AP Human Geography Summer Assignment
Welcome to AP Human Geography at Lane Tech for the 2016 - 2017 academic year. These short summaries are
made for you to develop a foundation in world history. This is not to teach you all of world history, or to ruin your
summer, rather it is going to give you an outline of the background information that will help you understand AP
Human Geography better. You will get out what you put into this assignment.
***There will be an exam the second week of school to verify that you understood this assignment. You will
also have to submit your handwritten responses from the definitions and short answer questions the day of
the exam.***
Directions:
Handwrite your answers to the accompanying questions in the pdf. Please follow the format detailed below. Save
paper by printing on both sides of the sheet J
Bolded and underlined terms need to be defined. You may have to look these up keep in mind that these
definitions must fit within the context of the reading. For example, if you see the term artisan used in Mesopotamia,
you should not define it as a small boutique shop in Wicker Park, rather it’s someone who has developed a skill.
If a place is identified, its location needs to be described. For example, Brazil: It is a country in South America and
has a long coast line shared with the Atlantic Ocean.
If a person is included be sure to describe/explain their significance. For example, Muhammad - Founder of Islam
and lived during the 600s A.D. in Arabia.
Below are video links to John Green’s Crash Course World History series. These are only here to provide you with
more enrichment and are not required to answer the terms and questions.
Agricultural Revolution (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I)
Ancient Mesopotamia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohXPx_XZ6Y)
Ancient Egypt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Wvw6BivVI)
Indus Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ndRwqJYDM)
Buddha and Ashoka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nn5uqE3C9w)
China (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWORyToTo4)
Christianity from Judaism to Constantine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG55ErfdaeY)
Luther and the Protestant Revolution (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8oIELbNxE)
Islam, the Quran and the Five Pillars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpcbfxtdoI8)
The Colombian Exchange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4)
The Atlantic Slave Trade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY)
Coal, Steam and the Industrial Rev. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c)
Capitalism and the Dutch East India Co. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPIhMJGWiM8)
Capitalism and Socialism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u4EFTwprM)
Imperialism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alJaltUmrGo)
Asian Responses to Imperialism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxmWfbXS4Pw)
WWII (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTwT7nE)
US vs. USSR Fight! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI)
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumph (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_sGTspaF4Y)
Map quiz websites:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://www.ilike2learn.com/
http://lizardpoint.com/geography/
Below is a suggested completion schedule to help pace you through the summer.
#1 Neolithic Revolution by
July 1st
#2 Belief Systems by
July 8th
#3 Europe Pre-modern by
July 15th
#4 Africa, #5 Muslim, #6 Pre-Columbian America by July 22nd
#7 Protestant Reformation and #8 Age of Exploration by July 29th
#9 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment and #10 Industrial Revolution by August 5th
#11 Age of Imperialism and #12 World Wars by August 12th
#13 The Postwar World by August 26th
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#1–TheNeolithicRevolution
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
nomad:___________________________________________________________________________________________
domesticate:______________________________________________________________________________________
hearth:___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
surplus:___________________________________________________________________________________________
jobspecialization:__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
famine:___________________________________________________________________________________________
irrigate:___________________________________________________________________________________________
institution:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
technology:_______________________________________________________________________________________
FertileCrescent:____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mesopotamia:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
city-state:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dynasty:__________________________________________________________________________________________
BronzeAge:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
polytheistic:_______________________________________________________________________________________
empire:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic1-SummaryQuestions:
1)DescribethechangethatoccurredduringtheFirstAgriculturalRevolution/NeolithicRevolution.
2)HowdidtheFirstAgriculturalRevolutionleadtothedevelopmentofcivilizations?
3)Whatarethefivecharacteristicsofacivilization?
4)Wherearethefourrivervalleycivilizations?
5)Wheredidcivilizationdevelopunconnectedtoarivervalley?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#2–BeliefSystems
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
Hebrews:_________________________________________________________________________________________
monotheism:______________________________________________________________________________________
prophets:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Jerusalem:________________________________________________________________________________________
Zoroastrianism:____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aryans:___________________________________________________________________________________________
castes:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Untouchables:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Hinduism:_________________________________________________________________________________________
reincarnated:______________________________________________________________________________________
karma:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Jainism:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Buddhism:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
SiddharthaGautama:________________________________________________________________________________
nirvana:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Mahayana:________________________________________________________________________________________
Theravada:________________________________________________________________________________________
ideograms:________________________________________________________________________________________
Confucius:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Laozi:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Dao:______________________________________________________________________________________________
Yin&Yang:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic2-SummaryQuestions:
1)HowdidtheHebrewsdifferfromotherculturesintheFertileCrescent?DescribetheimportanceofJerusalemto
Hebrewculture.
