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AP World Summer Assignment 2015-2016
AP World History Summer Assignment
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You are required to complete all parts of this assignment for full credit
This packet will be weighted as a Test Grade and count towards your 1st Quarter Average.
The Summer Assignment is broken up into two different parts:
o Part One – Basic Understanding
The purpose of this portion of your summer assignment is to provide you with a general
understanding of the major civilizations which existed in the pre-classical and classical world.
This material will comprise approximately 20% of the focus of the AP World History Exam in
May, so it is very important that you answer these questions as thoroughly as possible.
This must be completed using the supplemental text—AP World History: An Essential
Coursebook: 2nd ed
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Part Two – World Maps
Familiarity with the world and its physical features is an important part of AP World History. While
you will not be specifically tested on physical features when you take the AP exam, many questions
will assume that you have some familiarity with the earth and its topography. Additionally, there will
be numerous references to these features during class and in course readings. You are expected to
have a mastery of basic physical geography, regional delineations, and the general locations of major
river valley/classical civilizations on the first day of school. The maps you will need to complete are
attached.
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Parts One and Two must be handwritten
All parts may be completed in the space provided, or completed on separate/additional paper—
handwritten
Important Dates to Remember
 1st day of class--You will be required to complete a map test on the first day of class
 2nd day of class--An open notes test on Units I and II from the text-- AP World History: An
Essential Coursebook: 2nd ed
 3rd day of class—Compare and Contrast essay prep
 4th day of class—open notes timed write—Compare and Contrast essay—afterwards
summer work will be handed in for a grade
 IT IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED YOU PURCHASE AN AP WORLD HISTORY REVIEW BOOK—
Barron’s, Princeton, How to get a 5—read and test yourself as you go
 Also mrburnett.net and wps.ablongman.com can be helpful for review, summaries and
outlines—they go along with World Civilizations: The Global Experience AP edition
 You will have access to a Schoology.com course page for the summer assignment.
o You access code is X9JH5-343GB
o Here you will find links to a digital copy of the summer assignment and links to Crash
Course World History videos
o You can also use this webpage to message Mr. Petrone and/or Mr. Page with any questions
you may have regarding the summer work.
If you have any further questions please e-mail Mr. Petrone room 420 at [email protected]
or Mr. Page room 410 at [email protected]
AP World Summer Assignment 2015-2016
Part One – Basic Understanding
Guided reading questions to accompany the text AP World History: An Essential Coursebook 2nd ed.
All work must be handwritten and completed individually
Unit One: Technological and Environmental Transformations (to 600 BCE)
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How is the time period from Paleolithic era to urban societies divided?
2. What are the two problems with “fixing exact dates”?
The Importance of Geography and the Physical Environment
3. What is perspective & how does perspective affect us? Give an example
4. What is demography? Why is it important?
5. Describe both push and pull factors.
6. What are the positive and negative results of cultural diffusion?
The Big Picture: Technological and Environmental Transformations
7. Briefly discuss the broad themes before 600 regarding migration, interactions, geography and
agricultural/urban-based societies
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Chapter One: Agricultural Development and Early Agricultural Communities
8. What important event occurred around 8000BCE?
Human Life Before 8000 B.C.E
9. In early hunting and gathering societies how was labor divided?
10. Why were older women highly valued?
11. How were tools useful?
12. Why is cave art important in understanding culture of the Paleolithic era?
The Neolithic Revolution
13. Why is the term Neolithic Revolution deceiving?
14. What factors may have impacted the development of agriculture
15. List five domesticated animals and their uses
16. Describe the six significant changes which resulted during the Neolithic Revolution.
17. What benefits resulted from the early craft industries?
18. What common characteristics were shared by two of the earliest cities, Jericho and Catal
Huyuk?
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Chapter Two: The Earliest Civilizations
19. Why was there a “need” for formalized government?
20. Why did early civilizations begin in river valleys?
The Meaning of Civilization
21. Briefly describe the seven characteristics of a civilization
22. What characteristic makes the Incan civilization unique?
23. What are four negative aspects of civilization?
Cultural Hearths
24. In what areas did cultural hearths develop early? Later?
Civilization in Mesopotamia
25. Why was Mesopotamia a “crossroads”?
26. Briefly describe Sumerian rule:
27. Why is Hammurabi’s code significant?
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28. Identify the three distinct social class present in Mesopotamia
29. What examples are given which describe the decline in the status of women?
30. Explain the significance of the development of cuneiform writing.
31. Summarize the Mesopotamian view of their gods.
Continuity over Time: The Great Flood
32. What does the story taken from the Epic of Gilgamesh teach us about cultural borrowing?
Civilization in Egypt
33. What is unique about Egyptian civilization?
34. How did Egypt’s location affect its practices? How did this differ from the people of
Mesopotamia?
