Unit one thematic possible questions and answers

Unit 1

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

• Chinese cultural traditions continued, and they

  influenced neighboring regions.

  Buddhism and its core beliefs continued to

  shape societies in Asia and included a variety

  of branches, schools, and practices.

• Filial piety in East Asia Influence of

  Neo-Confucianism and

  Buddhism in East Asia Confucian traditions of

  both respect for and

  expected deference

  from women Chinese literary and

  scholarly traditions and

  their spread to Heian

  Japan and Korea

  Branches of Buddhism: Theravada Mahayana Tibetan

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

• As the Abbasid Caliphate fragmented, new

  Islamic political entities emerged, most of

  which were dominated by Turkic peoples.

  These states demonstrated continuity,

  innovation, and diversity.

• Seljuk Empire

  §§ Mamluk sultanate

  of Egypt

  Delhi sultanates

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

• Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism, and their core

  beliefs and practices continued to shape

  societies in South and Southeast Asia

• Bhakti movement

  §§ Sufism

  §§ Buddhist monasticism

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

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the core

beliefs and practices of these religions

continued to shape societies in Europe.

Explain the causes and

effects of growth of networks

of exchange after 1200.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

KC-3.1.I.A.i

Improved commercial practices led to an

increased volume of trade and expanded the

geographical range of existing trade routes—

including the Silk Roads—promoting the

growth of powerful new trading cities.

KC-3.1.I.C.i

The growth of interregional trade in luxury

goods was encouraged by innovations

in previously existing transportation and

commercial technologies, including the

caravanserai, forms of credit, and the

development of money economies.

KC-3.3.I.B

Demand for luxury goods increased in Afro-

Eurasia. Chinese, Persian, and Indian artisans

and merchants expanded their production of

textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture

of iron and steel expanded in China.

Unit 1

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

• The economy of Song China became increasingly commercialized while continuing to depend on free peasants and artisanal labor. The economy of Song China flourished as a result of increased productive capacity, expanding trade networks, and innovations in agriculture and manufacturing.

• Champa rice

  §§ Transportation

  innovations, like the

  Grand Canal expansion

  §§ Steel and iron

  production

  §§ Textiles and porcelains

  for export

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

  • Muslim states and empires encouraged significant intellectual innovations and transfers

  • Advances in

    mathematics (Nasir

    al-Din al-Tusi)

    Advances in literature

    ('A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah)

    Advances in medicine

    Transfers:

    Preservation and

    commentaries on

    Greek moral and

    natural philosophy

    House of Wisdom in

    Abbasid Bagdad

    Scholarly and cultural

    transfers in Muslim and

    Christian Spain

  • Unit 1

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

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    Europe was largely an agricultural society

    dependent on free and coerced labor,

    including serfdom.

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    Unit 1

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

    • Empires and states in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity in the 13th century. This included the Song Dynasty of China, which utilized traditional methods of Confucianism and an imperial bureaucracy to maintain and justify its rule.

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

    • State formation and development

      demonstrated continuity, innovation, and

      diversity, including the new Hindu and

      Buddhist states that emerged in South

      and Southeast Asia.

    • Vijayanagara Empire

      §§ Srivijaya Empire

      §§ Rajput kingdoms

      §§ Khmer Empire

      §§ Majapahit

      §§ Sukhothai kingdom

      §§ Sinhala dynasties

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

    • In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, and expanded in scope and reach.

    • Maya city-states

      §§ Mexica

      §§ Inca

      §§ Chaco

      §§ Mesa Verde

      §§ Cahokia

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

    • In Africa, as in Eurasia and the Americas, state

      systems demonstrated continuity, innovation,

      and diversity and expanded in scope and reach.

    • Great Zimbabwe

      §§ Ethiopia

      §§ Hausa kingdoms

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

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    Europe was politically fragmented and

    characterized by decentralized monarchies,

    feudalism, and the manorial system