Name_____________________________________ AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 AP World History Summer Assignment 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 o 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. 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—Free Response Questions – 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. https://www.getafive.com/ap-tests/world-history offers free resources, e.g., videos, study notes, and review quizzes to utilize throughout the course You will have access to a Schoology.com course page for the summer assignment. o You access code is 79NND-5R5B7 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 2016-2017 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) 1. 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 AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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? AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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? AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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. AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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? AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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? AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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? AP World Summer Assignment 2016-2017 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.