2)IdentifysimilaritiesandadifferencebetweenHinduism&Buddhism.
Similarities:
Differences:
3)WhatfiverelationshipswerethefocusofConfuciusteachings?
4)Give3examplesofhowChinesephilosophiesbroughtaboutadesiredstabilityamongtheirdifferentcultures.
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#3–EuropeBeforetheModernEra
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
democracy:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
republic:__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jesus:____________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Christians:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paul:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Priests:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Bishops:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pope:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Constantine:______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Slavs:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Vikings:___________________________________________________________________________________________
EasternOrthodoxChurch:____________________________________________________________________________
Constantinople:____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
ByzantineEmpire:__________________________________________________________________________________
Balkans:__________________________________________________________________________________________
feudalism:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic3-SummaryQuestions:
1)WhatwasHellenisticcultureamixtureof?
2)WheredidChristianitydevelop?
3)WhatdoChristiansbelieveaboutJesusChrist?
4)WhatimpactdoesPaulhaveonChristianity?
5)WhywasitterribletobeapeasantunderEurope’sfeudalsystem?
6)WhatbranchofChristianitydevelopedundertheByzantineEmpire?Howdotheirworshipandbeliefsdifferfrom
thechurchinRome?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#4–Africa
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
animism:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
slash-and-burnagriculture:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic4-SummaryQuestions:
1. HowdidAfrica’sgeographyleadtoitsisolationfromotherpartsoftheworld?
2. WhatarethesharedvaluesofSub-SaharanAfricanpeople?
3. HowaretheBantupeoplesconnected?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#5–TheMuslimWorld
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
Muhammad:______________________________________________________________________________________
ArabianPeninsula:__________________________________________________________________________________
oasis:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Bedouins:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Mecca:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Islam:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Muslims:__________________________________________________________________________________________
FivePillarsofIslam:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hajj:______________________________________________________________________________________________
Qur’an:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Sharia:____________________________________________________________________________________________
JewishTorah:______________________________________________________________________________________
ChristianBible:_____________________________________________________________________________________
caliph:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Caliphate:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Sunni:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Shi’a:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Sufi:______________________________________________________________________________________________
Anatolia:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Iran:______________________________________________________________________________________________
OttomanEmpire:___________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Delhi:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
MughalEmpire:____________________________________________________________________________________
Topic5-SummaryQuestions:
1)InwhatArabiancitydidIslamoriginate?Whatwaslocatedthere?
2)Whatvocabularyterm(fromtopic#2)doIslam,Christianity,andJudaismshare?
3)WhatisthemaindifferencebetweenSunniandShi’aMuslims?
4)Lookingatthemapinthereading,geographicallydescribetheextentofthespreadofIslam.
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#6–Pre-Columbian–TheAmericas
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
Mexico:___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
AndesMountains:__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maya:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Aztec:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Inca:______________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic6-SummaryQuestions:
1.HowdidpeoplecometoliveintheAmericas?
2.WhatdoestheexistenceofagricultureandcivilizationintheAmericasproveabouttheirdevelopment?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#7–TheProtestantReformation
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
secular:___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
vernacular:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
humanism:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
MartinLuther:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Germany:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reformation:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
theocracy:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Protestant:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
missionary:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Inquisition:________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic7-SummaryQuestions:
1)GivethreeexamplesofhowculturewastransformedduringtheRenaissance.
2)BeforeMartinLuthercameonthescene,howdidtheRenaissanceidealsweakentheimpactthattheCatholic
ChurchhadonEuropeansociety?
3)WhatmainideasweretaughtbyMartinLutherinoppositiontowhatwasbelievedintheCatholicChurch?
4)WhatdowecallthebranchofChristianitythatcameoutoftheReformation?BesidestheLutherans,whatwere
twootherchurchesthatwouldbeincludedinthisbranch?
