2017 AP World History Summer Reading Assignment
You are to read Chapters 1-3 (roughly 95 pages) of the textbook “The Earth and Its Peoples” AP Edition by Bulliet et
al. 6th AP Edition, ISBN -13: 978-1-285-43683-8. You may check out your text book for the summer. There is also an
on-line version of the text available in the folder in the Edmodo group.
Join the Edmodo group 2017 AP World Summer Assignment, group code kkj333, for electronic templates attached
below.
Using the available notes templates, fill in all appropriate information for each objective for each chapter. You may
type right into the template. This work is representative of about 6-8 hours of work. This will allow us to get an
early acceleration so that we will be able to set aside two weeks of review for the national test the second
semester. This work will be turned the first day of school electronically into Turnitin.com. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE
or TURN IN ANOTHERS WORK. Turnitin.com is a collegiate drop box that checks your work versus the web and
other participants.
There will be a test the first week of school on this information. Your first comparative essay(s) will reflect this
material. This is also a demonstration of your work ethic which is the most important trait in completing
collegiate level work.
My e-mail is [email protected] or Mrs. Jolle [email protected] if you have any issues or questions.
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Notes Chapter 1
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Notes Chapter 2
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Guided Note Template
Directions: Provide depth and detail for each of the questions within the template. The four categories reflect historical
thinking skills that form the basis of the AP World History course which are used in assessing your knowledge. Support
each question’s directive (evaluate, explain, compare etc.) which represents the AP course objectives aligned with each
chapter. 6-8 quality bullet point statements that address the topic and historical skill should be adequate for EACH
objective. Provide specific examples of each directive from the corresponding chapters. This serves as your study guide
for the unit exam as well. Work may be electronic, completed by contract suggested deadlines, and be submitted to
Turnitin.com OR may be handwritten but must be in template format below and legible.
Chapter 1: From the Origins of Agriculture to the First River Valley Civilizations- Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley
Comparison (Similarities AND Differences)
Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time
Economics 1- Evaluate the relative economic advantages and
disadvantages of foraging, pastoralism, and agriculture.
(foragers) (pastoralism, agriculture)
Social 1- Analyze the development of the continuities and changes in
gender hierarchies, including patriarchy. (gender hierarchies including
patriarchy) (patriarchy and social hierarchies/class structures) (roles of
women)
State Building 6- Assess the relationships between states with
centralized governments and those without, including pastoral and
agricultural societies. (development of land owning elites-why, impact
on cultures)
State Building 1- Explain and compare how rulers constructed and
maintained different forms of governance. (development of elites)
(first states emerge) (legal codes developed)
Economics 5- Explain and compare forms of labor organization,
including families and labor specialization within and across different
societies.
(agriculture, artisans, specialization) (labor regimes in first states)
(reasons for specialization-origination, impacts of)
State Building 4- Explain and compare how social, cultural, and
environmental factors, influenced state formation, expansion, and
dissolution. (favorable environmental factors, geographic
characteristics)
Culture 1- Compare the origins, principal beliefs, and practices of the
major world religions and belief systems. (new religious beliefs)
(Mesopotamia polytheism compared to Egyptian polytheism)
Environment 2- Explain and compare how hunter-forager, pastoralist,
and settled agricultural societies adapted to and affected their
environments over time. (Neolithic Revolution) (agriculture and
pastoralism) (environmental settings including terrain and climatic
conditions)
Environmental 5- Explain how human migrations affected the
environment. (agricultural diversity and abundance)
State Building 2- Analyze how the functions and institutions of
governments have changed over time. (characteristics of first states)
State Building 5- Assess the degree to which the functions of cities
within states or empires have changed over time. (use of monumental
architecture) (Characteristics of architecture/urban planning)
Social 4- Analyze ways in which legal systems have sustained or
challenged class, gender, and racial ideologies.
