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AP WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 1
1) Locate and neatly draw in the following regions from Chapter One on your map:
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Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Anatolia
Persian Gulf
Nile River
Egypt
Nubia
Jerusalem
Mediterranean Sea
Catal Hayuk – First Neolithic City
2) Compare/Contrast: How is the Neolithic Period distinct from that of the Paleolithic period? Your answer
should include a discussion of (1) the collection of foodstuffs, (2) nomadism vs. settling, and (3) impact on
the environment.
3) Who was Hammurabi, what was his Legal Code, and what does his legal code tell us about the social
structure in ancient Mesopotamian societies?
4) Agree/Disagree: Males had greater status than females in Neolithic societies. Elaborate.
5) Agree/Disagree: The Nile River functioned for the Egyptians much like the Tigris and Euphrates functioned
for the Mesopotamians. Elaborate
6) Compare and Contrast: Identify and explain similarities and differences in political structures in early river
valley civilizations - Egypt and Mesopotamia (Consider rulers, legal codes, integration with religion etc.) (cf.
pg. 16).
7) Compare/Contrast: Identify AND explain similarities and differences in monumental architecture between
Egypt and Mesopotamia (consider purpose, type, and structure).
8) Agree/Disagree: Egyptian religion was more similar than different than that of Mesopotamian religion.
(To answer this question, consider the following: [1] depiction of gods, [2] function of priests, [3] death and
afterlife.
9) Synthesis: What impact does the Neolithic Revolution have on the social structures of ancient societies?
Consider concepts of equality, wealth, and ownership.
10) Periodization: Many Historians consider the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in history. What are
two reasons why this is true? What is possible argument you could make against this?