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AP World History I Fall 2013: Text Homework Sheet According to new THHS guidelines you are not supposed to have more than 2 hours homework per week for any one subject. In addition, you are not supposed to have any Social Studies homework assignments in which you have to work on Thursdays after school. However, you can have a homework assignment due on Friday, if you have been given at least two days’ notice prior to Friday to complete that assignment. Once you are initially directed to complete the first homework in preparation for the first lesson of the Unit you must continue to complete the next homework assignments for the following classes. Don’t stop unless specifically directed to do so. If in doubt, complete the next homework assignment. As an example: complete #1 for the first lesson, complete #2 for the second lesson, etc. However, abide by the 2 hours of homework per week rule. Unit I: Introduction to History and Geography 1. Read, then complete and return the “Course Outline” tear off return slip. 2. Think about history and geography. 3. Work on your “What’s in Name?” assignment. Unit II: Geography and the Environment 1. Play sheppardsoftware.com geography games 2. Make your way to class Unit III: Early Civilizations 1. Read pp. 7 – 13 a. Define and or Identify: Paleolithic, Neolithic, homo-sapiens, hunting and gathering, Bronze Age b. When did the Neolithic Revolution take place? c. How did the Neolithic Revolution change the world? 2. Read pp. 13 – 19 a. Define and or Identify: Civilization, Mesopotamia, Sumerians, Ziggurats, Babylonian (s), Hammurabi’s Code, cuneiform, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Sumer, barbarian b. What were the most noteworthy achievements of Sumerian civilization? 3. Read pp. 20 – 21 a. Define pharaoh, pyramid, Kush, Nile River, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt b. To what extent were Egypt and Sumeria similar? 4. Read pp. 21 – 24 a. Define and or Identify: Indus River, Harappa, Yellow River (Huanghe), Shang b. What brought about an end to Harappan Civilization? c. How much contact did early Chinese civilization have with the other river civilizations, and what role might geography have played in that isolation? 5. Read pp. 24 – 29 a. Define and or Identify: Phoenicians, monotheism b. What were the greatest contributions of the early river civilizations to humanity? Unit IV: Early Belief Systems and Religions Animism: There is no textbook homework associated with this Unit IV lesson; Animism. 1. Judaism Read pp. 25 – 28 Identify and or Define: Jews, Semitic, Babylonian, Jehovah, monotheism a. What are the basic tenets of Judaism? 2. Christianity Read pp. 106 – 108 Identify and or Define: Jesus, Messiah, Paul, pope b. How did Christianity manage to grow into a significant religion? 3. Islam Read pp. 108 – 110, 113 – 119, 121 – 130 Identify and or Define: Allah, Muslim, Mohammed (Muhammad), Koran (Qu’ran), Arabian Peninsula, Bedouin, Mecca, Medina, shaykhs (sheiks), Arabia, Byzantine Empire, Ka’ba, Five Pillars of Islam, Ramadan India 4. Hinduism Read pp. 57 – 61. Identify and or Define: Vedic and Epic Ages, artha, karma, dharma, Brahmanism, Upanishads, Gurus, Vishnu, Shiva, reincarnation, Yoga, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma (Krishna), Kamasutra 5. Buddhism Read pp. 59 - 61, 103 – 106. Identify and or Define: Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, Nirvana, Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, stupas, Mahayana a. How did Buddhism start? b. Where did Buddhism spread to? c. How did Buddhism change over time? China 6. Read pp. 26 – 27, 42 – 43. Identify and or Define: Mandate of Heaven, Laozi, Dao (Tao), Han Dynasty a. What are the basic tenets of Taoism (Daoism)? b. How does Taoism differ in comparison to Confucianism? 7. Read pp. 40 – 42. Identify and or Define: Confucius (Kung Fuzi), Confucianism, Zhou Dynasty, a. What are the basic tenets of Confucianism? b. Why did Confucianism evolve the way it did? 8. Greco – Roman Religious Beliefs Read pp. 79 – 80 Identify and or Define: Zeus (Jupiter), Apollo, Mars, Neptune, Venus, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, the Stoics, the Iliad and the Odyssey a. In what ways do Greco – Roman religious beliefs reflect Animist concepts? Unit V: Classical Civilizations 1. The Persian Empire Read pp. 70 – 71 Identify and or define: Cyrus the Great, Zoroastrianism 2. Ancient Greece Read pp. 69, 71 – 72, 75 – 76, 79 – 83 Identify and or define: Olympic Games, Peloponnesian Wars, Pericles, Phillip II of Macedon,, Hellenistic Period, Alexandra (the Great), Alexandria, Direct (True) Democracy, Aristotle, Stoics, Socrates, Plato, Sophocles, Iliad, Odyssey, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian (columns) 3. Mauryan Empire Read pp. 51 – 55, 61 – 67 Himalayas, Monsoons, Sanskrit, Ramayana, Muaryan Empire (Dynasty), Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Kushans 4. Rome Read pp. 72 – 74, 76 – 79, 99 - 103 Identify and or define: Roman republic, Punic Wars, Carthage, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar (Octavian), Diocletian, Constantine, Senate, Byzantine Empire, Justinian • What caused the (Western) Roman Empire to collapse? 5. China Read pp. 35 – 40, 44 – 49, 98 – 99 Identify and or define: Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Confucius, Shi Huangdi, Han Dynasty, Silk Road, Yellow Turbans 6. Gupta Empire Read pp. 55 – 57, 99 Identify and or define: Guptas, Kautilya, Rajput What caused the collapse of the Gupta Empire? 7. Axum Read pp. 92 – 99 Identify and or define: Kush, Axum, Ethiopia