Homework Syllabus for the 2014-2015 School Year
WHAP
Ms. Napp
The World History AP curriculum is a cross-cultural, chronological, and historical
examination of the connections and encounters between the world’s diverse peoples
and the development of individual cultures within diverse regions. Students of
World History AP are encouraged to interact with information on many levels.
From the gathering of facts concerning when and how events happened to the
greater complexities of how circumstances impacted different groups within
societies and between societies, students examine world history from a multiplicity
of perspectives.
Of course, a history of the world is a daunting undertaking and to ensure that
information is understood and remembered, the homework syllabus is designed to
provide students opportunities to analyze and synthesize information, to practice
concepts and skills, and to reinforce critical information. Therefore, the completion
of a weekly homework assignment is a required component of the course.
In this packet, students will find the assignments for the entire year. Before the
assignments are presented, students will find a supply list as well as sample
responses to the various types of homework questions asked. After the assignments,
students will find additional facts about the Advanced Placement Examination in
World History and general academic information to ensure a positive transition to
the Advanced Placement Level.
Ultimately, all students can achieve academic success in the Advanced Placement
World History classroom. The homework syllabus is designed to help students
achieve academic mastery.
Required Materials for the Completion of the Homework Syllabus:
1- The Textbook (All students will be issued a copy of Robert W. Strayer’s
Ways of the World: A Global History)
Note: The Textbook Companion Website is available at the following link:
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/strayer1e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&
ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
2- Cracking The AP World History Exam, 2014 Edition by The Princeton
Review
Note: All students are required to purchase the review book in September.
The book will be used throughout the year and will be a valuable study guide
for the Advanced Placement examination in May.
3- Ms. Napp’s Social Studies Webpage
(In particular, the World History AP page, the Variations page and Concerto
Page)
Note: Ms. Napp’s Social Studies Webpage is available at the following link:
http://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org//Domain/353
Optional Materials but Highly Recommended:
1- A Box Set of World History AP Flashcards
Note: Many publishers such as Barron’s, Kaplan’s, and 5 Steps to a 5 offer
World History AP Flashcards
2- 5 Steps to a 5 500 AP World History Questions to Know by Test Day
Note: The 500 questions can be purchased in book form or as an app
Important Reminder: At the end of the listed assignments, there are critical facts to
know about the Advanced Placement World History examination. Please
familiarize yourself with these facts.
A Word about the Assignments:
 In general, each week an average of twenty pages is assigned from the
Strayer textbook.
 In general, for each weekly reading, there are ten questions to be answered.
 However, on occasion, students will complete an essay or templates created
for the Princeton Review as alternative weekly assignments.
 Students must always rewrite the question or provide an adequate title
before answering questions.
 Weekly assignments are usually collected on Thursday and a full letter grade
will be subtracted for every late day.
 Finally, the Princeton Review World History Advanced Placement book
must be purchased to complete a number of assignments in the homework
syllabus and to prepare for the AP World History examination.
A Note about Ms. Napp’s Homework Philosophy:
 Homework is an opportunity for reflection and analysis of the key concepts,
events, and themes of world history. Homework is an opportunity to
practice essential skills such as analytical reading and writing. Homework
is also a vehicle to practice and mastery of facts. Finally, the completion of
homework will lead to the creation of a superb review document for the
Advanced Placement World History examination. As such, all students are
encouraged to maintain neat and accurate homework assignments and to
preserve assignments in preparation for the examination.
“The flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.”
~ Chinese Proverb
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
~ Aristotle
An Example of Note-Taking for an Actual Question in the Syllabus:
The Question: Discuss significant beliefs of Daoism (pp. 131 – 133)
 Students must either rewrite the question or provide an adequate title before
answering.
