WORLD GEOGRAPHY



AP WORLD HISTORY – SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS

Welcome to AP World History, I am pleased that you have decided to enroll in the course. This class offers the opportunity for students to study history using both chronological and thematic approaches. The course content is organized around six enduring themes and 9 key concepts in four historical time periods, from approximately 1200 CE to the present. The course focuses on six on-going themes:

1) Interaction Between Humans and the Environment – Demography and disease, migration, patterns of settlement, environmental exploitation

2) Development and Interaction of Cultures – Religions, belief systems, philosophies and ideologies, science and technological achievements, arts and architecture

3) State-building, Expansion, and Conflict – Political structures and forms and government, empires, nations and nationalism, revolts and revolution, region, transregional and global structures and organizations

4) Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems – Agricultural and pastoral production, trade and commerce, labor systems, industrialization, capitalism and socialism

5) Development and Transformation of Social Structures – Gender roles and relations, family and kinship, racial and ethnic constructions, social and economic classes

6) Technology and Innovation – Significant advances in technology, including new modes of transportation, communication, manufacturing, industrialization. Innovations in engineering, science, medicine

For many of you, this is your first or second AP class. To be successful, you will need to stay focused and work hard. You should be prepared to spend four to five hours a week outside of class on AP World History. If this does not seem realistic for your schedule, then you may want to reconsider taking this course. During the school year we will explore centuries of human history, learn valuable skills, and take the AP World History Exam in May 2021. This is an exciting class that will allow us to look at the big picture of history, trace cultures over time, and examine human interactions.

The following assignments will assist in building your fundamental knowledge of World History and Geography, and are intended to lay the foundation for the first unit and subsequent material covered during the course of the year. The primary purpose of these summer assignments is to get a jumpstart on the curriculum. Our textbook has 36 chapters which we need to cover in approximately 30 weeks in order for us to have time to review before the AP test. Completing these assignments during the summer will also provide us with an opportunity to go into more depth on certain topics throughout the year. The summer assignments are also designed to introduce you to the five basic themes of AP World History discussed above.

COURSE MATERIALS:

• XLarge college-ruled spiral notebook – 9x11, minimum 300 sheets

• 3x5 cards, highlighter, pens, pencils

• Academic planner

• students will need a section of a 3 ring binder for handouts that don’t go in spiral

PART 1: World Geography Map Activity:

The world regions and physical geography are an important part of this course. Please label the maps as specified to become familiar with important geographic features and locations of early civilizations. The maps are due the first day of class, and will be used for reference throughout the year. Please be NEAT! All features below are to be considered fair game for the test at the end of the first week!

Step 1: On the first map distributed by the teacher, please neatly label the features list on A and B.

A - Label and identify by color the AP regions listed below:

(note: some regions will overlap, use color to distinguish, make a legend for colors)

-North America -North Africa -Southwest Asia (Middle East)

-Latin America -West Africa -South Asia

-Meso-America -Central (Equatorial) Africa -Central Asia

-Europe -Southern Africa -East Asia

-Western Europe -SubSaharan Africa -Southeast Asia

-Eastern Europe -East Africa -Oceania

-Russia

B - Label the following cities (both modern and historical) on the same world map:

East Asia:

-Luoyang

-Guangzhou

-Chang’an

-Nara

-Beijing

-Tokyo/Edo

Southeast Asia:

-Manila

-Malacca

-Singapore

North Africa:

-Cairo

-Alexandria

-Algiers

North America:

-Washington DC

-New York

-Los Angeles

Step 2 – Using resources and the second world map distributed by the teacher, label the map neatly and accurately in pencil. Features should be drawn in with as much detail as possible. Labels must be properly placed and spelled. After all features are labeled in pencil, go back over in ink. Please include all of the following features:

A. 7 Continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia (all CAPITAL letters, in black ink)

B. Bodies of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Black Sea, North Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea, Yellow Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Persian Gulf, English Channel, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Aegean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Bosporus Strait, Dardanelle Strait, Strait of Magellan, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Melaka (Oceans in all capital letters; all bodies of water in dark blue ink)

C. Islands: Greenland, Iceland, Cuba, Madagascar, Philippines, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Japan, United Kingdom, Ireland (in green ink)

D. Rivers: Amazon, Mississippi, Colorado, Nile, Niger, Congo, Rhine, Volga, Danube, Yangtze, Tigris, Euphrates, Yellow (Huang He), Ganges, Indus (in light blue ink)

E. Mountains: Alps, Atlas, Rockies, Himalayas, Urals, Andes, Caucasus, Hindu Kush, Pyrenees (in brown ink)

F. Deserts: Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari (in yellow ink)

G. Miscellaneous features: Equator, Prime Meridian, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Strait of Gibraltar, Bosporus Strait, 4 hemispheres, compass rose, Panama Canal, Suez Canal (in black ink)

Links/Resources: These sites can help you to find and study the locations:

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Summer Maps Checklist/Rubric

|Follows basic directions (includes all landforms, features, regions, etc. as directed) | /20 pts. |

|Accuracy, completeness of physical locations | /10 pts. |

|Locations of cities | /10 pts. |

|Reasonable accuracy of spatial relationships | /10 pts. |

|Thematic color coding and legend | /10 pts. |

|Usability/Timeliness/Neatness | /10 pts. |

|Total: | /70 pts. |

PART 2: Current Event Analysis:

Using a reputable newspaper or online news source, identify 6 significant current events from different regions of the world, one for each of the AP World History themes. Write a thorough summary of the event, and discuss which theme you believe it relates to and why. Responses should be typed, should include the title, date, and source of the news article. Current events should be ready to turn in and discuss on the first day of class.

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West Africa:

-Timbuktu

-Jenne

-Lagos

South Africa:

-Johannesburg

-Cape Town

Mesoamerica

-Tikal

-Teotihuacan

-Tenochtitlan

-Acapulco

South Asia:

Calicut

Delhi

Bombay

Goa

East Africa

-Axum

-Kilwa

-Mombasa

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