<p>Name______Period ______</p><p>Walker AP World History Ch 5 Reading Study Guide #1 P. 104-113</p><p>1. What body of water was vital to trade during the Classical Era? Why?</p><p>2. What striking similarities are found between Buddhism and Christianity?</p><p>3. How long did the Guptas (India) last after the Fall of Rome? What was their economic orientation?</p><p>4. What three big issues does Stearns identify as central to the fall of the Classical Civilizations? </p><p>5. Why were the activities of integration & expansion vital for all three of the Classical Civilizations?</p><p>Timeline P. 100</p><p>8. When did the Han Dynasty begin to decline? ______9. When did Rome begin to decline? ______</p><p>10. When did the Huns invade India? ______11. When did Rome officially “Fall”? ______</p><p>12. Identify each “seminal thinker” found in the major classical civilizations (550-400 BCE).</p><p>China: India: Mediterranean: </p><p>13. How did China attempt to integrate their territories and societies?</p><p>14. How did India attempt to integrate their territories and societies?</p><p>15. How did Greece/Rome attempt to integrate their territories and societies? (Particularly Roman Empire)</p><p>16. Briefly describe the rise of the Kingdom of Kush and its successors. </p><p>(Read Thinking Historically: Nomads & Cross-Civilization Contacts and Exchanges Pg. 108-109) </p><p>18. What other groups played roles as intermediaries between civilizations in early global history?</p><p>19. What features of the nomads' culture and society rendered them ideal agents for cultural diffusion?</p><p>20. Briefly describe the rise of early civilization in Japan. </p><p>21. Describe the advance of early civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. </p><p>22. What earlier Eastern Hemisphere civilizations can we compare the Western Hemisphere cultures?</p><p>23. What was Island migration of agricultural peoples to territories in the Pacific like? Pg. 112</p><p>23. Who were the Yellow Turbans and what was the outcome of their political program?</p><p>23. Why did China simply have a ‘revival’ of civilization under the Sui/Tang Dynasties unlike the case of Rome?</p><p>24. Who were the Rajput?</p><p>25. Why Hinduism progress at this time in India?</p><p>26. Why did the caste system remain important in India after the Classical Era? Pg. 113</p><p>1</p>