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persia_chart_3_classical_civs.doc

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Maurya Empire
Middle kingdoms of India
silk road
Chola dynasty
Hellenistic period
Buddhism
Hinduism
India
Civilization
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
Greco-Buddhism

CIVILIZATION: Classical Civilization China Time period Zhou Dynasty- 1029-221 BCE Qin Dynasty- 221-202 BCE Han Dynasty- 202 BCE- 220 CE Geographic Description Located on the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Expanding dynasties. Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River; extended westward along Silk road during Emperor Wudi?s reign. P Used the Mandate of Heaven and dynastic cycle for the rise and fall of dynasties. Government was feudalism where local lords governed; given land and in return provided military service to their leader. Confucius theorized on the structure of the gov?t but his teachings were not widely accepted until Han; Laozi also criticized chaos Shi Huangdi a strong, autocratic leader.

persia_chart_2_river_valleys.doc

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Civilizations
Fertile Crescent
Ancient Near East
Mesopotamia
Geography of Iraq
Irrigation
Harappa
Vedic period
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Euphrates
Nile
Hinduism

Mesopotamia Egypt Indus Shang China Time period 3500 BCE 3200 BCE 2500 BCE 1650 BCE Geographic Description Tigris and Euphrates river flooding Few natural barriers Invasions and trade caused city-states to initially develop Nile River. Predictable floods. Natural barriers like desert. People settled on one side of river; other side reserved for religion; led to centralization Indus river and later Ganges Violent flooding due to seasonal monssons Buffered by the foothills of the Hindu Kush Mts although Arynas found a pass (Kyber Pass) Huang He (Yellow) and Yangtze rivers. Unpredictable flooding ?River of Sorrows? Natural barriers led to geographic isolation..Middle Kingdom. River meandered so it caused decentralized feudalism P Made organized city-states.

persia_chart_1_paleo_and_neo.doc

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Sociocultural evolution
Cultural anthropology
Neolithic
Fertile Crescent
Archaeological theory
neolithic revolution
Domestication
Civilization
Nomad
Pastoralism
Hunter-gatherer
agriculture

CIVILIZATION Paleolithic/Neolithic Periods Time Period P: Generally accepted to start around 2 Million years ago and ended at Neolithic?s start N: Began About 12,000 Yrs ago (10,000BCE), ended at the start of the river valley civilizations Geographic Description P: There were shifts in the Earth?s climate which at time included ice ages. Early people began to migrate in search of food (followed wild herds);nomads hunted and gathered food N: Ice sheets rescinded and in the more temperate zones, domestication of plants and animals occurred with the 1st area being the Middle East; farming spread along similar line of latitude Political: P:

Chapter 24 AP World History Outline

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Edwardian era
Afrikaner people
Racism
Second Boer War
South Africa
Orange Free State
British Empire
Colonialism
Dutch Empire
Miscegenation
Dutch East India Company
Boer

Chapter 24 Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order I. Introduction A. Change in Europe?s relationship with world 1. Change in goods ? no longer spices/mfg goods, but natural resources for machines 2. Trade balance shifts a. Need for markets for Europe mfg products b. 1840 exported more than imported ? finally, people want to buy Europe stuff 3. Reasons for expansion a. Missionaries no longer state sponsored i. Europe no longer threatened by anyone b. European rivalries now fueled expansion 4. Ability to control empire a. Industrialization gave Europe power to control center b. Steamships/railways put everyone in reach of European landgrab II. The Shift to Land Empires in Asia A. Introduction

Chapter 24 AP World History Outline

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Edwardian era
Afrikaner people
Racism
Second Boer War
South Africa
Orange Free State
British Empire
Colonialism
Dutch Empire
Miscegenation
Dutch East India Company
Boer

Chapter 24 Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order I. Introduction A. Change in Europe?s relationship with world 1. Change in goods ? no longer spices/mfg goods, but natural resources for machines 2. Trade balance shifts a. Need for markets for Europe mfg products b. 1840 exported more than imported ? finally, people want to buy Europe stuff 3. Reasons for expansion a. Missionaries no longer state sponsored i. Europe no longer threatened by anyone b. European rivalries now fueled expansion 4. Ability to control empire a. Industrialization gave Europe power to control center b. Steamships/railways put everyone in reach of European landgrab II. The Shift to Land Empires in Asia A. Introduction

Chapter 5 AP World History Outline

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federalism
Papal encyclicals
Catholic social teaching
Cybernetics
European Union law
Subsidiarity
Laudato si'
Attachment theory
Pope Francis

Michelle Zayas Catholic Social Teaching 10/26/2015 Chapter 5a #2 Subsidiarity ? Different parts of our society, or in this case, let?s just say city, should come together to do the best possible good for everyone who lives here. Those who are helping should live here, and not those people (or authorities) who run things in politics (like politicians in Austin or even Washington, D.C.) I believe that anyone can understand this idea one you simplify it. The word subsidiarity, if not fully understood, sounds like something that only happens in higher government and can only be handled through them. #6

Chapter 20 AP World History Outline

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African slave trade
Racism
slavery
Atlantic slave trade
Black British history
Slavery in Africa
Abolitionism
middle passage
Black people
Slavery in the colonial United States
Slavery in Brazil

Chapter 20 Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade I. Introduction A. Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua ? symbol of slavery 1. Muslim trader > African slavery > African slave trade > Missionary B. Impact of outsiders on Africa 1. Islam first, then African developed at own pace, West had big impact C. Influence of Europe 1. Path of Africa becomes linked to European world economy 2. Diaspora ? mass exodus of people leaving homeland 3. Slave trade dominated interactions 4. Not all of Africa affected to the same degree D. Effects of global interactions 1. Forced movement of Africans improved Western economies 2. Transfer of African culture > adapted to create new culture 3. Most of African still remained politically independent

Chapter 17 AP World History Outline

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18th-century philosophy
Age of Enlightenment
Secularism
American Revolution

Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization ? sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 ? series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 ? Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial economy

Chapter 17 AP World History Outline

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Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization ? sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 ? series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 ? Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial economy

Chapter 16 AP World History Outline

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Racism
Slavery in the United States
Cultural geography
Atlantic slave trade
Black British history
British Empire
slavery
Colonialism
American Revolution
Dutch East India Company
Mercantilism
Economy

Chapter 16 The World Economy I. Introduction A. What are consequences of? 1. Voyages of Columbus 2. Exploration of Europeans 3. Empires built by European conquerors/missionaries B. Consequences 1. Power shift 2. Redefinition of interchange D. Patterns of diffusion 1. Classical ? developing regional economies/cultures ? Medit./China a. External conflicts existed, but not that important 2. Postclassical Era ? contacts increase a. Missionary religions spread b. Interregional trade key component of economies ? bet. continents c. Some regions dominated trade ? Muslims then Mongols 3. 1450-1750 ? Eve of the Early Modern Period a. New areas of world brought into global community ? Americas b. Rate of global trade increased ? Southeast Asia

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