35. Provide specific examples of long distance trade for Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Sumerians.
36. How did Egypt’s political system differ from Mesopotamia?
37. What three distinct social classes were found in Egypt? Was there any social mobility?
38. Identify the similarities and differences in the social systems of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
39. Briefly describe Egypt’s religion and its role after death.
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Comparative Writing Systems: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics
40. Identify the similarities in the forms of writing of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians
respectively.
Indus Valley Civilization
41. Why is so little known regarding Mohenjo-Daro?
42. What evidence suggests the Indus River cities participated in long distance trade?
43. What evidence suggests that there were well-organized governments in the Indus River
Valley?
44. What evidence suggests there were distinct social classes in the Indus River Valley?
45. What theories exist regarding the decline of the Indus River Valley?
Ancient China
46. What crops were domesticated in early Chinese river systems?
47. What geographic features isolated ancient China?
48. How did early Chinese farmers control flooding?
49. How did early China support a large urban population?
50. Why do we know more about the Zhou than the Shang Dynasty?
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51. How were “shi” utilized
52. Briefly discuss the 3 main social groups that developed under the Zhou.
53. Why did merchants and traders have such a low social status?
54. Why did women’s status decline?
55. How would people consult their ancestors?
56. What three civilizations utilized pictographs?
“Marker Event”: The Mandate of Heaven
57. Create a cycle explaining how the dynastic cycle and the mandate of heaven explain the rise
and fall of dynasties in China. Provide at least three separate stages to this cycle.
Comparisons: Uniqueness of Ancient China
58. What three beliefs separated the Chinese from the rest of the ancient world?
Early Civilization in the Americas
59. How might prehistoric humans have migrated to the Americas?
60. Why was contact among groups difficult?
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61. What crops were farmed uniquely in the Americas?
62. Why had the wheel not been developed?
63. How did the Olmec change their environment?
64. What role did the religious leaders play?
65. Identify some of the advancements made by the Olmecs?
66. What were the positive and negative aspects regarding the geographic location of the Chavin?
67. How do the Chavin and Olmec compare regarding agriculture and beasts of burden?
68. What evidence suggests the Chavin civilization was well organized?
Early civilizations in the Middle East, 1700-1100 B.C.E.
69. The “web of commerce and cultures” included which civilizations and where was each
located?
70. How does the fall of these civilizations demonstrate a negative consequence of
interdependence among civilizations?
Complete Unit One Questions on pages 71-73
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Unit Two: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.
71. How were large empires held together?
72. How did new civilizations differ from earlier ones? (summarize the six ways)
Chapter Three: Empires and Transregional Trade Networks,
600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
73. How did trade impact the time period from 600 BCE to 600 CE?
74. Where did new empires develop?
Mediterranean civilizations: Greece
75. Briefly discuss both positive and negative aspects of Greece’s physical location.
76. How was Greece divided? Why it was never united?
77. What forms of government were found in ancient Greece?
78. Why were Colonies so important to Greece?
79. What % of Athens’ population was enslaved? What jobs did they perform?
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80. Compare the lives of Women in Athens with those of Sparta.
81. How was Greek secularism similar to Confucianism?
82. Conflict between tradition and innovation will be a theme we will explore throughout this
course. Explain how the trial of Socrates is an example of this conflict.
83. Of the three major art forms developed, which has had the most lasting influence? Why?
84. What is Hellenistic culture?
Marker Event: the Phoenician Alphabet
85. Explain the “mark” this alphabet has left on history.
The Rise of Persia
86. Describe the political structure developed by Cyrus the Great.
87. How did the Persian Wars help Greece?
88. How did Alexander attempt to blend cultures?
89. Why is this time known as the Hellenistic Age?
90. What evidence exists today of the Hellenistic synthesis established by Alexander the Great?
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Mediterranean Civilizations: Rome
91. How long did Roman history last?
92. Discuss the Roman Republic. Why it is not considered a democracy?
93. What reforms initiated by Augustus led to the Pax Romana?
94. How did Roman women compare to those of Greece?
95. How were conquered people incorporated into Rome?
96. What problems occurred during the 3rd century C.E. crisis?
97. Why did Rome borrow so heavily from Greece?
98. What purpose did roads and aqueducts serve?
99. What “common problem” did Rome have that led to its decline?
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How did the ability to trade & travel easily hurt the Roman Empire?