5)HowdidtheCatholicChurchreformitselfinresponsetotheProtestantReformation?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#8–TheAgeofExplorationandIsolation
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
Portugal:__________________________________________________________________________________________
MalayPeninsula:___________________________________________________________________________________
SpiceIslands:______________________________________________________________________________________
Dutch:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Shogun:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Samurai:__________________________________________________________________________________________
colonies:__________________________________________________________________________________________
circumnavigated:___________________________________________________________________________________
conquistadors:_____________________________________________________________________________________
HernandoCortez:___________________________________________________________________________________
Peru:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
plantations:________________________________________________________________________________________
mestizo:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Quebec:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Puritans:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Caribbean:_________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthwestAsia:____________________________________________________________________________________
triangulartrade:____________________________________________________________________________________
middlepassage:____________________________________________________________________________________
ColumbianExchange:________________________________________________________________________________
capitalism:________________________________________________________________________________________
joint-stockcompany:________________________________________________________________________________
mercantilism:______________________________________________________________________________________
Topic8–SummaryQuestions:
1)WhatwerethetwomainmotivationsforEuropeanexploration?
2)WhatareasdidthePortugueseandDutchexplore?
3)WhattwoareasremainedrelativelyisolatedfromEuropeanexplorationandtrade?
4)DescribetheAtlanticSlaveTrade.
5)WhatimpactdidcontactwithEuropeanshaveonthenativepeoplesintheAmericas?
6)HowdidtheColombianExchangechangetheworld?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#9–ScientificRevolutionandtheEnlightenment
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
absolutepower:____________________________________________________________________________________
mercantilism:______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
exporting:_________________________________________________________________________________________
importing:_________________________________________________________________________________________
balanceoftrade:___________________________________________________________________________________
Spain:____________________________________________________________________________________________
religioustolerance:__________________________________________________________________________________
PeaceofWestphalia:________________________________________________________________________________
sovereignty:_______________________________________________________________________________________
territorialintegrity:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
St.Petersburg:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
experimentation:___________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
ScientificRevolution:________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
gravity:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Enlightenment:_____________________________________________________________________________________
separationofpowers:_______________________________________________________________________________
nationalism:_______________________________________________________________________________________
nation:____________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
nation-state:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic9SummaryQuestions:
1)HowdidthePeaceofWestphalialeadtothedevelopmentofnation-statesinEurope?
2)HowdidtheScientificRevolutionandtheEnlightenmentchangethewaypeopleviewtheworld?
3)DuringtheNationalistuprisingsinEurope,nameanddescribethethreeforcesthatwerevyingforpower.
4)Listthemanyfactorsthatmakeupanation.
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#10–TheIndustrialRevolution
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
enclosuremovement:_______________________________________________________________________________
selectivebreeding:__________________________________________________________________________________
SecondAgriculturalRevolution:_______________________________________________________________________
capital:___________________________________________________________________________________________
textile:____________________________________________________________________________________________
factories:__________________________________________________________________________________________
urbanization:______________________________________________________________________________________
NewEngland:______________________________________________________________________________________
corporation:_______________________________________________________________________________________
laissez-faire:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
AdamSmith:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
capitalism:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
socialism:_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
KarlMarx:_________________________________________________________________________________________
communism:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
strike:____________________________________________________________________________________________
ManifestDestiny:___________________________________________________________________________________
JimCrowlaws:_____________________________________________________________________________________
immigration:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Topic10SummaryQuestions:
1)Howdidthe2ndAgriculturalRevolutionhelpbringabouttheIndustrialRevolutioninGreatBritain?
2)WhataretwowaysinwhichsteamengineshelpsdrivetheIndustrialRevolution.
3)SummarizethepositivechangesthatoccurredinEnglandasaresultoftheIndustrialRevolution.
4)SummarizethenegativeimpactthattheIndustrialRevolutionhadonthepeopleofEngland.
5)HowdidtheIndustrialRevolutionleadtoImperialism?
6)SummarizethenewwaysofthinkingthattheIndustrialRevolutionhadonthefollowingareasofsociety.
Economic:
Political:
Social:
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#11–TheAgeofImperialism
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
imperialism:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
rawmaterials:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
“ScrambleforAfrica”:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
BerlinConference:__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
colony:___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
protectorate:______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
sphereofInfluence:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
economicImperialism:_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic11SummaryQuestions:
1)Nameoneeconomicandoneculturalfactorthatledtotheimperialism.
2)Howdidtechnologyplayaroleinallowingimperialismtothrive?
3)InwhatwaysdidimperialismbenefitAfricans?
4)WhatwasnottakenintoaccountwhentheEuropeanpowersdrewtheircolonialbordersinAfrica?
