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AP World History – Clements High SchoolSummer Assignment 2015

Greetings future WHAP students! Your summer assignment must be completed and ready to go on the first day of school. Please

read all directions carefully. If you lose this packet, you can donload a copy either from rs. "chleisser#s $%I"& teacher

ebpage or from rs. 'raddock#s ebsite, .craddockorldhistory.eebly.com . It may be a good idea to sa(e a copy of this

document to your computer, )ust in case.

I. Introductory Vocabulary* our te+tbook is ritten at the college le(el and reuires strong reading comprehension skills.

$amiliari-ing yourself ith the folloing list of ords ill help you ith reading our te+tbook. You do not have to write out

definitions or turn the vocab in, but we will have a vocabulary quiz over these words during the first week of school.

. %.'./.

0. './.1. abdicate

2. accession

3. aesthetic

4. agrarian5. amenities

6. anarchy

7. animism

8. antiuity. appeasement

0. aristocracy

1. asceticism

2. assimilate3. authoritarian

4. autocracy

5. barbarism

6. bureaucracy9bureaucrats7. city:state

08. ci(ic

0. classical

00. colonial

01. commerce02. communal

03. concubine

04. conscription05. cosmopolitan

06. coup

07. demography9demographic

18. despot1. diaspora

10. dissent

11. dissident

12. domestic9domesticate13. dynasty9dynastic

14. edict

15. egalitarian

16. elite17. emigrate

28. epic

2. ethnocentric

20. feudalism21. genocide

22. gentry

23. guild

24. hierarchy25. hominids

26. homogenous

27. ideology

38. imperial9imperialism3. indigenous

30. infrastructure

31. lineage

32. linguistic33. manifest

34. maritime

35. martial

36. matrilineal

37. mercenary48. monarchy

4. monopoly9monopoli-e

40. monotheism41. mystical

42. nation:state

43. neo

44. ;eolithic45. nomadic

46. oligarchy

47. pantheon

58. papal9papacy5. parliament9parliamentary

system

50. pastoral

51. patriarchal52. patrilineal

53. patronage

54. peasant

55. pharaoh56. piety9pious

57. polity

68. polygamy

6. polytheism60. proselyti-e

61. pro(incial

62. regent

63. republic64. rhetoric9rhetorical

65. sedentary

66. serf  

67. "haria78. "inification

7. state

70. steppe

71. stratification

72. "ub:"aharan73. subordinate

74. succession

75. syncretism76. te+tiles

77. theocracy

88.theology

8.totalitarian80.tributary state

81.tyranny

82.urban9urbani-e

83.usurp84.(ernacular 

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85. II. Key Concepts  <ur curriculum, hich as de(eloped by the 'ollege %oard, is di(ided into si+ periods of orld

history. Within each period, there are key concepts that guide the course. We ould like you to e+amine the first period of orld

history and the corresponding key concepts before the official start of the school year. !his is the part of the su""er

assign"ent you "ust hand#write and turn in to your teacher the first week of school. $e will have a !%&! over this

"aterial the second week of school.

'(). *eriod +ne of * $orld -istory !echnological and %nviron"ental !ransfor"ations c. )((( /C%. to c. 0(( /C%

 A. Key Concept 1.1 – Big geography and the Peopling of the Earth

87.Go to this ebsite http22www.bradshawfoundation.co"23ourney2 and anser the folloing uestions*

8.. What is the earliest knon archaeological e(idence of our ancestral origins in /ast Africa=

. 0. What ere the four destinations of the first migrating hominids=

0.1. What as the >$irst /+it=?

1.2. What happened to the first e+it group=2.3. What happened beteen 78,888 and 63,888 %.'./.=

3.4. What are the Gates of Grief=

4.5. After the second e+it, hat do you notice about the path of migration=5.6. What as the impact of t. @oba on >the )ourney of mankind=?

6.7. When did people begin to migrate into Australia, %orneo, and ;e Guinea parts of the region e call7. <ceaniaB=

08.8. When did people begin mo(ing into /urope, and hat made this possible=0.. Around hen did people begin migrating into Capan, and from here=

00.0. Around hen D and ho D did people get to ;orth America=

01.1. What happened beteen 00,888:7,888 %.'./., and hat are >refuges=?

02.2. What are the >%radsha Paintings=?03.3. What as the last continent not including AntarcticaB on hich people arri(ed=

04.4. What made the >dan of agriculture? possible, and hen did this occur=

05.'4).5e6t, use the links below to answer questions '7 and '), as well as the questions in parts / and C.

07.

