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French II Honors – Complete the Activités pour Tous exercises in preparation for the test on Thurs. Ch2 vocab list and 8 sentence summary for Le Voyage de sa Vie is due Friday.

Remember you can earn extra credit for the quiz by going to classzone.com and taking the review quiz online and earning an 18/20.

APWH – Complete the Ch.8 Discussion questions, vocab, and reading questions for tomorrow. Ch7-8 Test will be Monday (not Friday). Questions are included below:
APWH CH.7 Study Guide II

1. Identify several literary figures from the Abbasid Empire.
2. Describe the Sufi movement within Islam.
3. What is the ulama?
4. Who conquered Baghdad in 1258?
5. Describe the political center of Islam after the Mongol invasions.
6. How do Hinduism and Islam differ?
7. When did the Muslims first raid India?
8. Discuss cultural advancements made by Muslims after contact with Indian civilization.
9. Who was Mahmud of Ghazni? Muhammad of Ghur?
10. Who was responsible for the conversions of Indians to Islam?
11. Who was most likely to convert to Islam in India?
12. Discuss the Islamic religion that developed in Southeast Asia

APWH CH 8 Discussion questions

1. What do the authors describe as the “common elements” in African societies?
2. How did Islam originally enter Africa?
3. What were the Sudanic states and how were they organized?
4. How did Islam and the beliefs of indigenous societies fuse among African peoples?
5. What was the connection between East Africa and Islam?
6. Where did cultures in Africa develop that were NOT affected by Islam? What was the nature of their organization?
7. Why do the authors spend more time talking about cultures introduced into Africa than about indigenous African cultures?
8. Discuss and map the spread of Islam into Africa and its cultural effect.
9. Compare and contrast the Islamic effect on India and SE Asia with that on sub-Saharan Africa.

Answer questions for document p.178 and the In Depth article.
Complete Ch8 vocab.