AP World History Summer Assignment 2013

Welcome to APWorld History. Attached are your summer assignments. Theseassignments will assist in building your basic knowledge of World History and areintended to lay the foundation for the first unit and subsequent material coveredduring the course of the year.

During the school year we will explore 10,000 years of human history, learnvaluable skills, and take the APWorld History Exam in May, 2014. This is anexciting class that will allow us to look at the big picture of history, trace culturesover time, and examine human interactions.

This summer assignment is due the first week of class - August 2013.

There will be two items you are turning in ....

1) This packet which contains the maps, vocabulary charts, and PIRATEScharts.

2) Your typed or hand-written essay.

It is important that you show that you are capable of successfully completing thisindependent assignment in the time given. The only exception will be thosestudents new to our school that will have extra time to complete the assignment.

It is highly recommended that you purchase 5 Steps to a 5 for AP World History(McGraw Hill). This is a practice book that will help you to study for the AP test inMay. It is suggested that you follow along in this book as we go throughout theyear.

I will be available by email this summer if you have any questions.

See you in August!

Ms. Clancy Email dclancy@houstonisd.org

Part 1: Mapping Exercise

Neatly label the world maps with the land and water features listed below in the color indicated inparentheses. Print neatly and make sure your maps are easy to read.

Map #1: AP World Regions

Refer to page 22 in the AP World History Course Description ( C\ -\-to 0.. c..1r..e d). Using the world mapprovided in this packet, draw and label the AP Regions based on the "c1oserview". You may color it if you would like butthat is not a requirement. However, please use a color or striping to indicate regions that overlap.

Map #2: Bodies of Water and Rivers

Oceans, Seas, Bays, lakes (color them blue)1. Atlantic Ocean2. Pacific Ocean3. Indian Ocean4. Arctic Ocean5. North Sea6. Baltic Sea7. English Channel8. Norwegian Sea9. Barents Sea10. Mediterranean Sea11. Adriatic Sea12. Aegean Sea13. Black Sea14. Caspian Sea15. Great Lakes16. Red Sea17. Persian Gulf18. Arabian Sea19. Bay of Bengal20. South China Sea21. East China Sea22. Yellow Sea23. Sea of Japan

Rivers (draw them in blue)1. Nile River2. Tigris3. Euphrates4. Amazon River5. Mississippi River6. Rio Grande River7. Indus River8. Yellow River (Huang He)9. Yangtze River10. Ganges River11. Irrawaddy River12. Mekong River13. Congo River14. Danube River

Map #3: Mountains and Deserts

Mountains (Brown)1. Alaska Range2. Rocky Mountains3. Appalachian Mountains4. Andes Mountains5. Alps6. Atlas Mountains7. Ural Mountains8. Hindu Kush9. Himalaya Mountains

Deserts (yellow)1. Gobi Desert2. Kalahari Desert3. Sahara Desert4. Thar Desert5. Sierra Madre Desert6. Mojave Desert7. Namib Desert8. Syrian Desert

AP World History Curriculum Framework

AP World History: World Regions - A Big Picture View

AP World History: World Regions - A Closer Look

Regional Overlaps

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Part 2: Common World History Vocabulary

Below you will find a chart of vocabulary words that will be repeated over and over during the course. These words willapply to many different cultures throughout history. It is important that you become familiar with the words and theirmeanings. Your definitions should be hand-written in complete sentences that thoroughly explain the word as it relatesto the study of World History.

Absolutism

Agriculture

Aristocracy

Bias

Bureaucracy

Chiefdom

City-State

Civilization

Commercial

Demography

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Divination

Dynasty

Empire

Epidemic

Forager

Globa lization

IndenturedServant

Interregional

Kingdom

Medieval

Merchant

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Scribe

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Part 3: PIRATES ChartsThroughout this course you will be asked to break down cultures and civilizations to a basic level that will allow you torecognize the MOST important characteristics and easily compare one civilization with another. A PIRATESchart will beused throughout the course to analyze a civilization/culture in seven components. We will also have comparison chartsthat will be used to show similarities and differences between multiple civilizations/cultures.

