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AP World History Summer Assignment
Mr. Mendoza
[email protected]
Welcome to Advanced Placement World History. Over the course of the school year we will
explore 10,000 years of human, learn valuable skills, and the take the AP Exam. This is an
exciting class that will allow us to look at the big picture of history, trace cultures over time, and
examine human interactions.
For most of you, this is your first AP class. To be successful, you will need to STAY FOCUSED
and WORK HARD. In September we will discuss specific requirements for the class and the AP
Exam.
For now, you must complete the following summer assignment(s) that WILL COUNT as part of
your grade during the first progress report in the fall. The purpose of this assignment is to get
jumpstart on the curriculum, which will provide us an opportunity to go into more depth on other
topics.
Part 1: World Map (Due Wed. Sept. 1 – First Day of School)
Label and memorize the attached world map. There will be a quiz on this map the first
week of school.
Part 2: APWH All-Star Myspace/Facebook Project) (Due – Sept. 9 or 10)
Create a posterboard about one of the various APWH All-stars of the 600 CE – 1750 CE
era. The posterboard must be done in a fashion similar to that of a Myspace or Facebook
homepage.
Part 3: AP World History Book of Ism’s & Ideas (Due – Sept. 23 or 24)
Create your own dictionary/primer of the most commonly used Ism’s or ideas that you
will encounter this year in AP World History. To be used as your own book of reference
for the remainder of the school year.
Part 4: Summer Reading Book Report (Due – Sept. 16 or 17)
Select to read & report your experiences on the books listed. There will be a total of 2
books that have to be read.
These assignments will be due on the dates listed above corresponding to each specific
assignment. The attached pages contain more specific information related to each
assignment.
If you need help, you may contact Mr. Mendoza at the following e-mail address:
[email protected] . As you work over the summer, I am sure that I will be able
to fully answer any questions that you may have. All of this information will be available on my
website as well: www.wuhsd.k12.ca.us/mmendoza .
World Mapping Exercise (Summer Assignment Part 1)
AP World History
Part A: Mapping Exercise
Directions: Label the world map with the land and water features listed below in the color
indicated in parenthesis. Two maps have been provided. You may label everything on a single
map or use both.
Continents (Red)
North America
South America
Australia
Europe
Antarctica
Asia
Africa
Oceans & Seas (Blue)
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Great Lakes
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
South China Sea
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Rivers (Green)
Nile River
Amazon River
Mississippi River
Indus River
Danube River
Yangtze River
Yellow River (Huang He)
Tigres River
Euphrates River
Mountain Ranges & Deserts (Brown or Black)
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Andes Mountains
Alps
Ural Mountains
Hindu Kush
Himalaya Mountains
Atacama Desert
Sahara Desert
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Syrian Desert
Great Sandy Desert
Please Draw (Lightly) and/or Label the following
(pencil?)
Arctic Circle
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
Prime Meridian (0 degrees Longitude)
International Date Line (180 degrees Longitude)
APWH All-Stars Myspace Project 600 CE – 1750 CE
Part 1. You will choose an APWH All-Star from the 600 CE- 1750 CE time period. Some eligible “All-Stars”
include: Ibn Battuta, Vasco Da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Genghis Khan, Kubilai Khan, Zheng He, Mansa Musa, Marco
Polo, Empress Wu, Hernan Cortez, Moctezuma, Francisco Pizarro, Atahualpa, Charlemagne, Justinian, Joan of Arc, Machiavelli,
Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ignatius de Loyola, Henry VIII, Louis XIV, Queen Elizabeth I, Peter the Great, & Catherine the Great.
Once you have an explorer, you are to complete a Myspace page for the “All-Star” you have chosen.
(NOTE: DO NOT construct an actual online account).
You may use a poster board, or any other visual display (other than an actual online account) to compile and present
this information.
Minimum Requirements - Your Display Must Include:
 Profile photo of the historical figure or explorer.
 Include Network to which the historical figure or explorer belongs to (this would be their home country)
 Basic biography information: birthday, relationship status, religious views, sex, hometown
 At least 5 posts on the comment Wall. If an explorer, at least one must be from an indigenous (native) person
of Mesoamerica.
o You may either create two pages (as the wall is on a different tab than all the basic information) you
may. Otherwise, you may place the wall below the About Me Section.
