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AP World History Summer Assignment SUMMER 2018 McKinley Technology High School Instructor: Mr. Tyrone Shaw Tyrone.Shaw@dc.gov Student Name: DUE THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS.

1 AP World History Summer Assignment SUMMER 2018 McKinley Technology High School Instructor: Mr. Tyrone Shaw Student Name: DUE THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS. AUGUST 24 TH (A-DAY) & 27 TH (B-DAY), 2018 Welcome to AP World History, I look forward to a great year with you. As an APWH student, you are held to a higher expectation than the average student of history. Despite the fact that you are in the 10 th grade, AP World History is a college level course; you will be given college level work. As part of the college level curriculum and expectation, there is the opportunity to earn college credit; however, this can only be achieved if you are willing to put forth college level effort. As an introduction to this course, it is required that you complete this summer assignment in an effort to become more familiar with the areas of history that are covered. Your entire packet is due the by the end of the first week of your AP class. 1

2 AP WORLD HISTORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2018 Dear Students Welcome to your sophomore AP World History course! In preparation for our busy year, you are expected to complete the following FOUR assignments over the summer! Please review the descriptions of the activities listed below and the assessments for each assignment. We will begin our course of study in the year 8,000 B.C.E. and finish the school year looking at modern day issues. The majority of your summer assignments will require you to read, reflect and analyze a book. You will also have to complete three basic world religions charts, answer questions about the Neolithic Revolution and complete a geography assignment. Please feel free to me over the summer if you have questions. Sincerely, Mr. Shaw Tyrone.Shaw@dc.gov Assignment One WORLD RELIGIONS The influence of major religions and semi-religious philosophies on societies will provide a reoccurring theme throughout the course. It is important for you to be familiar with each religion as we proceed. Please follow the directions below: 1. Visit the following sources: BBC Religion & Ethics Website Infoplease.com World Religions PowerPoint on Edmodo. 2. Complete each of the following: Western Eurasian Religions Chart Eastern Eurasian Religions Chart Classical Eastern Semi-Religious Philosophies Chart An example of the detail expected of you can be found on the Classical Eastern Semi- Religious Philosophies Chart under Daoism (Taoism). To help you complete each section of the chart, be sure to keep the following in mind: 1. Symbol Draw in and name the appropriate symbol for each religion 2. Founder/Patriarch Name the historical founder (if any) 3. Place & Date of Origin When and where the religion began 4. Modern Extent Where most adherents live today (country, continent) 5. Holy or Sacred Texts Make sure to look at the websites or the Barron's book carefully 6. Teachings Summarize the core beliefs and teachings of each religion (i.e. Islam s 5 Pillars) 7. Role of Women Explain the accepted role of women in each religion 2

3 MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS OF WESTERN EURASIA Symbol JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM Founder / Patriarch Place and Date of Origin & Modern Extent Holy or Sacred Text Teaching or Core Beliefs Role of Women 3

4 POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS OF EASTERN EURASIA HINDUISM BUDDHISM Symbol Founder / Patriarch Place and Date of Origin & Modern Extent Holy or Sacred Text Teaching or Core Beliefs Role of Women 4

CLASSICAL EASTERN SEMI-RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHES DAOISM CONFUCIANISM Symbol Founder / Patriarch Laozi (Lao-tzu), otherwise known as the Old Master Place and Date of Origin & Modern Extent c.

