AP WORLD HISTORY SUMMER READING ASSIGNEMENT

All students registered for AP World History are required to do a summer reading project, which is due the 3rd day of class. The Summer reading assignment for AP World History is Chapters one through four of the text (McKay. 2004. A History of World Societies). This text will be checked out to you when you receive this assignment. If you end up needing a text or you have any questions, contact Ms. McNair at abbey.mcnair@ops.org . AP World History covers history from ancient civilizations to the present. This is a tremendous amount of information and material and requires us to move at a rapid pace in order to accomplish this in one year. This summer reading project allows us to get a head start on the material. For each chapter there is a study guide that should be completed as you read. The Flowchart Questions and Vocabulary on the summer study guides will be the basis of the exam that will be given on the third day of school. You are expected to read these four chapters, answer the attached flowchart questions and identify the people and terms. You should come to class on the first day of school prepared to answer questions over the material and should be ready to take an exam over the material on the Third day of the 2010-2011 school year. Questions for this exam will only come from the study guide questions, terms, and people. Those students who carefully READ these pages, complete the study guides, and study should not have any difficulty on this exam. Please remember that this is not an honors level class, but rather an Advanced Placement class. This is a college level class and college level effort is expected of each person who has signed up to take this class. Coming to school unprepared on the first day of school would be a clear indication that you are not ready for this commitment. I look forward to working with you this next school year and hope you arrive prepared and ready to explore World History. Please complete the attached study guide and bring it and your book with you on the first day of school. Have a Nice Summer!

STUDY GUIDE DIRECTIONS: For each Chapter answer the flowchart questions, chapter questions (see example of a flowcharted answer at the end of this packet) and then individually identify the people and terms. All vocabulary and chapter questions should be typed and collected in a 3-ring binder (recommended 2-3 inch binder that will be used the rest of the year as your AP WORLD NOTEBOOK) and will be turned in at the time of the first exam.
Chapter One Study Guide Chapter One Flowchart Questions (each question should be flowcharted separately): Answer the question, what is civilization? Compare and Contrast the terms history, civilization, and western Describe how and why western culture originated in Mesopotamia and not in China, Egypt, or the Americas What caused Mesopotamian culture to become dominant throughout most of the ancient Near East? Chapter One Terms 1. cradle of civilization 2. polytheism 3. Bronze Age 4. anthropomorphic gods 5. monotheism 6. cuneiform 7. patriarch

systematic agriculture place value 10. pharaoh 11. Sea peoples 12. Epic of Gilgamesh 13. Homo Sapiens 14. Sumer
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15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

Indo-European Code of Hammurabi Sargon Semites Amorites Sumerians Hittites

Chapter ONE Questions 1. What were the major accomplishments of the Paleolithic peoples? Why were their lives so precarious? 2. Explain the impact that systematic agriculture has on the lives of these early peoples. Why did farming and domestication of animals constitute a revolution in human life? 3. What effect did the geography of Mesopotamia have on the lives of the people who lived between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? 4. What importance did the Nile River have in the economic and political development of Egypt? 5. What was the role of the pharaoh in Egyptian society? 6. How did Sumerian writing evolve? 7. What were the Mesopotamian religious beliefs and how did the Mesopotamians explain life and the universe? 8. Define the term myth. What role has myth played in Western culture? Does society live by myths today? 9. What does Indo-European language mean? What are some of the languages that are part of this group? 10. Who were the Indo-Europeans and what impact did they have on the history of the Near East? 11. Who were the Hyksos and what changes did they bring to Egypt? What was the Egyptian response? 12. Who were the Sea Peoples and what did they do?

Chapter Two Study Guide Chapter Two Flowchart Questions (each question should be flowcharted separately): After reading the chapter describe the factors that led to the dissolution of Egypt and the creation of small kingdoms in the wake of Egypts decline Describe factors that led to Assyrian dominance in the ninth and eighth centuries BCE Explain how Zoroastrian beliefs influenced both Judaism and Christianity

Chapter Two Terms 1. Nomad 2. Polygamy 3. Monogamy 4. Talmud 5. Babylonian Captivity 6. Yahweh

Covenant 8. Zorastastrianism 9. Satrap 10. Torah 11. Phoenicians 12. Ten Commandments
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Kingdom of Kush 14. Cyrus the Great 15. Medes 16. Persians
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Chapter THREE Questions 1. Explain how the peopled of Nubia, Libya, and the Kingdom of Kush interacted with Egypt and its culture. What were the results? 2. What are the main features of Judaism? How important was religion in the daily life of the people? 3. What changes did prosperity and urbanization bring to Hebrew life? 4. What made Iran the highway between East and West? 5. Describe the accomplishments of Cyrus the Great. Why was this conqueror regarded by many non-Persians as a liberator and benefactor? 6. Zoroaster gave the Near East some novel ideas about divinity and human life. What were these ideas? 7. Describe the Persian system of imperial rule. In what ways is it different from or similar to that of the Assyrians?

Chapter Three Study Guide Chapter Three Flowchart Questions: What kind of social, religious, and political organization developed in India? What kind of intellectual and religious values did ancient and classical Indian society generate? How were developments in India linked to developments outside cultures in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea? Chapter Three Terms 1. Aryan people 2. Harappan society 3. Harappa 4. Raja 5. Ganges River 6. Brahman caste 7. Kshatriya caste 8. Vaishya caste 9. Shundra caste 10. Outcastes (untouchables) 11. Yoga and Moksha 12. Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism 13. Jainism 14. Brahmanism 15. Hinduism

Chapter Three Questions 1. Brahmanical thinkers developed the idea of Karma. Describe Karma. 2. What are the main geographical areas of India, and how have they affected its history? 3. What was the political and social organization of Aryan society? 4. What effects did contact with Persia and Alexander the Great have on India?

Chapter Four Study Guide Chapter Four Flowchart Questions: In what ways did ancient and classical China resemble other early civilizations? What effects did Chinas retaining a logographic writing system have on its culture? What are the key contributions of the ancient and classical periods to the later developments of Chinese civilization? Chapter Four Terms 1. Shang bronzes 2. Son of Heaven 3. Warring states period Chapter THREE Questions 1. What were the principal areas of China for food production and what were Chinas principal food sources? 2. Describe the status distinctions within Shang society. Did the serf-farmers play an important role? 3. The author claims that the invention of writing led to a better-organized and powerful central government. Explain this. 4. Why did the Zhou rulers set up a decentralized, feudal system of rule? Did it work in their favor? 5. What were the five cardinal relations set forth by Confucius? What was the purpose of the relations? 4. Analects 5. Zhou 6. Daoism 7. Confucianism 8. Legalists

Flowchart Example:

What caused this era of revolution? What were the ideas and objectives of the men and women who rose up violently to undo the established system? What were the gains and losses for privileged groups and for ordinary people in a generation of war and upheaval?