18. http*99orldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu9eras9era1.php 

1. http*99databases.abc:clio.com9ulti9  username D chsstudent30 passord D chsstudentB

10. https*99.youtube.com9playlist=listEPF%&A0/30$%/$68'7  11. http*99.regentsprep.org9regents9global9themes9change9neo.cfm 

12. http*99history:orld.org9mainmenu.htm 

13. https*99genographic.nationalgeographic.com9de(elopment:of:agriculture9 '80.https*99.khanacademy.org9humanities9prehistoric:art9neolithic:art9a9the:neolithic:re(olution

15.

16. 5. What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic age=

17. 6. What types of ad(ancements and de(elopments did hominids make in the late Paleolithic era=

28.141. B. Key Concept 1.2 – The Neolithic Revoltion and Early Agricltral !ocietie"

20.

21.. What as the ;eolithic e(olution, and hat caused this huge transformation= What regions of the

22. orld e+perienced ;eolithic e(olutions, and hen did they take place=

23.0. What ere the main changes caused by the ;eolithic e(olution= ake a chart shoing the folloing types of24. changes*

• social

• demographic

• en(ironmental

•  political

• economic

25.

26.

27.1. "tudy the map belo. What ere the main crops and animals that ere domesticated during the

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38. ;eolithic e(olution= What differences do you notice beteen /urasia and the Americas= If you ha(e trouble

reading the map, search the title of the map and you should get se(eral images that ill help. %ut, make sure the site

you use is reliable!B

3.

30.

1#$.C. Key Concept 1.$ – The %evelop&ent and 'nteraction" of Early Agricltral( Pa"toral( and )r*an !ocietie"

. Where ere the first four ri(er (alley ci(ili-ations located, and hat did geography ha(e to do ith theirde(elopment=

0. What are the seven key characteristics of ci(ili-ations=

1. Focate the folloing core and foundational ci(ili-ations and label them on the map belo*

32. esopotamia in the @igris and /uphrates i(er alleys33. /gypt in the ;ile i(er alley

34. ohen)o:&aro and Harappa in the Indus i(er alley

35. "hang in the Yello i(er or Huang He alley

36. <lmecs in esoamerica37. 'ha(in in Andean "outh America

2. Where did early pastoral societies emerge= Fabel on the map belo. $eel free to print out a larger orld map if

necessary. You can find one under resources on rs. 'raddock#s ebsite, http*99craddockorldhistory.eebly.com  48.

4.

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40.

3. What characteri-ed pastoral societies= http*99history:orld.org9nomads.htm 

4. Ho did pastoral societies interact ith early agricultural ci(ili-ations= http*99history:orld.org9nomads.htm 

41.

42.

43.

44.

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45.5. 'ulture played a significant role in unifying early ci(ili-ations and states through las, language, literature,

religion, myths, and monumental art. "tudy the e+amples of monumental architecture and urban planning in the

chart belo. Anser the accompanying uestions.

'0). %6a"ples of

9onu"ental rchitecture : ;rban *lanning in

%arly Civilizations

'0<. Characteristics

a.

58. -iggurat

5. Who made it=50.

51. Ho as it used=

52.53.

54. What can e deduce about the ci(ili-ation that

constructed these structures=

55.56.

 b.

57.

 pyramid

68. Which ci(ili-ations constructed pyramids =

6.60. Ho ere they used=

61.

62.

63. What can e deduce about the ci(ili-ations thatconstructed these structures=

64.

65.

c.

66. temple

67. Which early ci(ili-ations constructed temples=

78.

7. Ho ere they used=70.

71.

72.

73. What can e deduce about the ci(ili-ations thatconstructed these structures=

74.

75.

d.

76. defensi(e alls

77. Which early ci(ili-ations constructed defensi(e

alls=

088.

08.080. Why=

081.

082.

083. What can e deduce about the ci(ili-ations thatconstructed these structures=

084.

085.

e.

086. seers

087. Which early ci(ili-ation constructed seers=

08.0.

00. What can e deduce about the ci(ili-ation thatconstructed these structures=

01.

02.

03.

 b.

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6. "ystems of record keeping arose in early ci(ili-ations and then spread to ne areas o(er time. Where ere the

folloing systems of riting created=

• 'uneiform D

• Hieroglyphs D

•$irst alphabet D

• Pictographs multiple early ci(ili-ations created systems of riting ith pictographs. Fist as many as you

can findB D 

7. ;e religious beliefs de(eloped in this period, and some continued to ha(e strong influences in later periods.

%riefly describe the folloing religious traditions and here they de(eloped*

• @he edic religion D 

04.

• Hebre monotheism D

05.

• Joroastrianism D

06.

• Ancestor (eneration D

07.

• Animism :

008.8. Fiterature and la codes ere also a reflection of culture. esearch the folloing items to find here and

hen they ere created, and e+plain the importance of each.

• @he >/pic of Gilgamesh? D

00.

•  Rig Veda D

000.

•  Book of the Dead  D

001.

• 'ode of Hammurabi D

002.

003.

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