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INDEPENDENT STUDY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT
AP WORLD HISTORY
2015 – 2016
Instructor –Michael Bodine & Donna Benefiel
1. Check out the AP World History textbook from the Media Center and read Chapters 1-3 (if the Media Center is
out of textbooks, or, you are unable to get one at the moment, jump to the last page before reading on)
2. Answer the provided questions below in complete sentences. Complete the identifications below with important
facts for each name/topic listed. There will be a test on Chapters 1 – 3 during the first week of school.
3. E-mail [email protected] when you receive this assignment so that you can be added to the class email
list. Please be sure to include your full name and the class you are taking (AP World) in your e-mail.
A hard copy of all work must be turned in on the first day of class. Also, all work must be turned in to turnitin.com
by the start of the first day of school (August 24th). This assignment MUST be typed. When the password for your class
has been generated for turnitin.com, it will be emailed to you. Do not wait until the last minute to turn things in, just in
case there is a problem with your turnitin.com account. Any work not turned in to turnitin.com will not be graded.
In addition to uploading to turnitin.com, you are also required to turn in a hard copy of your work on the first day of
school (August 24th, 2014).
Do not simply copy what you see in the book. You will not be awarded credit for any assignment if you ever copy (or very
closely paraphrase) from the reading. Instead, read the material, digest the information (which gives you “ownership” of
the material), then write your answers in your own words.
ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY. ANY COLLABORATION OR PLAGARISM WILL RESULT
IN A ZERO FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.
Questions from Chapter 1 through 3
Instructions and helpful hints – when answering questions and identifying important terms, think of what is important to
AP World History. The basic theme of AP World History is INTERACTION. That is what many questions on the AP
exam are concerned with. Coming in second is RELIGION. Twenty percent of multiple choice questions on the AP
World History exam deal with religion. Finally, think of the big 3 sub-topics in history: Political, Economic, and Social.
Remember these three things as you answer your questions and work on your identifications. Each identification should
have 3 – 5 facts/sentences and should be in bullet form.
Chapter 1
Questions
1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?
3. Which statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more
speculative and uncertain?
4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?
Identifications
Paleolithic rock art
trance dance
Clovis culture
“insulting the meat”
“the original affluent society”
shamans
Dreamtime
San culture
Austronesian migrations
Brotherhood of the Tomol
Venus figurines
Paleolithic settling down
megafaunal extinction
Chumash culture
Chapter 2
Questions
1. The Agricultural Revolution marked a decisive turning point in human history. What evidence might you offer to
support this claim, and how might you argue against it?
2. How did early agricultural societies differ from those of the Paleolithic era? How does the example of settled
gathering and hunting peoples such as the Chumash complicate this comparison?
3. Why was the Agricultural Revolution inevitable? Why did it occur so late in the story of humankind?
4. “The Agricultural Revolution provides evidence from ‘progress’ in human affairs.” How would you evaluate this
statement?
Identifications
End of the last Ice Age
“broad spectrum diet”
Fertile Crescent
teosinte
diffusion
Bantu migration
peoples of Australia
Banpo
“secondary products revolution”
pastoral societies
Catalhuyuk
“stateless societies”
chiefdoms
Chapter 3
Questions
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the
term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other
mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Identifications
Norte/Chico Caral
Indus Valley civilizations
Olmec civilization
Uruk
Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
Code of Hammurabi
patriarchy
rise of the state
Epic of Gilgamesh
Egypt: “the gift of the Nile”
Nubia
Hyksos
Working with Primary Documents
An important part of any AP history class is being able to read, interpret, and compare primary documents. Read the
documents on pp. 115 – 125, and answer the questions that precede each document. (WARNING – each documents’
questions appear right before the document. Make sure you are answering the correct set of questions for each document.)
Also, make sure you read the information passage before each document. This will tell you a little about the circumstances
surrounding each document, such as why it was written/spoken and who was the author. The documents are listed as
follows:
Document 3.1:
Document 3.2:
Document 3.3:
Document 3.4:
Document 3.5:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Law Code of Hammurabi
A Pyramid Text
Book of the Dead
Be a Scribe
Once finished reading all of the passages before the documents, the documents themselves, and you have answered the
questions, choose one ‘Using the Evidence’ question on p. 125 to answer. This question will require you to synthesize
information from multiple documents. You must cite evidence from at least three documents in your answer to get credit
for this part of the assignment. This answer should be several paragraphs in length and have a proper thesis. If you are
unfamiliar with writing a proper thesis, please look at the following websites for instruction:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
http://www. Indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statements.shtml
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/
If at all possible, please purchase the study guide 5 Steps to a 5 AP World History, (ISBN – 0071802436) by McGraw
Hill. It is the best study guide out there, preferred by writers of the AP World History Exam, and former students.
Purchasing this early in the year will allow you to use it to prepare for unit exams, as well as the AP Exam.
REMINDER: THIS ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE TYPED. IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SUBMIT
YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT TYPING IT.
5 Themes of AP World History
These themes are the basis for the AP World History exam. Be aware of them and keep them in mind when answering any
discussion or essay questions. You will be quizzed on the five themes.
1. Interaction between humans and the environment
a. Demography and disease
b. Migration
c. Patterns of settlement
d. Technology
2. Development and interaction of cultures
a. Religions
b. Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
c. Science and technology
d. The arts and architecture
3. State-building, expansion, and conflict
a. Political structures and forms of governance
b. Empires
c. Nations and nationalism
d. Revolts and revolutions
e. Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
a. Agricultural and pastoral production
b. Trade and commerce
c. Labor systems
d. Industrialism
e. Capitalism and socialism
5. Development and transformation of social structure
a. Gender roles and relations
b. Family and kinship
c. Racial and ethnic constructions
d. Social and economic classes
For Students without a Textbook
If the Media Center is out of AP World History textbooks, or you are simply unable to get a textbook yet, please
read the following instructions.
If you have never created an Edmodo Account, you can create a new Student Account by following the steps below:
1. Visit www.edmodo.com and select the “I’m a Student” button.
2. Fill out the registration form with the Group Code – “5nyitk”, a unique username, and password. An email
address is not required to sign up for a Student Account.
3. Select the “Sign up” button to complete the sign up process. You will then see the Group your teacher created in
the left side panel of your account.
If you already have an Edmodo Account, you can join the group by following the steps below:
1. Navigate to www.edmodo.com and log in with your username and password.
2. Click the "Plus” icon
in the left side panel next to "Groups."
3. Type in the 6-digit Group Code – “5nyitk” and click "Join."
4. You will then see the Group in the left side panel.
Now that you have joined the group, you will notice files have been uploaded to the main page as well as the “student
backpack”. These files contain the textbook pages that are necessary to complete the summer assignment.
Return to step #2 on page one of this document now that you have access to the textbook pages.
** If you encounter any issues with Edmodo or signing up, please contact Mr. Bodine via e-mail:
[email protected] **