5)WhatstrategydidJapantaketoavoidbeingdominatedbyEuropeanpowers?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#12–TheWorldWars
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
totalwar:_________________________________________________________________________________________
TreatyofVersailles:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
LeagueofNations:__________________________________________________________________________________
self-determination:_________________________________________________________________________________
BalticStates:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Yugoslavia:________________________________________________________________________________________
Bolsheviks:________________________________________________________________________________________
VladimirLenin:_____________________________________________________________________________________
soviets:___________________________________________________________________________________________
SovietUnion:______________________________________________________________________________________
Stalin:____________________________________________________________________________________________
totalitarian:_______________________________________________________________________________________
GreatDepression:___________________________________________________________________________________
fascism:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Sudetenland:_______________________________________________________________________________________
irredentism:_______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
appeasement:______________________________________________________________________________________
AdolfHitler:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Poland:___________________________________________________________________________________________
genocide:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Holocaust:_________________________________________________________________________________________
“NuclearAge”:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic12SummaryQuestions:
1)HowwasWWIdifferentfrompreviousconflicts?
2)HowdidthepeaceagreementsattheendofWorldWarIsupporttheconceptofnation-states?
3)AfterWWIended,whywaspeacenotsustainableinthelong-run?WhatfactorsledtoagrimfutureinEurope?
4)WhowerethethreemainaxispowersinWorldWarII?WhowerethethreemainmilitarypowersontheAllied
side?WhatistheHolocaust?WhydowesaythatWWIIusheredinthe“NuclearAge”?
APHumanGeography
SummerAssignment
Topic#13–ThePostWarWorld
Termstolookupanddefine:(Haveyoureadtheinstructions?)
UnitedNations:____________________________________________________________________________________
superpowers:______________________________________________________________________________________
ColdWar:_________________________________________________________________________________________
NATO:____________________________________________________________________________________________
EasternEurope:____________________________________________________________________________________
WarsawPact:______________________________________________________________________________________
IronCurtain:_______________________________________________________________________________________
containment:______________________________________________________________________________________
guerillawar:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Taiwan:___________________________________________________________________________________________
proxywars:________________________________________________________________________________________
MikhailGorbachev:_________________________________________________________________________________
BerlinWall:________________________________________________________________________________________
Yugoslavia:________________________________________________________________________________________
Serbia:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Bosnia:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Czechoslovakia:____________________________________________________________________________________
decolonization:_____________________________________________________________________________________
MohandasGandhi:__________________________________________________________________________________
India:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
partitioned:________________________________________________________________________________________
Pakistan:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Sikhs:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Kashmir:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Bangladesh:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Philippines:________________________________________________________________________________________
Vietnam:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Burma:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Indonesia:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Kenya:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Algeria:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Nigeria:___________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthAfrica:_______________________________________________________________________________________
apartheid:_________________________________________________________________________________________
sanctions:_________________________________________________________________________________________
NelsonMandela:___________________________________________________________________________________
MaoZedong:_______________________________________________________________________________________
modernize:________________________________________________________________________________________
CulturalRevolution:_________________________________________________________________________________
DengXiaoping:_____________________________________________________________________________________
one-childpolicy:___________________________________________________________________________________
globalization:______________________________________________________________________________________
Internet:__________________________________________________________________________________________
“GreenRevolution”:_________________________________________________________________________________
FourAsianTigers:___________________________________________________________________________________
freetrade:________________________________________________________________________________________
EuropeanUnion:____________________________________________________________________________________
NAFTA:___________________________________________________________________________________________
sustainablegrowth:_________________________________________________________________________________
weaponsofmassdestruction:________________________________________________________________________
extremist:_________________________________________________________________________________________
terrorist:__________________________________________________________________________________________
September11th,2001:_______________________________________________________________________________
UniversalDeclarationofHumanRights:_________________________________________________________________
HelsinkiAccords:___________________________________________________________________________________
popularculture:____________________________________________________________________________________
Topic13SummaryQuestions:
1)WhatwerethekeydifferencesingoalsbetweentheU.S.&SovietUnionafterWWII?Howdidtheirgovernmental
andeconomicsystemsdiffer?
2)AstheColdWarended,whatwasadirectpolitical/geographiceffectonformercommunistcountries?
3)DuringwhatdecadesdidAfricancountriesachieveindependence?Whyhavethesecountrieshadahardtime
establishingdemocracies?
4)Describeglobalizationintermsoftechnology,tradeandculture?
5)WhatorganizationwasformedfollowingWWIItohelpachieveglobalsecurity?SincetheendoftheColdWarwhat
hasbeenthemostseriousthreattoglobalsecurity?