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AP World History Summer Reading Assignment Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper The following is the reading and outline assignment for AP World History. This assignment is in correspondence with the major emphasis in the AP World History curriculum of Compare and Contrast (C & C) and Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT). This outline contains the chapters for each assignment, the topic of the assignment and example formats of each. This assignment is to be HANDWRITTEN over the summer and turned in on the SECOND day of class for the school year. Assignments that are typed or late will NOT be accepted. It will be worth 70 points and will be counted as an exam grade. DIRECTIONS Directions for each chapter can be found beneath. All of the information will be found in the corresponding text chapters and should be outlined similarly to the examples that have been attached. Each subject covered will be worth 10 points, for a total of 70 points for the entire assignment. Chapter 1 Overview of the “Ideology of Empire” Create a bulleted outline of the characteristics of an Empire o Use some of the specific examples that are given and cite ( ) which empire the characteristic comes from Chapter 2 Compare and Contrast the Classical Empires of the Romans and Han Chinese T-Chart the characteristics of the Empires in the chapter (Rome vs. Han Chinese) Below your chart make TWO specific statements of SIMILARITIES between the two and then do the same for two DIFFERENCES Chapter 3 Compare and Contrast the empires of Christianity and Islam T-Chart the characteristics of the Empires in the chapter (Christian vs. Islamic) Below your chart make TWO specific statements of SIMILARITIES between the two and then do the same for two DIFFERENCES Chapter 4 Analyze the Changes and Continuities Over Time with the concept of “Empire” from the time of the Romans and Chinese to the rise and dominance of the Mongols Create a bulleted outline of the characteristics of the Mongol Empire Below your chart make TWO specific statements of CHANGES from the Roman and Han Empires (chart from Chapter 2) to the Mongol Empire and then do the same for two CONTINUITIES Chapters 5/6/7 Compare and Contrast the characteristics of Land-Based and Sea-Based Empires T-Chart the characteristics of the Empires in the chapters (Land-Based vs. SeaBased) o Use some of the specific examples that are given and cite ( ) which empire the characteristic comes from Land-Based examples: Ottoman, Russia, China Sea-Based examples: Spanish, Portuguese, British Below your chart make TWO specific statements of SIMILARITIES between the two and then do the same for two DIFFERENCES Chapter 12 (with reference to Chapters 10/11) Analyze the Changes and Continuities Over Time from Imperialist Europe (10/11) through the World Wars Era (12) T-Chart the characteristics of the Empires in the chapters (Imperialist Era vs. World Wars Era) o Use some of the specific examples that are given and cite ( ) which empire the characteristic comes from Below your chart make TWO specific statements of CHANGES from the Imperialist Era through the World Wars Era and then do the same for two CONTINUITIES Chapter 13/14 (with reference to Chapter 1) Analyze the Changes and Continuities Over Time from the ideology of Early Empire (1) to Modern Empire (13/14) Create a bulleted outline of the characteristics of Modern Empires o Use some of the specific examples that are given and cite ( ) which empire the characteristic comes from Below your chart make TWO specific statements of CHANGES from Early Empire to Modern Empire and then do the same for two CONTINUITIES