5 CLASSICAL EASTERN SEMI-RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHES DAOISM CONFUCIANISM Symbol Founder / Patriarch Laozi (Lao-tzu), otherwise known as the Old Master Place and Date of Origin & Modern Extent c. 500 BCE during the Zhou Dynasty; would become popularized throughout China c. 200 BCE; birth/death dates unknown (probably c.500 BCE) Holy or Sacred Text Teaching or Core Beliefs Tao-te Ching (Book of the Way) stresses the path toward wisdom through experience; I- Ching (Book of Changes) analyzes & predicts future events Mostly Practiced in China Dictates that the universe and all within are permeated by a natural order that must be felt and experienced to be understood. Temporal (worldly) matters are of little concern; seeking knowledge of the Dao (or Way) through nature, poetry, and experience is all that matters. Great emphasis on the individual and the balance with nature. (Yin-Yang) A true Taoist embraces the nature of things, and does not waste effort effecting their whim on life, but rather surrenders themselves to experience Taoist rituals permeated other ancient practices, and commonly became associated with the mystical. Co-exists within Eastern concepts of Buddhism and Confucianism. Many Mahayana Buddhist sects have elements of Daoism infused in their teachings (underscores Chinese influence on the spread of Buddhism to Korea & Japan) For Confucianism, the Taoist belief in balance accentuates the balance between benevolence and respect that superiors must show their subordinates. Role of Women Daoism makes no concrete distinction between men and women; all individuals are equal in light of the Dao 5

6 Assignment Two GEOGRAPHY Directions: Label (or number) the world map with the land and water features listed below in the color indicated in parenthesis. Several maps have been provided. MAP 3: Continents- (make each a different color) 1. North America 2. South America 3. Australia 4. Europe 5. Antarctica 6. Asia 7. Africa MAP 1: Rivers (Red) 1. Amazon River 2. Congo River 3. Danube River 4. Euphrates River 5. Ganges River 6. Indus River 7. Mississippi River 8. Niger River 9. Nile River 10. Rio Grande 11. Tigres River 12. Yangtze River 13. Yellow River MAP 1: Oceans and Seas (Blue) 1. Arctic Ocean 2. Atlantic Ocean 3. Indian Ocean 4. Pacific Ocean 5. Southern Ocean 6. Adriatic Sea 7. Aegean Sea 8. Arabian Sea 9. Baltic Sea 10. Barents Sea 11. Bay of Bengal 12. Bering Sea 13. Black Sea 14. Caribbean Sea 15. Caspian Sea 16. Coral Sea 17. East China Sea 18. English Channel 19. Great Lakes 20. Gulf of Mexico 21. Mediterranean Sea 22. North Sea 23. Norwegian Sea 24. Persian Gulf 25. Red Sea 26. Sea of Japan 27. South China Sea 28. Yellow Sea MAP 2: Mountain Ranges (Brown) 1. Alaska Range 2. Alps 3. Andes Mountains 4. Appalachian Mountains 5. Atlas Mountains 6. Himalaya Mountains 7. Hindu Kush Mountains 8. Rocky Mountains 9. Ural Mountains MAP 2: Deserts (Tan) 1. Atacama Desert 2. Gobi Desert 3. Great Sandy Desert 4. Kalahari Desert 5. Namib Desert 6. Sahara Desert 7. Syrian Desert MAP 3: Please Color & Label the Following: North Africa: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco West Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Benin East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mozambique Equatorial Africa: Congo, Rwanda, Sudan Southern Africa: Angola, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe Middle East: Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq East Asia: China, Japan, Korea South Asia: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan Southeast Asia: Thailand, Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines Latin America: Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru 6

7 Map #1 - Bodies of Water, Straits and Rivers 7

8 Map #2 Mountains, Deserts, Peninsulas and other Landforms 8

9 Map #3 - AP World Regions and Continents 9

10 Name: Period: Date: Assignment Three CONTENT REVIEW QUESTIONS: JOHN GREEN VIDEOS Have you heard of John Green s Crash Course videos on Youtube? If not, they will become a crucial resource for understanding the big concepts in AP World (if you can make it past the corny jokes). You are required to watch the five John Green videos that correspond with the first unit of material in AP World and answer a series of questions to support your understanding of the material he speeds through. DIRECTIONS The responses must be neatly HANDWRITTEN in full sentences. To completely explain your answer, each response should be a paragraph of 5-7 sentences. (Your best handwriting please.) VIDEO 1: AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION 1. How do we have evidence of Hunter-Gatherers (H-G) and their lifeways? 2. What advantages did H-G have over early agriculturalists? 3. Where did agriculture emerge? Which food crops are associated with which areas? 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of agriculture? 5. What impact does agriculture have on the environment? 6. What advantages do you think that Eurasia had with its zoological set of animals compared to the Americas? 10