Sample Response:
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Chinese philosophy
Associated with Laozi, sixth-century B.C.E. archivist
Credited with writing the Daodejing (The Way and Its Power)
Differed from Confucianism
Urged withdrawal into the world of nature
Encouraged behavior that was spontaneous, individualistic, and natural
Central concept is the Dao
Dao refers to the way of nature
Invited people to withdraw from the world of political and social activism
Simplicity in living, small self-sufficient communities, limited government,
and the abandonment of education and active efforts at self-improvement
Though different from Confucianism, Daoism was viewed as complementing
Confucianism in China
Shaped culture of ordinary people: magic, fortune-telling, and the search for
immortality
Provided an ideology for peasant uprisings, such as the Yellow Turban
Rebellion, which imagined a utopian society without the oppression of
governments and landlords
Inspired Chinese landscape paintings – search for harmony with nature
Writing Advice:
When writing a paragraph or a series of paragraphs in an essay, it is critical to
avoid plagiarizing from the textbook. To plagiarize is to write another person’s
words as your own words. To avoid plagiarism, it is critical to read carefully and to
understand information fully before writing. It is therefore useful to take notes
while reading instead of copying full sentences from the textbook. Before writing,
read your notes carefully and then write your paragraph or essay. Understanding
information fully before writing reduces the likelihood of plagiarism. So, take the
time to read and understand. Writing is not a race; it is a process leading to greater
understanding.
The Assignments:
Strayer Textbook:
Read pp. 3 - 20
Read pp. 25 – 48
Questions:
The Questions:
1- Notes: The evolutionary line of descent
leading to Homo Sapiens – be sure to
include hominids, Homo Habilis,
Homo Erectus, and Homo Sapiens (p.
3)
2- Notes: Describe the Paleolithic era (p.
4)
3- Notes: How did food production create
enduring divisions within the larger
human community? (pp. 5 – 6)
4- Notes: Describe the significant
characteristics of civilization (p. 6)
5- Notes: Describe the first 150,000 years
of the human experience (pp. 12 – 13)
6- Notes: Describe the cultural changes
that occurred as humans migrated out
of Africa and into the Eurasia (pp. 1617)
7- Notes: Describe the cultural changes
that occurred as humans migrated out
of Africa and into Australia (pp. 1718)
8- Notes: Describe the cultural changes
that occurred as humans migrated out
of Africa and to the Americas (p. 18)
9- Notes: Describe the cultural changes as
humans migrated out of Africa and
into the Pacific (pp. 19 – 20)
10- Creative Writing: 
You in the Paleolithic Era: Write a
fictitious account of a day in the life of
YOU in the Paleolithic Age – use your
notes for specific detail!
The Questions:
1- Notes: What was the most
revolutionary aspect of the age of
agriculture? (pp. 36 – 37)
2- Notes: Describe the Agricultural
Revolution in the Fertile Crescent (pp.
39 – 41)
3- Notes: Describe the process of
domestication in the African continent
(p. 41)
Due Date:
Thursday,
September
11, 2014
Thursday,
September
18, 2014
Read pp. 49 – 68
4- Notes: Describe the process of farming
in Africa (p. 41)
5- Notes: Describe the pattern of
agricultural development in the
Americas (pp. 41 – 42)
6- Notes: Describe the two ways in which
agriculture spread (p. 42)
7- Notes: What are the Indo-European
languages? (p. 43)
8- Notes: Who were the Bantu? (p. 46)
9- Notes: Describe the culture of
agriculture (pp. 47 – 48)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
The Agricultural Revolution marked a
decisive turning point in human
history. Create a comic strip with
examples from this week’s reading to
support this thesis.
The Questions:
1- Notes: Describe significant
characteristics of pastoral societies (p.
49)
2- Notes: Describe characteristics of
Çatal Hüyük, a very early agricultural
village in southern Turkey (p.50)
3- Notes: Discuss the six major locations
of the first civilizations after 3500
B.C.E. – include important facts about
each (pp. 56 – 61)
4- Notes: Discuss the other smaller
civilizations that flourished beyond the
six First civilizations (p. 61)
5- Notes: Describe the city of Uruk (p. 62)
6- Notes: Describe the city of Mohenjo
Daro (p. 63)
7- Notes: Describe the city of
Teotihuacán (p. 63)
8- Notes: Discuss the class hierarchies
that developed in the First
Civilizations (pp. 64 – 66)
9- Notes: Discuss hierarchies based on
gender and the practice of patriarchy
in the First Civilizations (pp. 66 – 68)
10- Create a Chart Demonstrating: 
What distinguished civilizations from
other forms of human community?
