AP World 1.3-1.5

Although India was fractured politically in this era, its people were unified by

• Islam

• Hinduism

• socialism

• a shared hatred of Mongols

• monotheism

In the early 13th century, Islamic forces invaded northern India and set up the

• Dehli Sultanate

• Mamluk Sultanate

• Persian Empire

• new religion combining Hindu & Muslim beliefs

• Vijayanagara Empire

People in India converted to Islam because

• they were threatened with their lives

• there was no existing dominant religion in India

• for financial reasons or to escape the caste system

• they wanted to visit Mecca

• to appease their Mongol rulers

The Bhakti Movement

• emphasized a personal relationship with Allah

• occurred mainly in the Middle East

• was a spiritual movement that emphasized connecting with one Hindu god

• emphasized loyalty to your ruler

• was an example of Buddhism influencing Hinduism

Empires such as the Khmer in Southeast Asia reflected the influence of

• Hindu and Buddhist culture

• trade with China

• their Mongol rulers

• the Dehli Sultanate

• the Trans-Saharan trade

In the Americas, the Mississippian people were known for

• human sacrifices

• mound building

• huge defensive walls

• gold mining

• technology such as the printing press

The main form of Mayan government was

• democracy

• totalitarianism

• city-states

• anarchy (no government)

• oligarchy

The Mayans would best be described as

• primitive hunter-gatherers

• a class consisting of mainly warriors

• innovative, especially in math and astronomy

• strictly monotheistic

• people who lived after the Aztecs and Incas

All of these are true of the Aztecs EXCEPT

• they worshipped many gods (polytheism)

• they worshipped one main God (monotheism)

• their government was a theocracy (rule by religious laws)

• they included human sacrifices in their ceremonies

• they built huge pyramids and temples to their gods

Animism was a common factor in the Inca and other Native American tribes. This means

• humans must be killed to appease the gods

• they believe there is no afterlife

• elements in the physical world have supernatural powers

• men could take multiple wives

• they were nomadic