11 7. If H-G had a better and healthier lifeway, why did people become agriculturalists? 8. What do historians say are the drawbacks to complex civilizations and agriculture? VIDEO 2: THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION 1. How is the concept of civilization a useful construct? When is it not a useful construct? 2. How does John Green define what constitutes a civilization? How does this compare to other definitions of civilization you have learned? 3. Where did the earliest civilizations emerge? Why there? 4. Why was the Indus Valley a prime location? How did the environment impact the people who lived there? 5. What evidence exists of long-distance trade and with whom? 6. What appears to be unique about the Indus River Valley, based on your knowledge of other civilizations? 11

12 VIDEO 3: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA 1. John Green begins by discussing one of the most obvious consequences of agriculture what is it and what are the most immediate consequences for those societies? 2. How does Mesopotamia compare with the Indus River Valley? Identify both similarities and differences. Explain the reason for why ONE similarity exists and ONE difference exists (This is analysis!!! One of the more challenging skills you need in AP World!!) 3. What three points does John Green make about the advent of writing? 4. What was Hammurabi s most significant contribution? 5. What are the challenges of empire? What is the usual result? 12

13 VIDEO 4: ANCIENT EGYPT 1. What point is John Green making about the different lenses we use when we study history? 2. How did the Nile River shape the worldview of the Egyptians? How did this compare to the Mesopotamian worldview? 3. How was the Egyptian civilization different from most other river valley civilizations? Why do you think this was? 4. What does the construction of the pyramids represent? (NOT - what was the purpose of the pyramids?) 5. What was the motivation for building the pyramids? (NOT - what was the purpose of the pyramids?) 6. What protected Egypt from outside peoples? How were the Egyptians eventually conquered by semitic peoples of the Middle East? 13

14 VIDEO 5: THE BRONZE AGE 1. What do textbooks normally do to the river valley civilizations? 2. What do Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, etc. have in common? a. TRADE: What did underwater archaeologists find on the shipwreck? b. WAR: What was one of the main drivers of economic growth? c. FAMILY: How did these civilizations share familial relationships? 3. What are we really talking about when we use the word civilization? 4. What happened around 120 BCE to Mycenaeans, Minoans, Hittites and partially Egypt? What caused this? What is the theory of Archaeo Seismologists? 5. How does interdependence in the Bronze Age help lead to its downfall? 14

15 Name: Period: Date: Assignment FOUR SUMMER READING FOR AP WORLD HISTORY A History of the World in Six Glasses By Tom Standage A summer reading assignment is the beginning of most Advanced Placement courses. This year`s summer reading assignment for AP World History is A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage. This book traces the history of the world though a discussion of beverages that people drank in various time periods beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca-Cola. Reading the book will help you develop a perspective on our yearlong study of history of world civilization in AP World History. A PDF copy of this book is available at: Standage, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses ISBN-10 (for paperback edition): or ISBN-13: *** Disclaimer: The use of this book as a summer reading assignment in no way represents any endorsement by Mr. Shaw or McKinley Technology High School of the use or misuse of any of these beverages, alcoholic, caffeinated, or otherwise. The book merely offers an innovative and interesting perspective to initiate our year-long discussion of world history. *** A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX GLASSES GUIDED READING QUESTIONS: As you read, answer the attached reading questions for each chapter. Your answers need to be thorough, but do not need to be lengthy- 3 to 4 sentences should suffice. INTRODUCTION 1. What is the author`s main thesis (argument) in setting up his book? Why/how are these fluids vital? 2. Why did water get replaced by other beverages in human settlements? BEER IN MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2) 1. What remarkable shift began happening about 12,000 years ago? Where did it happen? 2. Describe the ratchet effect which caused farming to spread beyond the Fertile Crescent. 3. How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering (Paleolithic) to agricultural based (Neolithic) societies? 15