(state unification) (law codes such as that of Hammurabi)
Causation (impacts, effects, reasons)
Contextualization (global, cross-regional influences)
Environment 1- Explain how early humans used tools and technologies
to establish communities. (human migration) (agriculture and
pastoralism) (Neolithic Revolution)
Environment 4- Explain how environmental factors influenced human
migrations and settlements.
(Big Geography) (Neolithic Revolution) (River Civilizations and first
states)
Culture 6- Explain how cross-cultural interactions resulted in the
diffusion of technologies and scientific knowledge. (human migration
and spread of technology) (warfare and transportation technologies)
Environment 5- Explain how human migrations affected the
environment. (agricultural diversity and abundance) (spread of
agriculture and domesticated animals)
Social 2- Assess how the development of specialized labor systems
interacted with development of social hierarchies. (labor
specialization) (first states) (intensification of social
hierarchies/classes)
Environment 6- Explain how people used technology to overcome
geographic barriers to migration over time. (Big Geography)
(movements of early peoples)
Economics 3- Assess the economic strategies of different types of
states and empires. (first states)
Culture 4- Analyze the ways in which religions and secular belief
systems affected political, economic, and social institutions. (early
civilizations) ( Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions cultural impact)
Culture 8- Explain how economic, religious, and political elites defined
and sponsored art and architecture.
(monumental architecture)
Economics 2- Analyze the economic role of cities as centers of
production and commerce. (urban hierarchies) (early trade patterns)
Economics 11- Explain how the development of financial instruments
and techniques facilitated economic exchanges. (systems of record
keeping) (cuneiform, hieroglyphics)
Chapter 2: The Early Mediterranean and the Middle East 2000-500 BCE- Minoans, Mycenae, Assyrians, Hittites, Israel,
Phoenicians
Comparison (Similarities AND Differences)
Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time
Economics 5- Explain and compare forms of labor organization,
including families and labor specialization within and across different
societies. (agriculture, artisans, specialization)
Economics 12- Evaluate how and to what extent networks of exchange
have expanded, contracted, or changed over time. (development of
agriculture, pastoralism, and associated technological innovations)
(local, regional, and interregional trade)
Culture 1- Compare the origins, principal beliefs, and practices of the
major world religions and belief systems. (new religious beliefs)
(Judaism) (Phoenician/Carthaginian beliefs) (Zoroastrianism)
Social 1- Analyze the development of the continuities and changes in
gender hierarchies, including patriarchy. (gender hierarchies including
patriarchy)
State Building 6- Assess the relationships between states with
centralized governments and those without, including pastoral and
agricultural societies. (transformation of warfare) (empire building)
Causation (impacts, effects, reasons)
Contextualization (global, cross-regional influences)
Economics 10- Analyze the roles of pastoralists, traders, and travelers
in the diffusion of crops, animals, commodities, and technologies.
(diffusion of domesticated plants and animals)
Culture 6- Explain how cross-cultural interactions resulted in the
diffusion of technologies and scientific knowledge. (expanding trade
routes, from local to regional)
State Building 8- Assess how and why external conflicts and alliances
have influenced the process of state building, expansion, and
dissolution. (state competition and conflict) (empire building)
State Building 3- Analyze how state formation and expansion was
influenced by various forms of economic organization, such as
agrarian, pastoral, mercantile, and industrial production. (early state
and imperial expansion)
State Building 9- Assess how and why commercial exchanges have
influenced the processes of state building, expansion, and dissolution.
(accumulation of wealth)
Economics 10- Analyze the roles of pastoralists, traders, and travelers
in the diffusion of crops, animals, commodities, and technologies.
(diffusion of domesticated plants and animals)
Economics 10- Analyze the roles of pastoralists, traders, and travelers
in the diffusion of crops, animals, commodities, and technologies.
(pastoralists as disseminators of technology)
Culture 2- Explain how religious belief systems developed and spread
as a result of expanding communication and exchange networks.
