Chapter 11 GSPRITE

Geography:

-Location of Incan and Aztec Territories

-Capital Cities

Social:

-Both Incan and Aztecs had socially diverse civilizations

-Total population of post-classical America?  How did it compare to the “Old World”?

-Constant raiding and warfare in lead to complex social stratification for the Aztecs

-As empire grows, so does the gap between rich and poor (Aztecs)

Political:

Both had complex government systems

Both allowed for diversity as long as authority was respected

Aztecs= city-states

Inca= Empire

Split Inheritance (Inca)

Incan Socialism

Religious:

-Both Polytheistic and had human sacrifice

-Both worshipped the sun as a primary god

-Both had Male and Female deities

Intellectual/ Technology:

The Americas develop separate from the “Old World”

How did the Aztecs view the Toltecs?

Which society develops system of writing?

Cyclical calendars?  How does this support their view of history?

Chinampas (Aztec)

Mummification of the dead (Inca)

Extensive roads and terraced farm fields (Inca)

Economic:

Both had government controlled economies

Specialized merchant class (Aztecs)

Tribute divided up among upper-class (Aztec)

Chapter 11 Notes

Buddhism Breakdown

If you are completing a re-write of the Buddhism DBQ please feel free to view the following notes while you are working.  All re-writes are due on Friday 11/2.

Chapter 9+10 GSPRITE

Byzantine Empire

Geography- Where was empire?

Eastern European Empire

Balkan Peninsula/ Asia Minor/ Southern Russia

Social

Official language was Greek

Large merchant class that had no access to gov’t

People encouraged to join military for land

Political

Capital at Constantinople

Survived for almost 1000 years

Justinian and the outcomes of his wars

Biggest threat was Muslims from Arabia/ Seljuk Turks

Mongolians attacking Russia

Religious

Developed Orthodox Christianity

Iconoclasm

Celibacy of priests

Intellectual

Slavic Alphabet=Cyrillic

Technologies

Greek Fire

Economics

Luxury products

Western Europe

Geography

Holy Roman Empire

Social

Manorialism

Scandinavian Invaders=Vikings

Structure of Feudalism

Life of a serf?

Political

Where could the first feudal monarchies be found (England)

Religious

Powers of the papacy

Investiture (who could appoint bishops)

Results of crusades

Intellectual

Scholasticism

Technology

Moldboard

Three-field system

Gothic architecture

Economics

Merchant guilds..what did they do

Chapter 9+10 Notes

Tips for your upcoming DBQ essay

Remember these tips:

-Your thesis can stand alone as your introduction paragraph.  Remember to keep it to one or two sentences.

-You can cite documents really easy in your paper by stating the document number (ex: In doc #4 the author………….)

-Grouping of documents is a point on the basic core rubric for this essay.  Paragraphs are an easy way to distinguish a group.  Never “list” documents in an essay from 1-6.  It will result in no points for the grouping category.

-Although they can appear anywhere in the essay (except for the thesis), additional documents (missing docs) can be easily placed at the end of the essay as a conclusion.  Remember to follow up with WHY you would like to hear from the missing source.

-If you are not addressing the author of a document, you are not addressing P.O.V.  Many people just state what the author said in their document.  You need to go one step further and figure out WHY they produced the document in this particular manner.

Chapter 8 GSPRITE

*Note- Test will be on Tuesday......not Monday as it states on the schedule.

Geography

First area of Africa to convert to Islam?

Sahel- Where and what is it?

Know where each empire is located (north, west, east or interior of Africa)

Zanj

Social

Griot

Social structure of empires- especially slaves and anything unusual (example…caste system, griots, etc.)

Demography

Political

Islam has the largest influence on North Africa

“Stateless” society

Downfall of empires (especially in the west)

Hausa

Zimbabwe

Kingdom of the Kongo

Nok

Religious

Indigenous religion of Africa?

Christian Kingdom= Ethiopia

Why is Islam so popular in many areas (think politically)

Intellectual/ Technology

Slavery in Islamic society-How was it different from elsewhere?

Swahili

Systems of writing where we have monotheism

Economy

East African trade- Products and where were shipments going?

Islam arrival=boost in economy

Slave trade increases

Chapter 8 Power-point

Chapter 6+7 GSPRITE Review

Geography:

Which areas of the World did Islam spread?

Social:

Bedouin- What did pre-Islamic society look like?

Women in Bedouin, Umayyad and Abbasid society?

Citizenship in the Umayyad Empire?

Political:

Leaders of Bedouin clans?

Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?

Where did the empires establish their political centers?

Decline of the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?

Result of Civil wars/ death of al-Rashid

Impact of the Crusades on Europe and the Islamic world?

Why was first crusade successful?

Religious:

Bedouin religion?

5 Pillars

Death of Muhammad?

Caliph

Conversion to Islam (why slow at times)?

Sunni, Sh’ia and Sufi

Other Monotheistic religions in Islamic territory?

Differences between Islam and Hinduism?

Who in India is most likely to convert?

Religion of the Seljuk Turks?

Why is there seclusion and veiling of women in Islamic society?

Intellectual/ Technology

What does Islam mean?

Muslim scholars preserve the knowledge of the Roman and Greek scholars

Ka’ba

Ummah

What does the Islamic world get from India as a result of conquest?

Language adopted by the late Abbasid court?

Cities during the Abbasid Empire?

Economy:

What happens to the economy during the Abbasid period?

Disruption of agriculture in Abbasid period?

Chapter 6+7 Notes