AP World History
TEXTWORK: Chapter One, pages 8-15
Directions; use the information in the text to answer the following questions. Stop at
section titled “Civilization” on page 15.
1. The human species has existed for about _______________________________.
2. List the four drawbacks associated with the human species.
3. List the five benefits associated with the human species.
4. Define the term Paleolithic. Not just what the word means.
5. All human races today are descendants of _____________________________.
6. Why do hunting and gathering groups tend to be small?
7. Speech developed in _______________________ about _________________ years ago.
8. Why did people first develop rituals?
9. _______________________ often played a prominent role in the religious pantheon.
10. Define the term culture.
11. List two discoveries that facilitated the spread of Paleolithic groups throughout the world.
12. List the five differences that separate Mesolithic from Paleolithic peoples.
13. List the two differences that separate Neolithic from Mesolithic peoples.
14. It was the invention of ____________________________ that most clearly moved the
human species towards more elaborate social and cultural patterns.
15. Where did the Neolithic Revolution first occur?
16. Explain the two reasons why the term “Neolithic Revolution” is a bit misleading.
17. How did agriculture led to labor specialization?
18. How did agriculture encourage scientific discovery?
19. ______________________ was the first metal that people learned to work.
20. The _______________________ began about 3000 B.C.E.
21. List the benefits of metalworking.
AP World History – TEXTWORK: pages 15-20
Stop at section titled “Egyptian Civilization” on page 20.
1. Explain the technique of “slash and burn agriculture”.
2. List the two advantages to living in one area.
3. _______________________ and _________________________ encouraged villages
(agricultural communities) to develop instead of a series of isolated farms.
4. Describe the four traits of the Neolithic village, Catal Huyuk, in southern Turkey.
5. The origins of civilization dates to approximately _________________________.
6. Economic surplus led to __________________________________. And this led to
___________________________________________________________________.
7. List the three reasons why cities are crucial to agricultural societies.
8. List the four benefits that writing brings to societies.
9. Explain why hunting or nomadic people could not generate a civilization.
10. List the five problems created by civilizations.
11. List the two religious notions of the Sumerians that influenced Jewish, Christian, and
Muslim cultures.
12. Sumerian political structure stressed tightly organized city-states, ruled by a king who
claimed _____________________________________________________________.
13. Sumerian religion was regulated by the ____________________________________.
14. List the three Sumerian achievements that added to their region’s agricultural prosperity.
15. The Sumerians were conquered by the ________________________________________.
16. ______________________________________ introduced the earliest written law codes.
17. ___________________________ code established ___________________________ for
courts of law and ___________________________________________ and the duties of
_________________________________________, setting harsh punishments for crimes.
AP World History – TEXTWORK: pages 20-28
Do not read the “In Depth” sections.
1. Egyptian civilization formed around ___________________________.
2. How was Egypt able to retain a unified state throughout most of its history?
3. Explain how the Egyptian economy differed from the Mesopotamian economy.
4. __________________________________ was considered a god by the Egyptians.
5. Explain how Egyptian art and religion differed from Mesopotamian art and religion.
6. What mathematic concept do we get from the Egyptians?
7. When did civilization emerge along the Indus River?
8. What feature is unique about houses in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
9. The Indus River people traded with ________________________________________.
10. Who conquered and destroyed the Indus River civilization?
11. Chinese civilization first developed along the __________________________________.
12. China’s first king was ____________________________________________________.
13. List the five achievements of Chinese culture that can be seen by 2000 B.C.E.
14. Why didn’t early Chinese culture construct massive monuments?
15. The ______________ rulers were the first to construct impressive tombs and palaces.
16. List the six basic achievements of early river valley civilizations.
17. Explain the difference between Mesopotamian and Chinese view of nature.
18. ___________________________ art and _________________________ architecture has
a more measurable influence on Greek styles, and later European and Muslim culture.
19. The __________________________ devised the modern alphabet with 22 letters around
1300 B.C.E. It was adopted and changed by the Greeks and later Latin alphabets.
20. The _____________________ were the first to introduced coined money.
21. The _____________________ were the first to develop a monotheistic religion.
22. The Jews were a ____________________ people who were influence by Babylonian
civilization and settled near the Mediterranean around 1200 B.C.E.
23. ___________________ is the god of the Jews.
24. Explain why the Jewish religion has been very durable (unchanging) throughout history.
25. Explain the main difference between the Jewish god and earlier gods from Mesopotamia
and Egypt.