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To: Enrolled AP World History students
From: A. Horwitz, teacher
Re: AP World History Preview Assignment
Date: August 25, 2011
Dear Students,
According to my records, you are enrolled in AP World History for
second semester. Let me begin by welcoming you and telling you how excited
I am for this class next semester. As you may already know, the AP World
History curriculum covers a wide range of time and geographical area. The
curriculum is divided into 6 time periods. Since all of you will be required to
take the AP test in order to get the AP credit I would like to get a jump
start on the material.
Please stop by my room by September 2, 2011 to pick up the
assignment. You will receive your textbook and an assignment packet. The
assignment will consist of reading in the text, note-taking, answering
questions and mapping. Please pay close attention to the directions when you
receive the assignment. I will deduct points if your assignment is not labeled
or I cannot read your handwriting.
This assignment is due the first day of class the second semester. In
addition, you will be given some form of assessment during the first week of
class to test your knowledge of the material covered in your preview
assignment. Please take this assignment seriously. If you do not complete
this assignment, the chances of you earning a passing grade for the first
marking period will be very slim. Please remember that I am in room 212 if
you have questions regarding the assignment. If you’d like some additional
help after school, I’d be happy to make an appointment with you. I look
forward to meeting you and having you in class.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Amanda Horwitz
AP World History
AP World History
Spring 2012
Preview Assignment
Part I:
You will be assigned the first 6 chapters of the textbook. For each
chapter, you will outline and answer discussion questions. Please follow these
directions when completing Part I:
1. Complete the outline and discussion questions in a spiral notebook. Be
prepared to hand that notebook in.
2. Clearly label the outline and questions for each chapter.
3. When answering the discussion questions, use complete sentences.
4. Everything must be handwritten and legible.
5. Evidence of plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment grade.
Part II:
You will be given a map and some directions to follow in labeling the
map. Pay close attention to the rubric as there are point values indicated on
it.
Information for Part I:
(each outline is worth 100 points; questions sets 20 points each)
Chapter 1
1. How did the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution occur, and how did it affected the lives of men
and women?
2. What are the chief characteristics of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia?
3. What is the role of geography and religion in the civilization of ancient Egypt?
4. How do Judaism and Zoroastrianism differ from the religions of Mesopotamia and Egypt?
5. What Methods and institutions were used by the Assyrians and Persians to amass and
maintain their respective empires?
6. What are the similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian
civilizations, and what accounted for these similarities and differences?
Chapter 2
1. What are the chief features of the Harappan civilization, and what are the ways in which it
was similar to the civilizations that arose in Egypt and Mesopotamia?
2. What are the effects of the class system and family on Indian civilization?
3. What are the main tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism, and how did/does each religion
influence Indian civilization?
4. Why was India unable to maintain a unified empire in the first millennium B.C.E.?
5. Why was the Mauryan Empire temporarily able to overcome tendencies towards disunity?
6. In what ways did the culture of ancient India resemble and differ from the cultural
experience of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt?
7. Describe some of the key factors that explain why India became one of the first regions to
create an advanced technological society in the ancient world and the degree to which it
merits comparisons with Mesopotamia and Egypt as the site of the first civilizations.
Chapter 3
1. How did geography influenced the civilization that arose in China?
2. What were major tenets of Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism, and the role each played in
early Chinese history?
3. What were key aspects of social and economic life in early China?
4. Describe the role of nomadic peoples in early Chinese history and how that role compared
with conditions in other parts of Asia.
5. What are the chief characteristics of the Chinese writing system, and how and why were
they developed?
6. Describe the. differences between the civilization of ancient China and its contemporaries in
Mesopotamia and Egypt, and how geography and the environment may have been a factor
in determining these differences
Chapter 4
1. Why Homer was used as the basis for Greek education?
2. What is polis, or city-state, and how did the city-states of Athens and Sparta differ?
3. What did the Greeks meant by democracy, and in what ways was the Athenian political
system a democracy?
4. Describe the legacy of Alexander the Great, and how he was able to amass his empire .
5. How did the political, economic, and social institutions of the Hellenistic world differed from
those of Classical Greece?
6. What were the differences between the schools of philosophy and major religions of the
Hellenistic period and the classical period, and what do these differences suggest about
society in the two periods?
Chapter 5
1. What policies and institutions that help explain the Romans’ success in conquering Italy?
2. How did Rome achieve its empire from 264 to 133 B.C.E., and what problems did it face as a
result of its growing empire?
3. Describe the chief features of the Roman Empire at its height in the second century C.E.
4. What were the reforms Diocletian and Constantine instituted, and to what extent were
these reforms were successful?
5. Describe the characteristics of Christianity that enabled it to grow and ultimately triumph.
6. What were the similarities and differences between the Roman Empire and the Han Chinese
Empire?
7. What did one historian mean when he said the Romans became Christians and the
Christians became Romans?
Chapter 6
1. Who the first Americans were, and when and how did they arrived?
2. Describe the main characteristics of religious belief in early Mesoamerica.
3. What role the environment played in the evolution of societies in the Americas?
4. What were the main characteristics of the stateless societies in the Americas, and how
they did differ from the civilizations that arose there?
5. What are the similarities and differences between the civilizations of the New World
and the Old World (Part I)?
Information for Part II:
Map Activity 1
1. Locate, draw and label the following riverine regions on the large world map. With
colored pencils, indicate the sphere of influence of each river valley culture. (16 points)
Nile River Valley
Yangtze Valley
Huang He Valley (Shang Dynasty)
Ganges River
Tigris & Euphrates River Valley
Indus River Valley
Peruvian coastal river valley system
Central Mexico river valley system
2. Locate and label the following bodies of water on the map. (5 points)
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
3. Locate and label the 7 continents of the world. (7 points)
4. Label the Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Prime Meridian, and Equator. (4 points)
5. Indicate the Himalayas, Andes, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and
Sierra Madre Del Sur ranges with brown ^^^^ marks. (5 points)
6. Color the Sahara region tan. (1 point)
7. Locate and label the following cities on the map. (17 points)
Catal Huyuk Ur
Mohenjo-Daro
San Lorenzo
Babylon
Harappa
La Venta
Jerusalem
Memphis
Louyang (Honan, Loyang)
Chavin de Huantar
Thebes Giza
Anyang Zhengzhou
Beijing Tres Zapotes
8. Using a pink pencil, trace and label the borders of the area controlled by the Zhou
(Chou) Dynasty c. 1066-221 BCE. (1 point)
9. Remember to have a key and a compass rose. (2 points)
10. Remember to put your name, date, and class period in the upper right hand corner of
the map and staple this rubric to the map when you turn it in. (2 points)
Total points = 60