Virginia Military Institute 

Department of History 

 

World History 103                                                                                          Col. R.M. Sheldon             

Fall 2012 

 

                         

Study Guide – Third Hourly

The third hourly will take place, on Monday November 12th during class time as announced on the syllabus. The test will cover chapters 12-17, and will consist of four (4) parts: 

1.  Fill in.        5 fill-ins.         20% 

2.  Multiple choice.  10 multiple choice questions.     10% 

3.  Geography. Fill in  10 questions    10% 

4.  Essay.         One out of three essays.                       60% 

The questions on the essay will come from the following topics: 

1. The spread of cosmopolitan Islamic culture under the Islamic Empires. 

2. The diversity of African culture from the  8^th to the 16^th centuries.   

3. The success of the Mongol invasions and their cultural impacts. 

4. The main features and achievements of Europe in the High Middle Ages. 

Map Terms 

Sind                                                     Sahara Desert                                      Arabia 

Damascus                                            Iraq                                                      Afghanistan 

Baghdad                                              Spain                                                   Anatolia 

Egypt                                                   India                                                    Bukhara 

Persia                                                  Ghazni                                                 Delhi 

Funan                                                   Vietnam                                               Mekong River 

Isthmus of Kra                                     Isfahan                                                 Cambodia 

Angkor                                    Khmer State                                         Sumatra 

Srivijaya                                             China                                                   Borobodur 

Java                                                     Chola                                                   Ghana 

Ethiopia                                               Spain                                                   al-Andalus 

Cordoba                                              Granada                                               Seville 

Timbuktu                                             Lepanto                                               Mali 

Songhai                                               Axum                                                   Zanzibar 

Kilwa                                                  Mombasa                                             Malindi 

Mogadishu                                           Zimbabwe                                           Japan 

Chang’an                                             Beijing                                                Kaifeng 

Manchuria                                           Khyber Pass                                        Korea 

Nara                                                    Kyoto                                                  Mongolia 

Iberia                                                   Jerusalem                                            Constantinople 

Genoa                                                  Venice                                                 Paris 

Avignon                                               Florence                                              Samarkand