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AP World History Mr. Lewis Unit 2 (600 B.C.E to 600 C.E) Key Concepts and IDs for Chapters 5-7

For each key concept below, create a separate page for reading notes. As you read the chapters, take notes with the keys as your guide. Notice key words, themes, ideas, and specific examples relating to the Key Concepts and any other information you feel may help your understanding. You should try to incorporate the IDs listed on the second page into your responses. Write and number the key concepts at the top of the page and create bullets below. This assignment MUST BE TYPED. It must be in Times New Roman 12-point font. It will not be accepted otherwise. You will need at least 10 bullet points for each concept. At least 5 of the bullet points must come from your textbook. Put the page number(s) at the end of the bullet point in parenthesis. If you respond to the Key Concept from another source, e.g. Internet, cite the source at the end of the bullet point. You may have no more than 3 bullets from Wikipedia. One-word bullets are not acceptable. THESE MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Do not copy your answer from the book, a website, or other resource. Take the ideas you find and put them in your words.

1. The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by imposing political unity on areas where previously there had been competing states. Focus on the Roman Empire for this concept.

2. Christianity arose under Roman rule, and although initially reviled, it eventually flourished, in large part as a result of the policies of Emperor Constantine.

3. Both China and India experienced major political developments that gave rise to powerful empires. Include discussion of Qin, Han, Mauryan and Gupta.

4. Empires and states developed new techniques of imperial administration based, in part, on the success of earlier political forms. Focus on administrative institutions such as centralized governments and elaborate legal systems and bureaucracies.

5. Across Asia there emerged land and sea trade networks that fostered transfer of goods and ideas. Land and water routes became the basis for transregional trade, communication, and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6. The Roman, Han, Persian, Mauryan, and Gupta empires created political, cultural, and administrative difficulties that they could not manage, which eventually led to their decline, collapse, and transformation into successor empires or states.

7. Sub-Saharan Africa was an isolated region with many separate societies, each with their own political and social characteristics, until the migration of the Bantu peopled provided cultural unity.

8. New technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange. Chapters 5-7 IDs Terms, names, events and places

Each of the following will be identified in YOUR OWN WORDS. Do not copy from the book. Translate the academic language into your own words. This assignment must be typed.

Aqueduct Augustus Ashoka Byzantine Empire Chang’an Constantine Han Jati Jesus Judaism Gentry Gupta Empire Karma Mahyana Buddhism Mauryan Empire Monsoon Patron/client relationship Pax Romana Persian Empire Qin Roman Republic Romanization Sasanid Empire Shi Huangdi Silk Road Steppes Stirrup Theravada Buddhism Third-century crisis Trans-Saharan trade Varna