Welcome to AP World History!Dear AP World Students,

Welcome to AP World History! Congratulations on choosing to embark on such a wonderful learning experience. We hope you are excited to learn about 10,000 years of World History in one school year! You will have many opportunities for rigorous and challenging projects, discussions, and assignments. Our goal is to be prepared for the AP World History Exam in May 15th 2013.

The Summer Assignment will give you an overview of the places and events that we will learn about this year. When you complete this packet, you will have a collection of maps, examining sources activity and a reading that will help you throughout the course. These assignments are due at the beginning of the school year. In order to be successful, it is important that you get off to a positive start; you cannot fall behind in an AP class!

In AP World History, you can expect to have homework every night for the entire school year. You can also expect to read the majority, if not the entirety, of the AP World textbook. The text is challenging and requires you to learn some material on your own; there is simply too much history to cover it all in class! You should also expect to write multiple essays throughout the year in order to prepare you for the three types of essays on the AP exam.

An AP course is a challenging and rigorous, but very rewarding experience. You should be prepared to work harder and learn more for the same grades you have earned in the past. It won’t be easy, but mastering the skills taught now, as a 10th

grader, will make every class you take in the rest of your academic career feel like a piece of cake!

I look forward to having you in class for the 2013-2014 school year. If you have any questions or concerns about the course or the Summer Assignment, you can come by my classroom (room 2200) or email me. This packet has also been posted on my website. Have a wonderful summer!!!

Get excited about AP WORLD!!

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Miss HeathEmily.Heath@lcps.org

Summer Assignment

The Summer AssignmentThe Summer Assignment is an essential element of preparation for the AP World course. When you complete this assignment, you will have an overview of the places and events you will learn about throughout the year. Knowing where and when things happened right from the start will help you keep the entirety of world history in a logical order in your head!

Remember, this is not an assignment to put off to the last night before school starts in August. Though it is not designed to be highly challenging, it is not a short assignment. You don’t want to come to the first day of school without any sleep, or without the assignment done. Start the year off right – complete a few parts of the assignment each week during the summer.

PART 1: AP WORLD REGIONS

Use the map of Selected World Regions on page 3, as well as any other resource you may need, to complete the chart on page 4. The Selected World Regions map draws regional borders along current national borders.

PART 2: MAPS

Colorfully and clearly label the cities/countries/empires/continents/bodies of water on the appropriate map on pages 5-11. You may need to draw in rivers or the borders of old empires.

PART 3: EVALUATING EVIDENCE AND PRIMARY SOUR CES

In order to prepare students for DBQ (Document Based Questions) the following activity will help build student’s skills in evaluating sources.

Part 4: Reading

Read the article that is attached and answer the questions that follow. As the end of each section.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 3rd & 4th WHEN WE RETURN!

No Exceptions!

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AP World RegionsList modern-day countries that belong in each region.

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Color/Label the following:North America Africa Arctic Ocean Arabian Sea Caspian SeaSouth America Antarctica Indian Ocean Caribbean Sea Baltic SeaAustralia Europe Atlantic Ocean Java Sea Arabian SeaAsia Pacific Ocean Mediterranean Sea Black Sea

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Color/Label the following:China River Valley Euphrates River Yellow River (Huang He River) Nile River Indus River ValleyEgypt River Valley Indus River Olmec Civilization Tigris River Mesopotamia River Valley

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Color/Label the following:China Babylon (city) Athens Persian Empire GreeceIndia Jerusalem Rome Italy Alexandria (Egypt)Ganges River

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Color/Label the following:Aztec Empire Constantinople Tenochtitlan Byzantine Empire VeniceBaghdad Inca Empire Timbuktu Mongol Empire MoscowCalicut

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Color/Label the following:Britain France Mughal Empire Portugal SpainCape of Good Hope Indonesia Netherlands Russia Strait of MagellanCuba Japan Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Strait of MalaccaDominica Mexico Peru Songhay

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Color/Label the following:Algeria Berlin Haiti Philippines AustriaArgentina Congo Japan South Africa ParisBeijing Egypt London Tokyo Germany

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Color/Label the following:Vietnam Iraq Kenya Armenia ChileAngola Iran Syria Cambodia UgandaGold Coast (now called Ghana) Libya Saudi Arabia Rwanda TurkeyPakistan North Korea Israel Sudan

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Reading:The AP World History course is designed to investigate the causes that have shaped our history. AP World History is less about knowing the facts but analyzing how humans, civilizations, and how we use our environment, has changed over time. In this section students will begin reading, about the element that causes the first significant changes in Human history. This section included two chapters (the prologue and chapter 1) form an additional source we will be using throughout the year. Thought you learnt this information last year, it will be presented differently than your use too. Instead of knowing the fact, these chapters will start your journey of looking at history through themes and trends. At the end of each section you will be required to answer the following questions.

Note: write all responses in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Answers WILL NOT BE GRADED otherwise!

Prologue:What’s the Significance?Myths of originCosmic calendar

Big history Comparative history

The three Cs

Big Picture Questions1. What is the difference religiously based myth of origins and creation stories derived

from scientific accounts?2. How do you respond personally to modern notions of the immense size and age of the

universe?3. What examples of comparison, connection and change in world history would you like

to explore further as your course unfolds?

Chapter 1 What’s the Significance?Paleolithic rock artVenus figurinesDreamtimeClovis cultureMegafaunal extinction

Austronesian migrations“Original affluent society”ShamansTrance dancePaleolithic settling down

“Insulting the meat”San cultureBrotherhood of the Tomol

Big Picture Questions1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history 2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they

change over time?3. Which statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and

which ones are more speculative and uncertain?4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of

Paleolithic societies?

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