AP Edition The Earth and its People: A Global History Fifth Edition

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 13 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details TROPICAL LANDS AND PEOPLES The Tropical Environment -The environment of tropical Africa and Asia is governed by wind patterns across oceans and the resulting rainfall -Deserts and rain forests mark the extreme climate variations in these regions, while mountain ranges produce further variations Ibn Battuta-Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time Tropics-equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Monsoon-seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean waters

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 12 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE RISE OF THE MONGOLS, 1200-1260 Nomadism in Central and Inner Asia -The society of the nomadic Mongols functioned through kinship and tribute ties, in which women often played important roles Mongols-a people of this name mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia Genghis Khan-the title of Tem?jin when he ruled the Mongols (r. 1206-1227) Nomadism-a way of life, forced by a scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water -The Mongol Empire owed much of its success to the cultural institutions and political traditions of the Eurasian Steppes and deserts

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 8 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM The Arabian Peninsula Before Muhammad -Islam emerged among the nomadic pastoralists and caravan traders if the Arabian peninsula -Mecca grew as a caravan city and pilgrimage site identified with Jewish and Christian stories Mecca-city in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and ritual center of the Islamic religion -The Arabs of 600 C.E. lived exclusively in the Arabian peninsula and on the desert fringes of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq -More people subsisted as farms than pastoralists -Inlets along the southern coast favored fishing and trading communities

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 10 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE SUI AND TANG EMPIRES, 581-755 Buddhism and the Tang Empire -After the period of disunity following the fall of the Han, China was united under the Sui and followed the Tang the tang with its founder Li Shimin Grand Canal-the 1,100-mile waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers Li Shimin-one of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor (r. 626-649) Tang Empire-empire unifying China and part of Central Asia, founded 618 and ended 907

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 7 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE SILK ROAD Origins and Operations -The rise of the Parthian kingdom helped foster the Silk Road, a route by which Chinese products were exchanged with goods from the Mediterranean regions -General Zhang led expeditions that established the route from China through Central Asia Silk Road-caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran Parthians-Iranians ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. -The Seleucid kings focused their energies on Mesopotamia and Syria which allowed an Iranian nomadic leader to establish an independent kingdom of a people called Parthians in northeastern Iran