Wednesday,
September
24, 2014
[Due to
holiday]
Read pp. 69 – 84
Read pp. 87 – 101
The Questions:
1- Notes: How did the formation of states
give rise to greater inequalities? (pp.
69 – 70)
2- Notes: Discuss the importance of the
“remarkable invention of writing” and
compare and contrast several early
writing systems (pp. 70 – 72)
3- Notes: Discuss the lavish lifestyle of
elites (pp. 72 – 73)
4- Notes: Compare the physical
geography of Mesopotamia and Egypt
and the effects of geography on the
cultures of the regions (pp. 73 – 76)
5- Notes: Compare the political realities
of Mesopotamia and Egypt (pp. 77 –
79)
6- Notes: Discuss the significance of the
Hebrews in world history (p. 80)
7- Notes: Discuss the significance of the
Phoenicians in world history (p. 80)
8- Notes: Compare Mesopotamian and
Egyptian interactions with
neighboring cultures (also pp. 80 – 81 )
9- Notes: Discuss the significance of the
Hittites and Hyksos (p. 81)
10- Create a Cost/Benefit Analysis Chart:
 Create two columns to answer:
In the development of the First
Civilizations, what was gained for
humankind, and what was lost?
The Questions:
1- Notes: Summarize reasons for the
decline of some of the First
Civilizations (p. 87)
2- Notes: State specific continuities from
the First civilizations to the second and
third waves of civilization (pp. 88 – 89)
3- Notes: State specific changes that
occurred in the second and third waves
of civilization (pp. 89 – 91)
4- Notes: Why do historians refer to the
period between 500 B.C.E. and 500
C.E. as the “classical era” (p. 92)
5- Notes: How are the current identities
of nations still linked to the classical
Thursday,
October 2,
2014
Thursday,
October 9,
2014

era? (p. 91)
6- Notes: Summarize significant facts
about the location of the Persian
Empire (p. 99)
7- Notes: Describe the Persian Empire’s
cult of kingship (p. 99)
8- Notes: Discuss the importance of
satraps in the Persian Empire (p. 100)
9- Notes: Describe the infrastructure of
the Persian empire (p. 101)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
The Persian Empire at a Glance
Read pp. 101 – 121
The Questions:
1- Notes: Discuss the impact of
geography on the Greek city-states (p.
102)
2- Notes: Describe causes and effects of
Greek expansion (p. 103)
3- Notes: Describe Athenian democracy
and the role of the “citizen” (pp. 103 104)
4- Notes: Discuss the causes and effects of
the Greco-Persian Wars (pp. 104 –
105)
5- Notes: Describe the achievements of
Alexander the Great as well as his
chief significance in world history (pp.
106 – 108)
6- Notes: Describe the Roman Republic
and the outcomes of conflict between
the patricians and plebeians (p. 109)
7- Notes: Discuss Roman expansion (pp.
109 – 111)
8- Notes: Describe the accomplishments
of Shihuangdi (pp. 112 – 114)
9- Notes: Compare the Roman and
Chinese Empires (pp. 114 – 116)
10- Creative Writing – Time Travel: 
Describe your journey to the Indian
subcontinent before the Mauryan
empire, during the Mauryan empire,
after the Mauryan empire, and during
the Gupta empire (pp. 119 – 120)
 Be sure to take notes first
 Incorporate facts
Thursday,
October 16,
2014
Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates!
Complete Review Templates:
Thursday,
October 23,
2014
Review Template 1 [45 Questions]
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Read pp. 128 – 148
Read pp. 156 – 176
Review Template 2 [56 Questions]
Review Template 3 [55 Questions]
[Each answer is only several words.]
The Questions:
1- Notes: Discuss beliefs of Legalism (p.