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How and why was Rome divided by Emperor Constantine?
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Comparison: Greek and Roman Religion
102.
How did the religion of the Greeks and Romans compare to that of the
Mesopotamians?
Qin and Han China
103.
Describe the Warring States Period?
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Briefly discuss the three belief systems found in China
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How did Shi Huangdi strengthen China?
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How was the “Mandate of Heaven” incorporated into Confucianism?
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With whom did China have trade contacts?
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What % of population lived in towns and cities?
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Who were the shi? What role did they serve?
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Briefly discuss the three main social classes found in Han China.
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What new inventions were made by the Han?
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Discuss the status of upper and lower class women.
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What did an interest in science lead to?
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What factors led to the decline of the Han?
Seeing Similarities: Rome and Han
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Identify similarities between the two civilizations in the following areas:
a. Military
b. Economic
c. Political
Mauryan and Gupta India
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Where did the Aryans migrate from?
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Draw and label an image which symbolizes the four major varnas.
118.
What are the Vedas? Upanishads?
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What is the “Buddha”?
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120.
Why did Buddhism grow during the Mauryan Dynasty?
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Why was political authority of secondary importance in India?
122.
How did the Gupta Empire compare with the Mauryan Empire?
Original Documents: the Lawbook of Manu
123.
What evidence is presented that supports the idea that ancient India was a patriarchal
society?
Transregional Trade Patterns and Contacts
124.
What were the three large trade networks?
125.
What did traders carry east on the Silk Road? West?
126.
How did pastoral nomads support the Silk Road?
127.
What areas were connected by the Indian Ocean maritime system? What products
were traded?
128.
How did camels contribute to the Saharan trade network? What products were traded?
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Significant migrations
129.
Briefly discuss the migrations of the following:
a. Huns-
b. Germanic People-
c. Bantu-
d. Polynesians-
The Fall of Great Empires
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Briefly explain the three common reasons why Rome, Han China and the Gupta
Empire fell.
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How was Rome’s fall different than that of the Han and Gupta? Why? (It has to do
with religion)
Chapter Four: Major Belief Systems Before 600 C.E.
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What are belief systems?
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How are religions and philosophies different?
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Identify and explain universalizing religions.
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Which religions had little interest in converting outsiders?
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Judaism
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What beliefs set Judaism apart from other early religions?
Zoroastrianism
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How were humans to use their “free will”?
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Is Zoroastrianism polytheistic or monotheistic? Explain.
Christianity
139.
What did Jesus “advocate”?
140.
How did the Edict of Milan impact Christianity?
Hinduism
141.
Where do most Hindus live?
142.
How is Hinduism similar to other eastern religions?
143.
Define the following:
a. Atman
b. Karma
c. Dharma
d. Moksha
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Buddhism
144.
How are nirvana, 4 Noble Truths and Eight-Fold Path connected?
145.
How was nirvana equivalent to moksha in Hinduism? How is it different?
Confucianism
146.
What was the ultimate goal of Confucius when constructing his philosophical beliefs?
147.
What are the five basic relationships and how did Confucius believe they would bring
order to society?
Original Documents: the Analects on the ‘Gentleman”
148.
Based on the excerpt from Confucius, what characteristics define one as a gentleman?
Daoism
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What are the principles of Daoism different than those of Confucianism?
Unit Two Questions—pages 130-133
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Part Two – World Maps
Map 1: Cultural Hearths
Using pg. 38 of your textbook, locate and label the earliest cultural hearths to develop in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Focus Question: Explain the differences between the cultural hearths that developed in the Eastern Hemisphere and those of the Western
Hemisphere.
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Map 2: Ancient Civilizations
Use an atlas or the internet to locate the following civilizations and label them accordingly:
1. Shang/Zhou China – Red
4. Harappa – Green
2. Sumerians –– Yellow
5. Olmec - Orange
3. Egypt – Blue
6. Chavin - Purple
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Map 3: Classical Civilizations
Use an atlas or the internet to locate the following civilizations and label them accordingly:
1. Roman Empire – Red
4. Gupta India – Orange
2. Han China – Purple
5. Empire of Alexander the Great – Brown
3. Mauryan India – Yellow
6. Mayan - Black
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Map 4: Classical Trade Routes
Use an atlas or the internet to locate and label the following trade routes. Use pgs. 109-112 of your text to identify key locations and
trade items associated with these locations.
1. Silk Roads
2. Indian Ocean Maritime System
3. Saharan Trade Routes
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Map 5: Geographic Features
Use an atlas or the internet to locate the following location