 6 Friends (and photos) under the friends section. This can be other historical figures and/or explorers or
people they encounter on their expedition or lifetime. Also, irony is allowed. Maybe someone who wouldn’t
have really been the historical figures/explorers’ friend, but someone they knew or could’ve known.
 Activities Section and Interests Section. Be creative here! Think about what activities and interests the
historical figure or explorer would participate in. You need at least 3 activities and 3 interests.
 Education and Work Section. Fill in the Employer (i.e. if explorer--who is funding the expedition), Position,
and Time Period they worked.
o If you can find any educational information, you may fill that in as well for Extra Credit.
 Groups. Create at least 2 groups that the historical figure/explorer would be in. Be creative with the names.
They can be official groups, like clubs the historical figure/explorer is in, or something funny (and appropriate)
relating to the historical figure/explorer’s ideas, opinions, etc.
 About Me Section. Fill in a short description about the historical figure/explorer from their perspective, you
may include any quotes.
 Extra Credit:
o Photo Albums. +10 points. A cleverly/appropriately titled photo album with 7-10 photos relating to
the historical figure/explorer and the album title. Captions needed on 5 of the 10 pictures. *This may
be a separate page as well.
o Favorite Music Section. +3-5 points. Appropriate time period music listed (at least 3, maximum 5).
You may also list any music that is from a previous time period.
o Favorite Books Section. +3-5 points. Appropriate time period books (at least 3, maximum 5). You
may also list any classic books from a previous time period that may relate to this explorer.
Part 2. You need to provide facts about the explorer’s expedition or important events in the life of the historical
figure. You may list or write in complete sentences the following information for your historical figure/explorer. This
information must be included within your display.
 A map of the explorers journey. You must provide a detailed map of where the explorer traveled. If you are
doing a historical figure provide a map of where the person was from and/or what area their influence
covered. You may print off a map that shows this path.
 (IF EXPLORER) Type of ship used by the explorer, including the standard supplies used on the ship.
 (IF EXPLORER OR HISTORICAL FIGURE) Annotated timeline of the journey or life of the historical
figure. List the dates, major events, any issues encountered, etc.
 Why the explorer feels they will have the “Glory” for their journey. Why this historical figure is considered an
AP World History All-Star? What was their motive (explorer/or historical figure)? This should be at least a
paragraph long explanation.
APWH All-Star Project Rubric
Name: _________________________ Total: ______________/200
Part 1
Profile photo of the historical figure or explorer.
Points
/10
Network to which the historical figure or explorer belongs to
/5
Basic biography information:
 Birthday
 Relationship Status
 Religious Views
 Sex
 Hometown
/10
At least 5 posts on the comment Wall.
 At least one must be from an indigenous (native) person
/15
6 Friends (and photos)
/18
3 Activities appropriate for the historical figure or explorer
/6
3 Interests appropriate for the historical figure or explorer
/6
Work Section
 Employer (who is funding the expedition)
 Position
 Time Period
/9
2 Groups that the historical figure or explorer would be in.
/6
About Me Section. Fill in a short description about the historical figure or explorer from their
perspective
Extra Credit
/15
Total
/100
Educational information: Year, School, Concentration
/3
Photo Albums. 7-10 photos relating to the explorer and the album title. Captions needed on 5
of the 10 pictures.
Favorite Music Section. Appropriate time period music listed.
/10
/3-5
Favorite Books Section. Appropriate time period books.
/3-5
Total
Part 2
A detailed map of where the explorer traveled.
/23
Points
/30
Type of ship used by the explorer, including the standard supplies used on the ship
/10
Timeline of the Journey or life of the historical figure. List the dates, major events, any issues
encountered, etc.
/30
What was their motive for going on the expedition? This should be at least a paragraph long
explanation.
Total
/30
/100
AP World History Book of Ism’s & Ideas (Summer Assignment Part 3)
Directions: Create your own dictionary/primer of the most commonly used Ism’s or ideas that you will encounter this year in AP
World History. You will create your own book (be creative) with materials of your choice. Just remember, that you will want to
use this as a reference for the remainder of the year, so make it practical and easy to store in your binder. Make sure that your
book follows/contains all of the following.
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Title page: Title of book, your name, class title
Table of contents of all your entries
Organized
Color
Strong binding: Remember, you may use this frequently, & you don’t want it to fall apart.
Typed/handwritten (your choice)
Format: Your book must follow the following format for each entry in your book. No exceptions!!!