128)
2- Notes: Discuss significant beliefs of
Confucianism (pp. 129 – 131)
3- Notes: Discuss significant beliefs of
Daoism (pp. 131 – 133)
4- Notes: Discuss early texts of Hinduism
and Hindu concepts of atman, moksha,
samsara, and karma (pp. 133 – 134)
5- Notes: Discuss significant beliefs of
Buddhism (pp. 135 – 137)
6- Notes: Discuss Bhakti (p. 138)
7- Notes: Discuss significant beliefs of
Zoroastrianism (pp. 139 – 140)
8- Notes: Discuss significant beliefs of
Judaism (pp. 140 – 141)
9- Notes: Discuss the ideas of Socrates,
Thales, Democritus, Hippocrates,
Plato, and Aristotle (pp. 142 – 144)
10- Create a Chart: 
Comparing the lives of Jesus and
Buddha (p. 146)
The Questions:
1- Notes: Describe the responsibilities
and lifestyles of the elite officials or
scholar-gentry in classical China (pp.
156 – 157
2- Notes: Compare the status and
lifestyles of the landlord class, the
peasant class, and the merchant class
in classical China (pp. 158 – 160)
3- Notes: Discuss the four varnas of India
(pp. 160 – 162)
4- Notes: Discuss the role of jatis in
Indian society (pp. 163 – 164 )
Thursday,
October 30,
2014
Thursday,
November 6,
2014

Read pp. 184 – 203
Read pp. 219 - 239
5- Notes: Discuss slavery in the GrecoRoman world (pp. 167 – 169)
6- Notes: Discuss the slave rebellion of
Spartacus (pp. 169 – 170)
7- Notes: Discuss patriarchy in China
(pp. 171 – 173)
8- Notes: Discuss the unusual reign of
Empress Wu (p. 173)
9- Notes: Discuss patriarchy in Athens
(pp. 173 – 175)
10- Creative Writing: 
Create a story of a woman in Sparta
utilizing significant facts about
patriarchy in Sparta (pp. 175 – 177)
The Questions:
1- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Meroë (pp. 184 – 186)
2- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Axum (pp. 186 – 188)
3- Notes: Describe the distinctive features
of Jenne-Jeno (pp. 188 – 189)
4- Notes: Describe the Bantu migrations
and the impact of these migrations on
Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 190 – 192)
5- Notes: Describe Mesoamerica’s
geography and cultures (pp. 193)
6- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the Maya (pp. 194 – 195)
7- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Teotihuacán (pp. 195 – 197)
8- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the Chavín (pp. 198)
9- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the Moche (pp. 198 – 200)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
About the southwestern region of
North America, specifically Chaco
canyon (pp. 201 – 203)
The Questions:
1- Notes: Discuss the significance of Silk
in the history of the Silk Road (pp. 221
– 222)
2- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
cultural diffusion on the Silk Road (pp.
222 – 224)
3- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Thursday,
November
13, 2014
Thursday,
November
20, 2014

Read pp. 242 - 263
Indian Ocean trade (pp. 225 – 226)
4- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Srivijaya (pp. 229)
5- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Sailendra and especially, Borobudur
(pp. 229 – 230)
6- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Swahili civilization (pp. 230 – 232)
7- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Trans-Saharan trade (pp. 232 – 233)
8- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the West African kingdoms of Ghana,
Mali, and Songhay (pp. 234 – 235)
9- Notes: Discuss trade in the Western
Hemisphere, especially geographic
obstacles and yet trading successes (pp.
235 – 238) *Only notes this week!
The Questions:
1- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
China’s golden age (pp. 242 – 246)
2- Notes: Discuss the status of women in
the Song Dynasty (pp. 246 – 247)
3- Notes: Discuss the Chinese Tribute
System in theory and in practice (pp.
249 – 251)
4- Notes: Discuss Korea’s historical
relationship with China (pp. 253 – 254)
5- Notes: Discuss Vietnam’s historical
relationship with China (pp. 254 – 256)
6- Notes: Discuss Japan’s historical
relationship with China (pp. 256 – 257)
7- Notes: Discuss unique features of
Japanese culture and belief such as
samurai, Bushido, kami, tanka, The
Tale of the Genji, and the status of
Japanese women (pp. 257 – 259)
8- Notes: How did China benefit from
contact with other cultures? (pp. 260 –
261)
9- Notes: What was the most important
gift that China received from India?
