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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Chapter 13 Guided Reading

A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 13
“Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200 – 1500”
Terms
1. Tropics
2. Monsoons
3. Ecosystems
4. Bilad al-sudan
5. Dhow
6. Swahili
7. Urdu
8. Junks (describe at this time)

Places
9. Niger River
10. Indus River
11. The Ganges
12. Mekong River
13. Swahili Coast
14. Strait of Malacca
15. Mogadishu
16. Kilwa
17. Aden
18. Malabar Coast
19. Malacca
20. Timbuktu

Empires / Kingdoms
21. Delhi Sultanate
22. Mali Empire
23. Kanem-Bornu
24. Gujarat
25. Bahmani Kingdom
26. Vijayanagar Empire
27. Great Zimbabwe

Individuals / Peoples
28. Muhammad ibn Ab-dullah ibn Battuta
29. Sundiata
30. Mansa Kankan Musa
31. Mansa Suleiman
32. Sultan Iltutmish
33. Sultan Raziya

Important Events
34. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage

Questions to Outline:
1. What is a tropical environment? Explain the different ecosystems contained in the tropical areas of Africa and Asia and what climatic factors control them.
2. Why were metalworking and food-producing systems important to tropical peoples?
3. Outline the events of the arrival of Islam into India – be specific and thorough.
4. The Indian Ocean trade was the world’s richest maritime trading network. Why was it important and how did it develop? What technologies made the trade network a success? Did Islam play a role? Why could it be described as “decentralized and cooperative”? Be sure to include the various goods, peoples, and lands involved.
5. How and why did the roles and status of tropical women change between 1200 and 1500?
6. What were the three major factors that caused social and cultural changes in the lives of tropical peoples from 1200 to 1500? Provide detailed descriptions for each of the three factors.
7. The people who lived in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia both affected and were affected by their natural environments. In what ways were those people shaped by their environments? In what ways did they participate in actively shaping their environments?

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