"Robinson Crusoe" available from the school library.
Supply List
• One 1 ½” 3-ring binder
• Two 3-hole notebooks (96pages)
• Notebook paper
• Colored pencils
• Several blue pens
• Red pen
Blacklead Pencils and eraser
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AP WORLD HISTORY - AP CLASS ONLY
AP SUMMER READING
A. Read Chapters 1 to 4 in Stearns, P. "World Civilizations, The Global Experience".
OPTIONAL - complete the online questions as you complete them to test yourself. Go to AP SUMMER READING link at the top of this page.
Do Multiple Choice, True/False and Short Answer.
You may want to print off the tests. There will be tests and further work on these chapters when school starts again.
B. MANDATORY - Stearns, et al World Civilizations, The Global Experience
Read the introduction.
1. According to Stearns, what is the key to understanding human society? (p5)
2. How does he explain major patterns of government, society and culture?
3. Page 11 What was the effect of the ice-age on the initial development of agriculture according to Stearns?
4. What major population changes resulted ?
5. How did agricultural revolutions affect social and cultural changes?
6. Was it really a “revolution”?
7. What are the key features of a ‘civilization’?
8. What evidence of these features are evident in Catal Huyuk?
9. Summarize “In Depth – The Idea of Civilization in World Perspective” p 23
10. What are the issues involved in using ‘civilization’ as an organizing principle in world history?
11. What is the most common source of change: connection or diffusion versus independent invention?
12. What was the effect of the Neolithic Revolution on gender relations
13. What were the pol, eco, social and cultural features of early river valley societies? Stearns p 16-29
14. Draw a chart for Egypt and Sumer showing similarities and differences in Politics, Economy, Religion, Society, the Arts, Technology
PERIOD 2: ORGANIZATION AND REORGANIZATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES, 600 BCE – 600 CE
Focus questions: How did the classical civilizations manage an empire?
How was the government/bureaucracy organized?
1. Outline the continuities and changes, as well as the reasons for the changes, from river valley civilizations into
classical civilizations. (Intro to the Classical Period p 30-33)
Political Institutions in China
2. How did the Zhou dynasty rule? Detailed answer p 37-40
3. How did they strengthen the government?
4. How did the Qin dynasty, under Shi Huangdi centralize power?
5. How did the Han dynasty strengthen the administration of government in China?
6. How did Confucianism provide a cultural or political cement? (P 47)
7. What tensions existed? P 48
Political Institutions in India
8. Describe the ‘most persistent political features’ in India during this period.
9. Compare and contrast the political structures of India and China and analyze the reasons for the similarities and
differences, including geographical factors, Hinduism and Confucianism. Draw a comparison chart.
Political Institutions in Greece and Rome
10. Complete a comparison chart for Greece and Rome.
11. “In Depth” p 77-78 answer the questions.
How and why did religious and cultural traditions develop?
12. How did religions and belief systems influence and reinforce political, economic and occupational stratification?
China: Confucianism, Daoism p 40-43
13. India: Hinduism p 52, 57-60 (summarize)
14. Rome: Polytheisms, Aristotle, Christianity p79-80. 106-108 (summarize)
15. Buddhism, p 105-6 (summarize)
16. Summarize “The New Religious Map” p 103
17. China “In Depth – Women in Patriarchal Societies” (answer the questions)
18. India “In Depth – Inequality as the Social Norm” (answer the questions)
19. Summarize the Global Connections at end of each chapter.
20. “In Depth – Nomads and Cross-Civilization Contacts and Exchanges” P 94
List the civilizations and the routes which connected them to the rest of the world.
Answer the questions at the end.
C. Read Chapter 4 “Han and Rome: Asserting Imperial Authority” in Wiesner, M. et al, "Discovering the Global Past", Volume 1
Compare the similarities and differences in the way in which the builders of the Han and Roman empires conceived of and justified their political authority. approx. 500 words DUE MONDAY AUGUST 18
Books will be available from the school office or Mr. Annett once you have received your acceptance into the course.
SUPPLY LIST
Recommend five 1 and 1/2 inch ringbinders or two 2 inch ringbinders.
Notepaper
Pens, pencils, eraser
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