Why? (p. 261)
10- Create a Comic Strip:
Describe Buddhism’s history in China
(pp. 262 – 263)
Wednesday,
November
26, 2014
[Due to
holiday:
Read only or
submit
electronically
for optional
extra credit.]
Read pp. 271 - 291
Read pp. 302 - 322
The Questions:
1- Notes: Why did Byzantium have no
clear starting point and how was it a
continuation of the Roman Empire?
(pp. 271 – 272)
2- Notes: Describe significant facts about
the Byzantine State (pp. 272 – 273)
3- Notes: What was caesaropapism and
how did Orthodox Christianity differ
from Latin Christianity or the Roman
Catholic Church? (pp. 273 – 275)
4- Notes: How did links to Byzantium
transform the new civilization of
Kievan Rus? (pp. 277 – 278)
5- Notes: How did geography affect
Western Europe? (pp. 278 – 279)
6- Notes: What happened in Western
Europe after the fall of the Roman
Empire? (pp. 279 – 281)
7- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the role of the Roman Catholic Church
in the Medieval period (pp. 281 – 282)
8- Notes: Discuss significant changes that
occurred during the High Middle Ages
(pp. 282 – 284)
9- Notes: Describe changing roles of
women during the High Middle Ages
(p. 284)
10- Create a Chart: 
Discuss significant facts about the
Crusades (pp. 286 – 289)
The Questions:
1- Notes: In what ways did the early
history of Islam reflect its Arabian
origin? (pp. 302 – 303)
2- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Muhammad and the revelations he
received (pp. 303 – 306)
3- Notes: Define hijra, umma, and sharia
as well as describe facts about the
young Islamic community (pp. 306 –
308)
4- Notes: What accounts for the
widespread conversion to Islam? (pp.
310 – 311)
5- Notes: What is the difference between
Thursday,
December 4,
2014
Thursday,
December 11,
2014

Read pp. 341 - 360
Sunni and Shia Islam (pp. 311 – 312)
6- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Sufis (pp. 313 – 314)
7- Notes: How did the rise of Islam
change the lives of women? (pp. 314 –
316)
8- Notes: Describe significant facts about
Islam in India and Anatolia (pp. 317 –
320)
9- Notes: Describe significant facts about
Islam in West Africa (pp. 320 – 321)
10- Creative Writing: 
My Life in Islamic Spain – Incorporate
significant facts about Islam in Spain
(pp. 322 – 323)
The Questions:
Thursday,
1- Notes: What impact did the Mongols
December 18,
have on the people they conquered?
2014
(pp. 342 – 343)
2- Notes: Who was Temujin, how did he
build a powerful empire, and what
were the Mongols’ successes and
failures? (pp. 344 – 347)
3- Notes: How did Mongol rule change
China and how were the Mongols
changed by China? (pp. 348 – 350)
4- Notes: How was Mongol rule in Persia
different from that in China? (pp. 350
– 351)
5- Notes: How did the Mongols rule
Russia and how was Russia changed
by Mongol rule? (pp. 351 -353)
6- Notes: In what ways did the Mongol
Empire contribute to the globalization
of the Eurasian world? (pp. 354)
7- Notes: Why did the Mongols not
conquer Europe? (pp. 354 – 355)
8- Notes: Describe cultural exchanges in
the Mongol Empire (pp. 356 – 357)
9- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
Black Death (pp. 357 - 358)
10- Essay Practice – A Body Paragraph: 
Compare and contrast the political
and economic effects of Mongol rule on
TWO of the following regions:
China – Middle East – Russia
Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates!
Complete Review Templates:
Thursday,
January 1,
2015
Review Template 4 [50 Questions]
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Read pp. 370 – 390
Read pp. 406 – 428
Review Template 5 [54 Questions]
The Questions:
1- Notes: What were the major
achievements of the Ming dynasty?
