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SUMMER ASSIGNMENT PART 1: MAPSUse your textbook and online resources to complete the following THREE maps. Make sure that your

complete each activity on the CORRECT MAP

Map#1:AP World RegionsRefer to page 35 in the AP World History Course Description(available on the AP website & my class website).Using the world map provided in this packet, draw and label the AP Regions based on the “closerview”(bottom map). You may color it if you would like but that is not a requirement. However, please use a color or striping to indicate any regions that overlap. .

Map#2: Major Geographic Features &Empire/Civilizations

for 8,000-600BCEMAJOR GEOGRPAHIC FEATURES:

Using your textbook and online sources find the following major geographic features and place them on the1. Atlantic Ocean 15. Kalahari Desert2. Pacific Ocean 16. Gobi Desert3. Indian Ocean 17. Sahara Desert4. Ganges River 18. Himalayan Mountains5. Nile River 19. Andes Mountains6. Tigris River 20. Hindu Kush Mountains7. Euphrates River8. Yangtze River 9. Indus River10. Yellow River(HuangHe)11. Arabian Sea12. Mediterranean Sea 13. Red Sea 14. Persian Gulf

MAJOR CIVILZIATIONS AND EMPIRES:

Using your textbook and online sources find the following Empires/Civilizations and place them on the map below. Use colors/pattern if there is any crossover or area shared by multiple Empires/Civilizations.

1. Mesopotamia 2. Egyptian River Valley Civilization 3. Indus River Valley Civilization 4. Han Dynasty5. Mayan Civilization 6. Roman Empire7. Mauryan Empire8. Persian Empire

Map#1:AP World Regions

Map#2: Major Geographic Features &Empire/Civilizations for 8,000-600BCE

SUMMER ASSIGNMENT PART 2: Crash Course Ep 1, 7, & 9

For these questions you will watch episodes 1, 7, & 9 of Crash Course World History on Youtube. A link to this videos in also on my website under the SUMMER ASSIGNMENT SECTION. Answer these questions in concise bullet points(IN YOUR OWN WORDS)

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION Episode # 1:1. HOW DO WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF HUNTER-GATHERERS (H-G) AND THEIR LIFEWAYS?

2. WHAT ADVANTAGES DID HUNTER-GATHERERS 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?

7. IF HUNTER-GATHERS HAD A “BETTER AND HEALTHIER” LIFEWAY, WHY DID PEOPLE BECOME AGRICULTURALISTS?

8. WHAT DO HISTORIANS SAY ARE THE DRAWBACKS TO COMPLEX CIVILIZATIONS AND AGRICULTURE?

:2,000 Years of Chinese History! Episode #7

1) China was the first ________________________Which means it had what:

2)History in China was divided into ___________________

3)How do dynasties end?

4)What is the Warring States Period?

5)What is the Mandate of Heaven?

6)Why have it?

7)Why are the Qin important?

8)Describe Confucius and what he believed in

9)Describe the 5 Relationships.

10)What else did the Mandate of Heaven explain?

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade Episode #9:

1)What did the Silk Road expand?

2)What areas did the two routes of the Silk Roads connect?

3)Besides land routes, what other routes were there?

4)What should we think of the Silk Road as instead of an actual road?

5)How was silk mainly exported?

6)What other goods, beside Silk, were trading along the Silk Road?

7)How did the merchant class get political power?

8)Even though most people could not afford silk, how did it impact so many lives?

9)What was, arguably, the most important thing traded along the Silk Roads?

10)What is the third way that the Silk Road changed lives?

SUMMER ASSIGNMENT PART 3: ISMS and Key Concepts Reference Resource

For each term you will need to:

Create a concise HISTORICALY RELEVANT definition that is IN YOUR OWN WORDS Create a SPECIFIC HISTORICAL example (a kingdom/civilization where this was present, a

historical event, an impact/effect of the event, ect) Placed in some sort of organized resource. ONE FOR ISM and ONE FOR KEY

IDEAS/CONCEPTSo You can create this resource a few different ways depending on your preference. It could be in

book format, notecard/flashcard, term chart, list format, quizlet, ect .(PICK THE FORMAT THAT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL YOU, NOT SIMPLY WHAT WILL BE THE LEAST AMOUNT WORK)

You will consistently come back to this as a resource and add to these lists as the year goes on so be sure this is easy to understand.

EXAMPLE OF A TERM:

FeudalismDefinition: The political, social & economic system. It is a loosely organized system of government in which local

lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord.

Historical Example: Japan during the Heian Period with peasants, samurai, and daimyo

ISMS! KEY IDEAS/CONCEPTS!Animism EgalitarianismFeudalism(GAVE YOU THAT ONE! You’re Welcome)ImperialismMonotheism PastoralismPolytheism Shamanism

Belief Systems Bureaucracy City-StatesCivil Service ExamCivilization Commerce Craft-SpecializationDemographic Empire Fertile CrescentGender roles Hierarchy Hunter-GathersIdeologyLabor System(general term)Mandate of Heaven Missionaries Neolithic RevolutionNomad Pandemic/EpidemicRiver Valley CivilizationsTrade network

SUMMER ASSIGNMENT PART 4: Key Religions Basics

Throughout the history of the world religion has always played a major role in the lives of people and many of the empires/civilizations. Understanding the basic teachings and history of these religions is one of the most important things in order to be successful in this.

Using the episodes of Crash Course listed below and the pages listed in your textbook to gather information and fill out each of the introductions to three of the most significant religions of World History. You also being comparing and contrasting these religions. You could identify similarities/differences in things like major beliefs, causes of spread, characteristics of holy books, locations, ect.

BUDDHISMUse Cash Course World History Episode #6:Buddha and Ashoka and pages 111-113 in your bookFounder:

Century founded:

AP World Region:

Monotheistic or polytheistic?Holy Book/Important text:

Main Beliefs/Ideas include AT LEAST 5!

Causes/Methods of Spread of the Religion

CHRISTIANITIY

Use Crash Course Episode #11: Christianity... from Judaism to Constantine and pages 113-115 in your bookFounder:

Century founded:

AP World Region:

Monotheistic or polytheistic? Holy Book/Important text:

Main Beliefs/Ideas include AT LEAST 5!

Causes/Methods of Spread of the Religion

MAJOR SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY & BUDDHISM

MAJOR SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY & ISLAM

ISLAM

Crash Course World History Episode #13: Islam, The Koran, and the 5 Pillars and pages 132-135 in your bookFounder:

Century founded:

AP World Region:

Monotheistic or polytheistic?Holy Book/Important text:

Main Beliefs/Ideas include AT LEAST 5!

Causes/Methods of Spread of the Religion

MAJOR SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM & BUDDHISM

MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY & ISLAM