16 4. What does the story of beer tell you about social and gender roles in ancient SW Asia and Europe? 5. How important do you think beer was in the growth and diffusion of the earliest civilizations? Would the earliest civilizations of SW Asia and Egypt have been as prosperous without the discovery of beer? 6. What sources does the author use to gather his information on the use of beer and early civilizations? 7. What is the relationship between early civilizations and writing? Civilizations and health? WINE IN GREECE AND ROME (CHAPTERS 3 AND 4) 1. Based on the story at the beginning of this chapter, DESCRIBE how rulers showed power and authority in early civilizations and empires. Then, ANALYZE why these methods were effective at that time. 2. What does the story of wine tell you about social and gender roles in the Mediterranean world? How did this change over time? 3. What effect does wine have on the development of Christianity and of Islam (separately)? 4. How and why did wine evolve into a status symbol in Greece? 5. What does the movement of wine show us about Rome and trading networks during this period of history? 16

17 6. How was the complex social hierarchy of Rome revealed by wine? 7. Describe and analyze the relationships between wine and empire, and wine and medicine and religion in Rome. SPIRITS IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD (CHAPTERS 5 AND 6) 1. In the 18th century, how did spirits change the balance of power amongst the western European nations (particularly Britain and France)? 2. Describe how spirits were first invented by Muslim scholars and then spread as a medicine to Europe. 3. Describe and analyze the links between slavery, sugar, and alcohol. Then, explain how it was used by European explorers and naval forces. 4. Why were spirits an important staple in Colonial America? 5. How did rum play a role in the American Revolution? 6. What is the connection between spirits and colonization? 17

18 COFFEE IN THE AGE OF REASON (CHAPTERS 7 AND 8) 1. Was coffee the first true global beverage? Why or why not? 2. How (and why) did coffee play a pivotal role in the Enlightenment and French Revolution? 3. What different regions of the world were connected through the coffee trade? What role did each place have in trade? 4. What important functions did coffee houses serve in the flow of information in the 1600s and 1700s? 5. How did coffee and coffeehouses impact the following: a. Scientific thought b. Business c. Political thought TEA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CHAPTERS 9 AND 10) 1. Why was tea important to China`s economy, and how did it affect China`s relationships with other countries? 2. Explain the relationship between tea and the Industrial Revolution. 3. Compare and contrast how the British trade in tea affected America and India. 4. Why was the British Empire called this vast empire on which the sun never sets? 18

19 5. How did tea reach England? How did it spread from the very top of society to the drink enjoyed by coalcarters and common working people? 6. How did Britain become a drug-dealing nation, in order to retain and grow their access to tea? 7. How do the actions of Britain against China during this period show the impact of the Industrial Revolution on power relationships in the globe? COCA-COLA AND THE RISE OF AMERICA (CHAPTERS 11 AND 12) 1. How does the story of Coca-Cola relate to the rise of capitalism and entrepreneurship in the 19th and early 20th century? How does this story show a larger global economic shift? 2. How does Coca-Cola affect people`s views of the United States? Is the spread of Coca-Cola an example of Americanization around the world? 3. How did Coca-Cola successfully market its product? EXPLAIN how this example shows the development of consumer culture. 4. ANALYZE how these developments exhibit the idea of globalization. 19

20 EPILOGUE- BACK TO THE SOURCE These should be answered in 6-8 sentences. 1. Do you agree or disagree with Standage`s argument in the epilogue? Will water be the most influential beverage in shaping the global situation of the next 100+ years? Why or why not? 2. Define Developed World and Developing World. 3. What differences can you see in these two Worlds based on their issues with this beverage? 20

Northeast High School AP World History Summer Assignment * If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Krzys at

Northeast High School AP World History Summer Assignment 2018-2019 Dear Students: Congratulations on making the decision to enroll in AP World History! AP World is a thematic, collegelevel course designed