(pp. 370 – 371)
2- Notes: Who was Zheng He and why
was he significant? (pp. 371 – 372)
3- Notes: State significant facts about the
Renaissance (pp. 373 – 374)
4- Notes: How and why did European
maritime voyaging differ from Chinese
maritime voyaging? (pp. 374 – 378)
5- Notes: State significant facts about the
Ottoman Empire (pp. 378 – 379)
6- Notes: State significant facts about the
Safavid Empire (p. 380)
7- Notes: State significant facts about the
Songhay Empire (pp. 380 – 381)
8- Notes: State significant facts about the
Mughal Empire (pp. 381 – 382)
9- Notes: State significant facts about the
Aztec Empire (pp. 382 – 385)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
State significant facts about the Inca
Empire (pp. 386 – 388)
The Questions:
1- Notes: State significant facts about
“The Great Dying” (pp. 406 – 407)
2- Notes: What was the Columbian
Exchange and how did it change world
history? (pp. 407 – 409)
3- Notes: Define mercantilism (pp. 409 –
410)
4- Notes: Describe the kinds of societies
that developed in the lands of the
Aztecs and Incas after the Spanish
conquest (pp. 410 – 412)
[Due to
holiday,
submit
electronically
via email.]
Thursday,
January 8,
2015
Thursday,
January 15,
2015

Read pp. 435 - 456
5- Notes: Describe the colonies of sugar
and how plantation societies of Brazil
and the Caribbean differed from those
of southern colonies in British North
America? (pp. 412 – 415)
6- Notes: Describe the settler colonies in
North America (pp. 415 – 417)
7- Notes: How did the Russian Empire
transform the lives of its conquered
people and of the Russian homeland
itself? (pp. 418 – 421)
8- Notes: How did the Mughal attitudes
and policies towards Hindus change
from the time of Akbar to that of
Aurangzeb? (pp. 424 – 425)
9- Notes: Discuss significant facts about
the Ottoman Empire (pp. 425 – 427)
10- Creative Writing: 
You are a visitor to the Ottoman
Empire and in your diary, you
describe the Ottoman devshirme
system (p. 427) and the Ottoman
threat to Christendom (pp. 427 – 428)
The Questions:
1- Notes: State significant facts about the
Portuguese presence in Indian Ocean
commerce (pp. 435 – 437)
2- Notes: Describe significant facts
regarding the Spanish presence in the
Philippines (pp. 437 – 438)
3- Notes: How does Japan provide a
fascinating case study in the ability of
major Asian powers to control the
European intruders in the early
modern era? (pp. 441 – 442)
4- Notes: State significant facts about the
silver trade (pp. 442- 445)
5- Notes: Discuss similarities and
differences between the North
American and Siberian fur trades (p.
448)
6- Notes: State significant facts about the
Middle Passage and the Atlantic slave
trade (p. 449 – 450)
7- Notes: What was distinctive about the
Atlantic slave trade? What did it
Thursday,
January 22,
2015
[Next week is
midterm
week; thus,
the only
homework
for midterm
week is to
study!]

Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Read pp. 463 – 484
share with other patterns of slave
owning and slave trading? (pp. 450 –
451)
8- Notes: What explains the rise of the
Atlantic slave trade? (p. 451 – 452)
9- Notes: What roles did Europeans and
Africans play in the unfolding of the
Atlantic slave trade? (pp. 452 – 453)
10- Create a Chart: 
In what different ways did the Atlantic
slave trade transform African
societies? (pp. 455 – 456)
Complete Review Templates:
Review Template 6 [101 Questions]
Thursday,
February 5,
2015
Review Template 7 [64 Questions]
The Questions:
Thursday,
1- Notes: State significant facts about
February 12,
Martin Luther, the Ninety-Five
2015
Theses, and the Protestant
Reformation (pp. 463 – 465)
2- Notes: What was the Catholic
Counter-Reformation? (pp. 465 – 466)
3- Notes: What example did Matteo Ricci
set for Jesuit missionaries in China?

