AP World History: 2.
5 Study Guide Name:
1. Buddhism combined with Daoism in China to make _____ Buddhism. zen
2. The syncretic belief of _____ spread from China to Korea and Japan. neo Confucianism
Intro Video
Questions 3. Merchants introduced the Islamic faith and the _____ language to East Africa. Swahili
(Heimler)
4. _____ became a bustling city in China thanks to the diverse merchants. Hangzhou
5. The travels of _____ sparked many Europeans’ interest in Asia. Marco polo
Cultural Consequences of Trade
Objective My Questions Your Answers
Explain the 1. What greatly contributed to the free the stablility of the Mongol empire and the
intellectual exchange of goods and ideas in the period c. protection it offered merchants and
and cultural 1200 to c. 1450? travelers
effects of the
various 2. What impact did religions have as they religion served to unify people
networks of
spread into new areas?
exchange in
Afro-Eurasia
from c. 1200 justified a kingdoms leadership
to c. 1450.
influenced literary and artistic culture.
5. What contributed to the popularity of monks related Buddhism to Daoist priciples
Buddhism in China?
Buddhist doctrines fused with elements with Daoist
traditions to create zen buddhism
7. What states outside of China also adopted japan korea
Vietnam
Neo-Confucianism?
8. To what Southeast Asian kingdoms did
srivijaya khmer
Hinduism spread from c. 1200 to c. 1450?
9. To what Southeast Asian kingdoms did majapahit sinhala khmer
Buddhism spread from c. 1200 to c. 1450?
What impact did Islam 10. Africa? deepening Islam ties through pilgrimage to mecca
have on…
12. South Asia? Islam attracted lower caste Hindus
14. Southeast Asia? combined local traditions
15. Explain the importance of Islamic scholars.
they translated Greek literary classics to Arabic
16. How did China inadvertently contribute to an paper making reached Europe from china
increase in European literacy?
17. Explain how ONE seafaring technology seafaring technology improved magnetic
contributed to an increase in trade.
compass which increased trade
18. The Chinese city of Hangzhou was very novgorod timbuktu calicut
similar to what other cities in its focus on the russia africa india
exchange of goods and culture?
19. What explains the popularity of cities like they were both the center of Islamic
scholarship, bustling markets, and source for
Kashgar and Samarkand?
fresh water and plentiful food for merchants
traveling the silk roads
20. Explain the collapse of Constantinople. The collapse lead to the bubonic plague
which killed half the people in
Constantinople
What effect did the 21. Positive? knowledge of the world beyond Western
Crusades have on Europe increased
Europe?
23. Negative? Opened them up to diseases such as plague
24. How did Europeans initially react to Marco They refused to believe him
Polo’s description of China?
25. How did the travels of Ibn Battuta compare they both spoke and spread their experience
to that of Marco Polo?
26. Why is Margery Kempe’s account so unique? it is a firsthand account of a middle class
medieval woman's life