For the summer, use the internet or other resources, and analyze each of the followingcivilizations. Complete the following PIRATEScharts for each civilization listed. Includespecific and general information (minimum of 5 bullet statements per topic)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.Explanation of PIRATEScategories:

The ability to sort information into categories is an essentialskill for APWHstudents. Listedbelow are the common categoriesthatwe will utilize. They relate to the 5 major themes of APWorld History.

POLITICAL

o having to do with gaining, seeking,and organizing power

o events related to the function of government: making laws, enforcing laws, and interpreting laws

INTERACTIONWITHENVIRONMENT

o Havingto do with how the environment shapedhuman societies and how humans shaped the environment

o Including such issuesasdemography, disease,migration, patterns of settlement, and environmental technology

RELIGIOUS

o having to do with religious beliefs, whether organizedor traditional

o the religious institutions of culture

ARTANDARCHITECTURE

o Havingto do with art (visual, musical,written) and architecture aswell as intellectual movements/philosophy

TECHNOLOGY

o Havingto do with the technology used by the society

o New inventions

ECONOMIC

o Havingto do with how people meet their basicmaterial needs

o The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

o Including such issuesasdomestic and international trade, monetary policies and taxation

SOCIETY

o Havingto do with people in groups, their living together, and relations with one another

o Includessuch issuesas:gender, economic status and ethnicity

PoliticsLeaders/groupsState StructuresWarsDiplomacy/treatiesCourts/laws

InteractionsGeographyMigrationsEnvironmentPatterns of settlement

ReligionHoly booksBeliefs/teachingsConversionSin/salvationDeities

Arts & LiteratureWriting/LiteratureMusicPhilosophyEducationIntellectual AchievementsPaintings and Sculpture

TechnologyIndustriesInnovationsWeaponsMath and ScienceInventions

EconomyType of systemTradelcommerceCapital/moneyTypes of businesses

SocietyFamilyGender relationsSocial classesEntertainmentLife Styles

PIRATES Chart

MesopotamiaTigris and Euphrates River Valley

PoliticsLeaders/groupsState StructuresWarsDiplomacy/treatiesCourts/laws

InteractionsGeographyMigrationsEnvironmentPatterns of settlement

ReligionHoly booksBeliefs/teachingsConversionSin/salvationDeities

Arts & LiteratureWriting/LiteratureMusicPhilosophyEducationIntellectual AchievementsPaintings and Sculpture

TechnologyIndustriesInnovationsWeaponsMath and ScienceInventions

EconomyType of systemTrade/commerceCapital/moneyTypes of businesses

SocietyFamilyGender relationsSocial classesEntertainmentLife Styles

PIRATES Chart

Ancient EgyptOld and New Kingdoms (Nile River Valley)

Part 4: Continuity and Change over Time Essay

One of the three essays that you will be asked to write on the AP World History Exam is a Continuity and Change overTime essay (CCOT).This is a style of essay that examines how something changes and stays the same over time. Forexample, we could look at how world trade patterns changed from 1450 to 1750, or how the role of women changed inthe Middle East from 1900 to present. This essay forces us to examine the beginning situation, what caused it to change,and its ending condition. However, we must also consider what stayed the same.

This summer we'd like you to write your own CCOTessay about yourself. You should pick an area to specialize in:education, friends, responsibility, religious life, family, athletics, music, or another topic of your choosing. In regards to atime frame, start the essay wherever it's appropriate for the topic. More advanced essays will look at 3-4 differentspecialty areas (1 paragraph for each) and will be able to tie them all together to give a more thorough analysis of you.

The chart below should be completed to help you plan before you write and to provide an organizational structure foryour essay. You will use a similar planning chart throughout the year as we write other CCOTessays. If you are strivingfor a more advanced essay, you would have 3-4 different charts (1 for each category).

We don't expect perfect essays but I do expect you to give it a try. Basic essays will have a minimum of three paragraphswith a clear thesis. A basic essay will earn a maximum grade of a B. In order to earn an A for this part of the summerassignment, you will need to attempt the more advanced essay and have a logical thesis tying it together. By completingthis essay, we will have a chance to understand your writing ability as we begin the class and you will have a chance topractice one of the three essay structures we will focus on (and the one that is typically the hardest for students on theAP exam).

Final essays should be typed (single-spaced, 12 pt. font) or hand-written and will be turned in separate from the restof the summer assignment on the first day of school.

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