AP World History: Indian Ocean Basin

name three modern day countries in South Asia:

india,bangladesh,pakistan

name three modern day countries in Southeast Asia:

Malaysia, singapore, cambodia

write one story of buzurg that was true:

one recounted the story of a king from northern india who converted to islam and requested translations of islamic law 

write the last sentence of the second-to-last paragraph of the green box at the top of page 314.

although buzurg clearly thought of india as a distinct land with its own customs, he also recognized a larger world of trade and communication that extended from east africa to Southeast Asia and beyond to china.

list three regions that were linked: 

peoples from east africa to southeast asia and china. 

Write the last sentence of the first paragraph of the islamic and hindu kingdoms section:

from the end of the Gupta dynasty until the sixteenth century, when a Turkish people known as the Mughals extended their authority and their empire to most of the subcontinent, india remained a politically divided land. 

what were the years of king harsha’s rule, and with whom did he exchange embassies.

king harsha reigned from 606-648 c.e. he exchanged a series of embassies with emperor Tang Taizong of china.

which group took control of Sind in approximately 750?

The Abbasid Caliphs

true or false: Arab and Persian mariners began to visit india after the rise of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and islam.

false

what was the capital of the sultanate of Delhi? what years did it rule northern india? 

the capital was at Delhi, it ruled from 1206 to 1526 

would the sultanate of Delhi best be described as all-encompassing and strict or relatively permissive of or even dependent upon local authorities?

they were relatively permissive upon local authority.

the _____ kingdom ruled the _______ coast from 850-1267

chola, coromandel

how did the chola kingdom connect to Ceylon, and what modern day country is Ceylon 

because at its height the kingdom had conquered Ceylon, Ceylon is modern day Sri Lanka. 

what significant event took place under the leadership of Harihara and Bukka in 1336 in the vijayanagar kingdom?

in 1336, they renounced islam, returned to their original hindu faith, and proclaimed the establishment of an independent empire.

what was the religion of the kingdom of Axum? with which modern day country is it most associated? based on the last sentence of the section, how was it able to maintain its independence and prosperity?

the kingdom of Axum was predominantly Christian. the kingdom is primarily associated with the modern day Ethiopia. it maintained its independence and prosperity largely because of its participation in trading networks of the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

define jati:

they were subcastes.

how were the caste system and education linked? 

powerful temples also fostered caste distinctions, this was an effective promoter of the system, since temples only provided the formal education available. 

describe briefly the events in 1196 in nalanda and their impact.

in 1196, muslim forces overran the city of nalanda. the conquerors torched buddhist libraries and either killed or exiled thousands of monks living in nalanda.

offer two facts about Vishnu:

1- vishnu was the preserver of the world

2- he often entered the world in human form to resist evil or communicate his teachings.

Offer two facts about shiva:

• Both a god of fertility and a destructive deity. 

• he bought life but also took it away when its season passed. 

offer one similarity and one difference between Shakara and ramanuja: 

• they took the upanishads as a point of departure

• Shankara was a devotee of shiva, meanwhile ramanaja was a devotee of vishnu. 

Offer one fact from the first paragraph of the section ‘‘Islam and its appeal’’:

Only rarely did they allow Indians- even those who had converted into islam- to hold sensitive posts.

by 1500, what percentage of Indian people were muslim?

25%

what was the Bhakti movement?

a cult of love and devotion that ultimately sought to erase the distinction between hinduism, and Islam.

did the ruling elites in Southeast Asia at times embrace hinduism and buddhism? did they completely renounce local beliefs and practices?

ruling elites sponsored the introduction of hinduism and buddhism. they did not completely renounce local beliefs.

the kingdom of Hunan dominated the lower reaches of which river, including parts of which two modern day countries? 

the Mekong river, including modern day cambodia and Vietnam. 

Raja is a term in which language that means what?

a term in Sanskrit which means ‘‘king’’

srivijaya painted an all-sea trade route between ______ and ______

china & india.

what were the years of existence of Angkor, and offer three facts about it 

it existed from 889-1431. 

1- angkor had its base of operations in cambodia.

2- derived most of its wealth from productive agriculture economics. 

3- they built deep comittments to buddhism.