1. Title of your word (i.e. Feudalism)
2. Definition of the term/idea
3. Historical example of the term/idea (i.e. name of painting(s), books, architecture, event(s), war, positions, locations,
titles, artists, leaders, other names, etc…)
4. Visual illustration of the term/idea, may be drawn out or a printed image (i.e. chart, painting, architecture, event,
person, symbol, etc…)
Feudalism
Definition: The political, social & economic system of the Middle Ages.
It is a loosely organized system of government in which local lords
governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to
a greater lord.
Historical Example: Feudal Manor; Feudal Contract; Knights; Chivalry;
Peasants; Tournaments; Troubadors; Manorialism
Ism’s & Ideas Book List
Absolutism
Anti-Semitism
Buddhism
Calvinism
Capitalism
Communism
Confucianism
Creationism
Cubism
Dadaism
Daoism (Taoism)
Darwinism
Deism
Egalitarianism
Environmentalism
Existentialism
Fascism
Feudalism
Feminism
Fundamentalism
Hinduism
Humanism
Imperialism
Impressionism
Isolationism
Judaism
Legalism
Manicheism
Marxism
Mercantilism
Militarism
Materialism
Modernism
Monotheism
Nationalism
Neo-Confucianism
Pacifism
Pantheism
Polytheism
Racism
Realism
Romanticism
Schism
Scholasticism
Skepticism
Social Darwinism
Socialism
Surrealism
Terrorism
Totalitarianism
Utilitarianism
AP World History Ideas
Agricultural
Belief Systems
Bureaucracy
Civilization
Commerce
Colonization
Decolonization
Demographic
Diffusion
Empire
Environmental
Gender roles
Globalization
Hierarchy
Ideology
Interaction(s)
Labor Systems
Maritime/Maritime Trade
Nation-states
Nation-building
Pandemic
Reform (i.e. political reform, social reform,
etc…)
Revolution
Social Revolution
Trade network
AP World History Summer Reading Book Report (Summer Assignment Part 4)
Directions: For this summer you will be reading 2 different books. You will choose ONE from section A and choose ONE more
book of your preference from section B. Your objective is to read the following books (the ones you chose) and write a book
report. The book selections that are listed below are currently on reserve for you at Borders Bookstore in Pico Rivera
(Washington Blvd. / 562-942-8136). REMEMBER! Only choose ONE book from both Sections A & B!
SECTION A
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
o In this powerful allegory, Orwell tries to educate the minds of the western world of how communism
actually works. Using the backdrop of a farm and its animals, Orwell weaves together a story that seeks
to provide insight into one of the political, economic and social evils of its day.
SECTION B (Select only ONE book from this section)
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Soldier Boy by Ishmael Beah
o In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of
twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By
thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found
that he was capable of truly terrible acts.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
o Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila
are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever
escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to
form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will
ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.
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Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian
o This book describes the horrific experiences and journeys of Vahan Kenderian during the
Armenian genocide. Written as a memoir the author takes the reader through the horrors and
tragedy of the holocaust of WWI.
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All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein
o This is the memoir of a young Polish Jewess's enslavement by the Nazis and her ultimate
liberation by American soldiers.
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
o This memoir describes the story behind the famous photograph of 6 men hoisting the
American flag atop Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during WWII. This book provides
the reader not only with detailed information of these 6 men, but a good historical account of
the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Book Report Directions:
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Paper should be typed in Times New Roman, font size 12, double-spaced, 1-inch margins & no more than 3 pages.
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The paper should be in the following format:
o Paragraph 1: Introduction (Title, author, and why you chose the book—Be descriptive) – For Hiroshima
I already know why you chose the book (because it was assigned), I would rather you give me a
description of your initial interests, assumptions and expectations of the book prior to reading.
o Paragraph 2: Summary of the book (i.e. main idea, key events, characters, and the historical period(s)
discussed in the book), and include three quotes from the story and an explanation for why they were
chosen.
o Paragraph 3: Author’s message (i.e. What is the author trying to convey to you? Were they successful in
conveying the message? Why or why not?)
o Paragraph 4: How did this book give you a deeper insight into this era of world history?
o Paragraph 5: Conclusion (What impacted you the most? Would you recommend this book to other
students as a good way to learn about this time period? EXPLAIN why or why not?)