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AP World History Greetings Students, Welcome to Advanced Placement World History. You have chosen to embark on a challenging but rewarding academic journey and I look forward to helping you reach your goals. While you have taken the first step by signing up for the class, you will need to continuously move forward. As we are required to cover everything that has ever happened in the world…ever, the completion of summer work is an essential next step. The summer work serves the purpose of allowing us to complete all the work required by the College Board by March in order to have time to review the material for the Exam in May. It is essential that all students complete their assignments, and do so in a thorough and punctual manner. All parts of this assignment will be due the 1st class period of the year. A Special Note About Plagiarism: Plagiarism, the act of taking credit for the academic work of someone else, will not be tolerated. Whenever you are asked to write in this course it is under the expectation that the work you do is your own. Paraphrasing, with the inclusion of proper citation, is acceptable. You may not copy directly from any source. All direct quotes must be properly cited using MLA guidelines. Failure to honor these academic standards will result in disciplinary action. SUMMER WORK PART I: OVERVIEW OF AP WORLD HISTORY 1. Read the AP World History Course & Exam Description (CED) at https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-world-history (There is a new one for 2016!!!!) (you will find the pdf file at the bottom of the Course Overview section). This will provide you with an overview of the historical thinking skills (HTS) this course is intended to enhance as well as the themes of world history that provide the framework for the course. You will be quizzed on the HTS and themes during the first week of class. 2. Read “Why Study History” Peter Stearns (http://www.historians.org/pubs/free/WhyStudyHistory.htm). Write a thesis statement for why the study of history is important. PART II: READING Read the 4 chapters given to you in our end of the year meeting or located on Fenwickfalcons.org. You are also being given a list of topics from each chapter. With each topic except for chapter 4 make your own questions using Analyze, Explain, How or Why (or any combination thereof) and answer those questions in a solid 8 sentence paragraph. Listed below are two examples. Explain the first humans. The first human-like beings were considered to be the hominids, indigenous to South Africa three to four million years ago. Amongst the earlier hominids were a group known as the Australopithecines, or “Southern Ape Man.” This group of hominids stood and walked on two legs, allowing them to move faster and more efficiently than other species. They were also the first hominids to make use of stone tools. Another group of Hominids were the Homo Habilis. Unlike the Australopithecines, Homo Habilis had brains fifty percent larger and was therefore more advanced in their survival abilities concerning hunting and gathering foods, and was also the first tool making hominids. A more advanced group was discovered know as Homo erectus. They made more advanced tools and were the first hominids to leave Africa and into Asia and Europe. Analyze the Neolithic Revolution. At the end of the ice age began the Neolithic age, meaning new stone. though it was a slow and unnoticeable process, significant changes were made to lifestyles of people, and more advanced survival skills allowed an easier life amongst people. People learned how to grow and raise their own food instead of traveling and hunting to get it; they started to adapt agriculturally rather than hunting and gathering. People grew vegetable, fruits and others to harvest as food supplies, while animals were for both food and clothing materials. Even in the Neolithic age, many were still nomads and still hunted and gathered. Due to the growth of crops on a regular basis, many decided to settle down in one area to oversee the crops and therefore provide themselves with constant food supplies. This brought forth Neolithic farming villages, otherwise known as towns. Once people settled in a farming village, they built houses and other structure to store food, and from then on, the role of men and women significantly changed. Summer Assignment topics to be made into Questions Chapter 1 1. The First Humans 2. The Emergence of Homo sapiens 3. The Hunter-Gatherers of the Paleolithic Age 4. The Neolithic Revolution, c. 10,000-4000 B.C.E. 5. Early Civilizations Around the World 6. Causes of Civilization 7. Civilization in Mesopotamia 8. The City-States of Ancient Mesopotamia 9. Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia 10.The Culture of Mesopotamia Egyptian Civilization: tithe Gift of the Nile” (this is only a topic, do not make it a question) 1. The Impact of Geography 2. The Old and Middle Kingdoms 3. Society and Economy in Ancient Egypt 4. The Culture of Egypt 5. Disorder and a New Order: The New Kingdom 6. Daily life in Ancient Egypt: Family and Marriage 7. The Spread of Egyptian Influence: Nubia 8. New Centers of Civilization 9. Nomadic Peoples: Impact of the Indo-Europeans 10.The Phoenicians 11.The Hebrews: The “Children of Israel” The Rise of New Empires (this is only a topic, do not make it a question) 1. The Assyrian Empire 2. The Persian Empire Chapter 2 The Emergence of Civilization in India: Harappan Society (this is only a topic, do not make it a question) 1. A Land of Diversity 2. Harappan Civilization: A Fascinating Enigma 3. A Lost Civilization? 4. The Arrival of the Aryans 5. The Early Aryans 6. The Mauryan Empire 7. Caste and class: Social Structures in Ancient India 8. Daily Life in Ancient India 9. The Economy Escaping the Wheel of Life The Religious World of Ancient India (this is only a topic, do not make it a question) 1. Hinduism 2. Budclhism: The Middle Path 3. The Rule of the Fishes: India After the Mauryas 4. Literature 5. Architecture and Sculpture 6. Science Chapter 3 1. The Dawn of Chinese Civilization 2. He Land and People of China 3. The Shang Dynasty 4. The Zhou Dynasty 5. Political Structures 6. Economy and Society 7. The Hundred Schools of Ancient Philosophy 8. The Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.) 9. The Role of the Family 10.Lifestyles 11.Cities 12.The Humble Estate: Women in Ancient China 13.Metalwork and Sculpture 14.Language and Literature 15.Music Read Chapter 4 and be prepared for a quiz on the first day of school! Part III: World Geography—Due first day of school The map below depicts the major world regions used in the AP World History Course. You MUST become familiar with these large regions as a prerequisite to a serious exploration of World History. 1. What are the names of the fifteen APWH regions on the map? You will need to do an Internet search in order to discover this information. Write the answers in the chart below. Also, for each region on the map, write down the name of one country in that region. Colors and Tips 1. Royal Blue 2. Orange 3. Brown 4. Light Green 5. Lavender (Light Purple) 6. Pink 7. Teal (greyish-green, South) 8. Grey 9. Dark, Forest Green 10. Very light blue (North) 11. Moss Green (above yellow) 12. Yellow 13. Blue 14. Red 15. Maroon Region Name One Country within Region Neatly label the world maps with the land and water features listed below in the colors indicated in parentheses. Use the numbers next to the terms and that should help you fit them on the map. Use more than one map to identify these places. For instance, use 1 map for continents and deserts, and 1 map for seas, rivers, oceans, bays, and lakes, and 1 map for the mountains and other important places. Continents (Red) 1. North America 2. South America 3. Australia 4. Europe 5. Antarctica 6. Asia 7. Africa Deserts (indicate with striped green lines) 1. Gobi 2. Kalahari 3. Sahara 4. Thar 5. Sierra Madre 6. Mojave 7. Arabian Desert 8. Great Sandy Desert Oceans, Seas, Bays, Lakes (Blue) 1. Atlantic Ocean (1N North and 1S South) 2. Pacific Ocean (2N North and 2S South) 3. Indian Ocean 4. Arctic Ocean 5. North Sea 6. Baltic Sea 7. English Channel 8. Norwegian Sea 9. Barents Sea 10. Mediterranean Sea 11. Adriatic Sea 12. Aegean Sea 13. Black Sea 14. Caspian Sea 15. Great Lakes 16. Red Sea 17. Persian Gulf 18. Arabian Sea 19. Bay of Bengal 20. South China Sea 21. East China Sea 22. Yellow Sea 23. Sea of Japan 24. Caribbean 25. Hudson Bay 26. Cape of Good Hope 27. Cape Horn 28. Gulf of Guinea 29. Ionian Sea 30. Bering Sea Rivers (Blue) 1. Nile River 2. Tigris 3. Euphrates 4. Amazon River 5. Mississippi River 6. Rio Grande River 7. Indus River 8. Yellow River (Hwang He) 9. Yangtze 10. Ganges River 11. Irrawaddy River 12. Mekong 13. Congo 14. Volga 15. Danube 16. Rhine 17. Niger 18. Brahmaputra 19. Zambezi 20. Dnieper Mountains & Other Important Places (Black) 1. Himilayas 2. Caucasus 3. Andes 4. Hindu Kush 5. Ural 6. Alps 7. Atlas 8. Pyrenees 9. Balkan Peninsula 10. Iberian Peninsula 11. Asia Minor 12. Anatolia 13. Sinai Peninsula 14. Strait of Gibraltar 15. Panama Canal 16. Yucatan Peninsula 17. Horn of Africa 18. Sri Lanka 19. Mesoamerica 20. Madagascar 21. New Zealand 22. Australia 23. Suez Canal 24. Siberia 25. Manchuria During the first week of school, we’ll have a geography quiz on some of these terms. I encourage you to go to www.ilike2learn.com and/or Seterra Online to play geography review games to practice. Part IV: Turning it in Students will turn in the Thesis Statement and each chapter individually on Turnitin.com The class id and password are: Class ID: 12628744 Enrollment Password: falconwhap DUE: August 5th 2016 on turnitin.com Contact Info: Mr. Rob Lauer Email: [email protected]