AP World Modern Exam Prep - The Blitz

Religions

• Hinduism:
  • Location: Not specified.
  • Figure: Not specified.
  • Belief: Believes in reincarnation.
• Buddhism:
  • Location: India (South Asia).
  • Figure: Not specified.
  • Beliefs:
    • Believes in reincarnation.
    • The Four Noble Truths:
      • Life is suffering.
      • Suffering arises from craving.
      • Suffering ceases when craving ceases.
• Islam:
  • Location: Arabian Peninsula.
  • Figure: Not specified.
  • Belief: Not specified.
• Christianity:
  • Location: Roman Empire.
  • Figure: Not specified.
  • Belief: Not specified.
• Confucianism:
  • Location: China (East Asia).
  • Figure: Not specified.
  • Belief: A philosophy that taught human society is hierarchical by nature.

Trade Routes

• Silk Road:
  • Good: Not specified.
  • Transportation: Not specified.
  • City: Not specified.
  • Culture: Not specified.
  • Fact: Not specified.
• Indian Ocean:
  • Good: Not specified.
  • Transportation: Not specified.
  • City: Not specified.
  • Culture: Not specified.
  • Fact: Not specified.
• Sahara Desert:
  • Good: Not specified.
  • Transportation: Not specified.
  • City: Not specified.
  • Culture: Not specified.
  • Fact: Not specified.

Post-Classical Terms

• Serfs:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Pax Mongolica:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Civil Service Exam:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Caravanserai:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Bushido:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• The Bubonic Plague:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Chinampas:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Quipu:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Champa Rice:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.

Summaries (5 sentences each)

• European arrival in the Americas: Not specified.
• European impact on Indigenous people: Not specified.

Early Modern Era Terms

• Janissaries:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Jizya Tax:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• The Taj Mahal:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Shia Islam:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Mercantilism:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Mit’a:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Triangular Trade:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Caravel:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.
• Smallpox:
  • Definition: Not specified.
  • Connection to location: Not specified.

Early Modern Figures

• Christopher Columbus: Not specified.
• Zheng He: Not specified.
• Johannes Gutenberg: Not specified.
• Martin Luther: Not specified.
• John Locke: Not specified.
• Hernan Cortes: Not specified.
• Peter the Great: Not specified.
• King Afonso of Congo: Not specified.
• Akbar the Great: Not specified.
• Suleiman the Magnificent: Not specified.

Summaries (5 sentences each)

• Haitian Revolution (causes and results): Not specified.
• South American Revolution (causes and results): Not specified.
• Industrial Revolution (causes and results): Not specified.
• French Revolution (causes and results): Not specified.

Modern Era Terms

• Steam Engine:
  *Definition: Steam engines were a key technology during the Industrial Revolution and were widely used in trains, ships, and factories.
  *Connection to location: Not specified.
• Capitalism:
  *Definition: In capitalism, people try to make a profit by selling goods or services, and prices are usually decided by supply and demand.
  *Connection to location: Not specified.
• Communism:
  *Definition: Government owns all property and controls all businesses. Everything is equally shared so there are no rich or poor people.
  *Connection to location: Not specified.
• White Man’s Burden:
  *Definition: This phrase came from a poem by Rudyard Kipling in 1899. White Europeans had a duty to “help” or “civilize” people in other parts of the world
  *Connection to location: Africa and Asia.
• Opium Wars:
  *Definition: Two wars in the 1800s between China and Britain. British traders were selling opium in China and the Chinese government wanted to put a stop it.
  *Connection to location: Chian and Britian
• Sepoy Rebellion:
  *Definition: 1857 Rebellion by Indian Soldiers against the British East India Company. It was started because of unfair treatment.
  *Connection to location:Not specified.