AP WORLD HISTORY

GUIDING QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible. These

represent the key concepts you need to know for the AP Exam. If there is something
you cannot find in the book, look it up online. In lieu of taking reading notes for
these chapters, you will create Cornell Notes using the questions below.

Chapter 27

1. In what ways did the Ming return Chinese rule and culture to China?
2. What are examples of monumental building used by Ming rulers to legitimize
their power?
3. What factors led to the decline of the Ming?
4. What are examples of peasant revolts faced by the Ming dynasty?
5. Explain the expansion of territory under the Qing Dynasty? Where did they
expand?
6. How did Neo-Confucianism expand and influence cultural developments in
China?
7. Which new group in Chinese society became the elites during the Qing
Dynasty? How did they maintain their position in society?
8. How did the Manchu rulers treat the Chinese?
9. Why did the Qing rulers continue to use the civil service exam?
10. How did patriarchal practices increase during the Qing Dynasty?
11. What led to the increase in agricultural production? What role did this play
in China’s territorial expansion?
12. What causes the intensification of silk textile production in China during this
period? What effects does this have?
13. How did trade lead to changes in China?
14. Explain the social classes in China during this period.
15. How did economic growth influence the development of culture in China?
16. What are examples of popular culture in China?
17. What impact did Christians have on China during this period?
18. Why didn’t Christianity gain a significant following in China?
19. How did Tokugawa Ieyasu bring about the unification of Japan?
20. How did the power of the daimyo in Japan change during this period?
21. How were the daimyo controlled?
22. Why were samurai given salaries?
23. What major social changes occurred in Japan?
24. How did Neo-Confucianism influence Japan and its culture?
25. What are examples art and culture that developed in Japan? What made this
patronage possible?
26. Explain the relationship between Christians and Tokugawa Japan.
27. How did the Dutch influence Japan?
 AP WORLD HISTORY
GUIDING QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible. These

represent the key concepts you need to know for the AP Exam. If there is something
you cannot find in the book, look it up online. In lieu of taking reading notes for
these chapters, you will create Cornell Notes using the questions below.

Chapter 28

1. How and when was the Ottoman Empire founded?

2. Explain the territorial gains made by the Ottomans. Discuss what made this
possible.
3. What were the major accomplishments of Mehmed the Conqueror?
4. What were the major accomplishments of Suleyman the Magnificent?
5. Explain the rise of the Safavid empire in Persia.
6. What was Twelver Shiism? How was Shiism used to legitimize power in the
Safavid Empire?
7. How did rivalries between Sunnis and Shias intensify during this period?
Which areas were Sunni and which areas were Shia?
8. What conflicts occurred between the Ottomans and the Safavids?
9. Explain the territorial gains made by the Mughals under Babur and Akbar.
10. How were religious minorities treated under Mughal rulers before
Aurangzeb?
11. How did Aurangzeb’s policies differ? Give details.
12. What were similarities in the creation of the three Islamic empires?
13. How did Ottoman rulers attempt to solve the problems of succession?
14. What role did royal women play in politics?
15. What led to growth in trade and agriculture?
16. Which major ports did Europeans establish or control in Islamic territories?
What goods were traded with European merchants?
17. Explain the relationship between Mughal rulers and European trading
companies.
18. What causes the intensification of cotton textile production in India during
this period? What effects does this have?
19. What is Sikhism and how did it develop in India?
20. What religious challenges did India face?
21. How were non-Muslim subjects in the Ottoman Empire treated?
22. What are examples art and culture sponsored by Islamic rulers? What made
this patronage possible?
23. What led to the decline of imperial leadership in the three empires?
24. What is devshirme? Why did the Ottomans use the practice of devshirme?
25. How did the power of the zamindars change in the Mughal Empire?
26. What led to economic decline in the Islamic empires?
27. What led to the military decline in the Islamic empires?
28. What role did culture play in the decline of Islamic empires? Give examples
of conservative policies that negatively impacted these empires.
29. What are examples of peasant revolts during this period?