AP World History Summer Assignment 2014-2015

Due: First Day of School

Due to the breadth of required AP curriculum content, and the fact that sophomores have had no prior exposure to AP courses, students signing up for AP World will be responsible for knowing major events in world history from 8000 BCE to 600 BCE (the first of 6 required time periods). This will ensure that students have a general foundation of core knowledge on which we will build throughout the year.

(Rising AP students are often irrationally afraid of making a mistake on the summer assignment. Know that we are not trying to find ways to penalize you on this assignment, but rather we simply want you to learn the required material. So, relax, learn, and do your best)!

Required Texts

Text can be found on Amazonor see if you can purchase a copy from a current sophomore!

1. World Civilizations: The Global Experience*AP Edition/6th EditionStearnsISBN: 0-205-65956-X

2. Student Purchase (optional, but highly recommended): AP World History study book. Any publisher/edition used or new (Barron’s or Princeton Review 2014) will do. These may be purchased at most major book dealers or online.

PART I

Lesson #1: AP 101

Go to the College Board website and answer the following:

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-world-history/about-the-exam?worldhist

1. What are the 6 time periods covered in the exam? 2. What does Section I cover? 3. What 3 types of essays are required in Section II? 4. How much time is given for the exam?

Lesson #2: Geography (You can expect a quiz on the AP World Regions in the first few weeks of school)

Map #1: Geographic features (draw/label the following, use the maps provided, do not try to cram all of these features into one world map)1.) All 7 continents2.) Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian

3.) Seas: Mediterranean, North, Black, Caspian, Arabian, Red, Baltic, Caribbean4.) Other Bodies of Water: Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico5.) Mountains: Ural, Caucasus, Alps, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Cascades, Andes6.) Rivers: Mississippi, Columbia, Amazon, Niger, Nile, Indus, Tigris, Euphrates, Yellow, Volga, Danube

Map #2: Civilizations, 8000 BCE – 600 BCE (draw & label the following using the maps provided)

1.) All 7 continents2.) Mesopotamia (Tigris/Euphrates Rivers) 3.) Babylonia4.) Egypt & Nubia (Nile River)5.) Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa (Indus River) 6.) Shang (Yellow River)7.) Olmecs8.) Chavin (Andes Mountains)9.) Assyrians10.) Phoenicia/Israel/Judah11.) Minoans & Myceneans12.) Hittites

Map #3: AP World Regions MapsStudy the AP World Regions map and the Regions map. You are not required to do an assignment with this map, but you will be quizzed on this material in the first few weeks of school.

Lesson #3: Vocabulary (Define. Use the Stearns book, the Stearn website, an AP study book, or a dictionary).

Stone Agehunting-foraging peoples Neolithic revolutions agricultural societiespastoral societiesurban societiespatriarchyspecialization of labor metallurgycivilizationcore/foundational Civilizations cultural hearthsurplus laborCuneiformHieroglyphspictograph alphabets Hammurabi

Vedic ReligionHebrew monotheism (Judaism) ZoroastrianismEpic of GilgameshRig VedaBook of the Deadcity-statepapyrusdivinationMandate of HeavenlegalismConfucianismDaoismIron Age

AP World History Summer Assignment 2014-2015

PART II

Lesson #4: Reading and Study Questions

Due: First Day of SchoolYou will be required to read the first 3 chapters of the textbook1. From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations2. Classical Civilizations: China3. Classical Civilizations: India

For each chapter annotate, highlight, and write down the important points. Be ready to compare Chapters 1 & 2.

I recommend putting these notes in a binder or notebook you will have dedicated to WHAP. I will check them on the first day of school.

Contact InformationI have created a weebly for this class that you will be required to check throughout the summer.

http://sehswhap.weebly.com

If you want reminders throughout the summer and through next year texted to your phone I have set up an app called Remind101

Text this phone number: (949) 245-6622

With this message: @sehswhap

Make sure to include the @ symbol. This will allow me to send you text reminders without seeing your phone number.

You may also reach me at my school email address: omorales@stliz-hs.org

Remember to try your best.

“Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.” –Theodore Roosevelt