

  • Sundiata

  • Timbuktu

  • Gao

  • Jenne

  • Mansa Musa

  • Swahili

  • Kilwa

  • Ibn Battuta

  • Zimbabwe

  • Great Zimbabwe

1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450

Class Lecture

AP Classroom Videos for Unit 1.6

Unit 1.6 Daily Video 1

Unit 1.6 Daily Video 2

Vocabulary

  • Catholicism

  • The Church

  • Christianity

  • Judaism

  • Islam

  • Europe

  • Monarchy

  • Decentralized government

  • Feudalism

  • Manorial system

  • Serfdom

  • Fief

  • Lord

  • vassal


See map above for 1.1 (East Asia) and 1.3 (South Asia and Southeast Asia)