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World History Honors Summer Assignment 2015 Due date ___________________ Student Name ____________________________________ Note: This is an individual assignment. Any students with duplicate answers will receive a 0 for the entire assignment. Did you? Answer ALL of the margin questions Include ALL additional outlines Identify vocabulary terms in “Second Thoughts” Include typed responses for Big Picture Questions Directions: Read “Ming Dynasty China” pgs 566-569 and answer the following questions. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: How would you define the major achievements of Ming Dynasty China? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1. What 2 events disrupted the Chinese civilization? 2. When was the Ming dynasty? 3. What is a dynasty? 4. Using map 12.1 what major regions did Zheng He explore on his voyages? 5. What did the Ming dynasty try to accomplish in its early decades? 6. List 3 things the Chinese government did to repair the damage of the Mongol years? 7. What were the effects on China of these efforts? 8. Why is 1405 significant? 9. What is a tribute? 10. What was the purpose of these expeditions? 11. What didn’t the Chinese seek to do on these expeditions? 12. List 3 reasons the Chinese stopped these expeditions? Directions: Read and outline (using a separate sheet of lined paper) “European Comparisons: State Building and Cultural Renewal” pgs 569-573. After you read the section, answer the margin question below using the 3 column chart below. Margin Question: What political and cultural differences stand out in the histories of 15th century China and Western Europe? What similarities are apparent? Political Differences Similarities Cultural Differences 1. 1. 1. Directions: Read “European Comparisons: Maritime Voyaging” pgs 373-576 and answer the following questions. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: In what 4 ways did European maritime voyaging in the 15th century differ from that of China? What accounts for these differences? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1. What European country initiated maritime expansion? 2. What 2 expeditions were considered breakthroughs and why? 3. List 3 differences between the Chinese and European oceangoing ventures. 4. Why were Zheng He’s voyages neglected in Chinese history? 5. List 3 reasons Europeans continued their maritime expansion. 6. How did each European social class benefit from these expeditions? 7. How did China’s long history play a role in their decision to end their expeditions? 8. Did the Chinese withdrawal help the European maritime expansion? Why or why not? Directions: Read “The Islamic World” pgs 576-580 and complete the Islamic Civilizations Chart on the following page. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: What differences can you identify among the four major empires in the Islamic world of the 15th and 16th century? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read outline (using a separate sheet of lined paper) “The Aztec Empire” pgs 580-583. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: How did Aztec religious thinking support the empire? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read outline (using a separate sheet of lined paper) “The Inca Empire” pgs 584-585. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: In what ways did Inca authorities seek to integrate their vast domains? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read outline (using a separate sheet of lined paper) “Webs of Connection” pgs 586-587. After you read the section, answer the margin question below. Margin Question: In what different ways did the peoples of the 15th century interact with one another? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read outline (using a separate sheet of lined paper) the remainder of the chapter. Big Picture Questions Directions: Answer the following “big picture” questions. These questions ask you to consider the major themes or overall concepts discussed in the chapter. Be sure to use specific examples or facts from the chapter to prove or support your claim. Each question has multiple parts, remember to answer ALL parts of each question!!! Your response should be minimum of 2 paragraphs per question and be typed. 1. Assume for the moment that the Chinese had NOT ended their maritime voyages in 1433. How might the subsequent development of world history have been different? What value is there in asking this kind of counterfactual question? 2. What predictions about the future might a global traveler of the 15th century reasonably have made? Would it depend on precisely when those predictions were made?