WAYS of the WORLD AP WORLD HISTORY WORKSHEET CHAPTER SEVEN

“Civilizations and Encounters During the Third-Wave Era” 600-1450

NAME ________________________________________________

1) What “Second-Wave States” declined or collapsed between 200 and 800?

2) In the centuries between 600 and 1450, what two large-scale processes “occupied center
stage”?

3) What entirely new civilizations arose during these years?

4) The new civilizations that developed in Western Europe (post 476) combined elements of which
(two) previous civilizations?

5) The single most influential Third Wave Civilization was ____________________.

6) What was the role of the Byzantine Empire during the years under discussion?

7) Which three Chinese dynasties restored Imperial unity and Confucian traditions?

8) Which two Western Hemisphere states rose to influence during these years?

9) What were four routes of long-distance trade?

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10) What is the (rather obvious) inherent danger for empires “constructed on the basis of resources
derived from long-distance commerce”?

11) What were three “cosmopolitan urban centers” made possible by large-scale empires and long-
distance trade?

12) The years 750-900 represent the flourishing of the _______________ Caliphate.

13) Timur’s conquests span the years 1370 - _________.

14) The years 711 – 718 represent the Islamic (Ummayad) conquest of what lands?

15) In 1099, what city was captured by Christian soldiers?

16) What Sultanate was established in India (1296)? ___________________

17) In 1258 the Mongols overran what city? ___________

18) The Ottomans captured what city in 1453? ____________