(trade and cultural interaction)
Environment 1- Explain how early humans used tools and technologies
to establish communities. (iron use; weapons and modes of
transportation)
Culture 3- Explain how major philosophies and ideologies developed
and spread as a result of expanding communication and exchange
networks. (patriarchy)
State Building 9- Assess how and why commercial exchanges have
influenced the processes of state building, expansion, and dissolution.
(competition over land and resources) (early empires)
Culture 9- Explain the relationship between expanding exchange
networks and the emergence of various forms of trans-regional
culture, including music, literature, and visual art. (role of art in
unifying early urban culture)
Economics 2- Analyze the economic role of cities as centers of
production and commerce. (urban hierarchies)
Economics 8- Analyze the relationship between belief systems and
economic systems. (social structures)
Social 3- Assess the impact that different ideologies, philosophies, and
religions had on social hierarchies.
(increasingly unified states) (Judaism)
State Building 9- Assess how and why commercial exchanges have
influenced the processes of state building, expansion, and dissolution.
(regional trade)
State Building 10- Analyze the political and economic interactions
between states and non-state actors.
(expansion of trade)
Chapter 3: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area 2300 BCE-350 CE
Comparison (Similarities AND Differences)
Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time
State Building 1- Explain and compare how rulers constructed and
maintained different forms of governance. (development of elites)
Social 1- Analyze the development of the continuities and changes in
gender hierarchies, including patriarchy. (gender hierarchies including
patriarchy) (social class hierarchies)
Economics 5- Explain and compare forms of labor organization,
including families and labor specialization within and across different
societies. (agriculture, artisans, specialization)
Economics 1- Evaluate the relative economic advantages and
disadvantages of foraging, pastoralism, and agriculture. (pastoralism,
agriculture)
Economics 5- Explain and compare forms of labor organization,
including families and labor specialization within and across different
societies. (labor regimes in first states)
Culture 1- Compare the origins, principal beliefs, and practices of the
major world religions and belief systems. (new religious beliefs)
(Confucianism, Daoism, animistic beliefs of native America)
Environment 2- Explain and compare how hunter-forager, pastoralist,
and settled agricultural societies adapted to and affected their
environments over time. (environmental settings- terrain, climate)
State Building 2- Analyze how the functions and institutions of
governments have changed over time. (characteristics of first states)
(Mandate of Heaven)
State Building 5- Assess the degree to which the functions of cities
within states or empires have changed over time. (use of monumental
architecture)
Causation (impacts, effects, reasons)
Contextualization (global, cross-regional influences)
Economics 10- Analyze the roles of pastoralists, traders, and travelers
in the diffusion of crops, animals, commodities, and technologies.
(diffusion of domesticated plants and animals)
Environment 6- Explain how people used technology to overcome
geographic barriers to migration over time. (transportation and
warfare) (Assyrians and Hittites)
Environment 4- Explain how environmental factors influenced human
migrations and settlements. (River Civilizations and first states)
State Building 9- Assess how and why commercial exchanges have
influenced the processes of state building, expansion, and dissolution.
(accumulation of wealth) (early trade patterns) (land ownership)
(Nubia and Meroe)
Economics 3- Assess the economic strategies of different types of
states and empires. (first states)
Social 2- Assess how the development of specialized labor systems
interacted with development of social hierarchies. (first states)
Culture 4- Analyze the ways in which religions and secular belief
systems affected political, economic, and social institutions. (early
civilizations) (Confucianism)
Culture 8- Explain how economic, religious, and political elites defined
and sponsored art and architecture.
(monumental architecture) (impact of Daoism in China) (Use of
astronomy in the Americas)
Economics 2- Analyze the economic role of cities as centers of
production and commerce. (urban hierarchies) (early trade centers)
Social 4- Analyze ways in which legal systems have sustained or
challenged class, gender, and racial ideologies.
(state unification)
Environment 1- Explain how early humans used tools and technologies
to establish communities.