(p. 470)
4- Notes: Compare and contrast
missionary activity in China and
missionary activity in Spanish America
(pp. 471 – 472)
5- Notes: How did Islam spread in the
early modern era, how did orthodox
Muslims view religious syncretism,
and who was Abd al-Wahab (pp. 473 –
474)
6- Notes: State significant facts about
Neo-Confucianism and kaozheng (pp.
474 – 475)
7- Notes: State significant facts about
bhakti and Sikhism in India (pp. 476 –
Read pp. 501 - 521
477)
8- Notes: State significant facts about the
Scientific Revolution and why the
Scientific Revolution occurred in
Europe rather than in China or the
Islamic world (pp. 477 – 479)
9- Notes: State significant facts about
Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes
Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac
Newton (pp. 480 – 481)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
In what ways did the Enlightenment
challenge older patterns of European
thinking? (pp. 482 – 484)
The Questions:
1- Notes: What was revolutionary about
the American Revolution, 1775 – 1787,
and what was not? (pp. 501 – 502)
2- Notes: State significant facts about the
French Revolution, 1789 – 1815 (pp.
504 – 506)
3- Notes: How did the French Revolution
differ from the American Revolution?
(p. 507)
4- Notes: State significant facts about the
Haitian Revolution, 1791 – 1804 (pp.
507 – 510)
5- Notes: State significant facts about the
Spanish American revolutions (pp. 510
– 512)
6- Notes: What accounts for the end of
Atlantic slavery during the nineteenth
century? (pp. 513 – 514)
7- Notes: What accounts for the growth
of nationalism? (pp. 516 – 517)
8- Notes: Provide examples of
nationalism (pp. 517 – 519)
9- Notes: Prove that nationalism was not
limited to the Euro-American world in
the nineteenth century (pp. 519 – 520)
10- Create a Chart: 
What were the achievements and
limitations of nineteenth-century
feminism? (pp. 520 – 521)
Thursday,
February 19,
2015
[Due to
holiday:
Read only or
submit
electronically
for optional
extra credit.]
Read pp. 529 – 549
Read pp. 563 – 584
The Questions:
1- Notes: Why is it surprising that the
Industrial Revolution began in Europe
and yet what factors contributed to
Europe’s industrialization (pp. 529 –
531)
2- Notes: How did the Americas help fuel
Europe’s Industrial Revolution? (p.
532)
3- Notes: What was distinctive about
Britain that may help to explain its
status as the breakthrough point of the
Industrial Revolution? (pp. 532 – 533)
4- Notes: How did the Industrial
Revolution change the British
aristocracy? (pp. 534 – 535)
5- Notes: How did the Industrial
Revolution change the middle classes?
(pp. 536 – 537)
6- Notes: How did the Industrial
Revolution change the laboring
classes? (pp. 537 – 538)
7- Notes: Who was Karl Marx and what
did he believe? (pp. 539)
8- Notes: State significant facts about
industrialization in the United States
(pp. 542 – 543)
9- Notes: Why did Marxist socialism not
take root in the United States? (pp. 543
– 545)
10- Create a Chart: 
State significant facts about
industrialization and revolution in
Russia (pp. 545 – 548)
The Questions:
1- Notes: State significant facts about and
differences between the “civilizing
mission” and “social Darwinism” (p.
564)
2- Notes: State significant facts about the
Taiping Rebellion (pp. 565 – 566)
3- Notes: Discuss the causes and effects of
the first Opium War in 1839 and the
Treaty of Nanjing (pp. 568 – 569)
4- Notes: State significant facts about
“self-strengthening” (p. 570)
Thursday,
February 26,
2015
Thursday,
March 5,
2015

Read pp. 590 - 610
5- Notes: What happened to the Ottoman
Empire that it became known as “The
Sick Man of Europe” (pp. 571 – 572)
6- Notes: Discuss the Tanzimat reforms in
the Ottoman Empire (pp. 574 – 575)
7- Notes: Who were the “Young
Ottomans” and later who were the
Young Turks? (pp. 575 – 576)
8- Notes: State significant facts regarding
the Tokugawa Shogunate (pp. 578 –
579)
9- Notes: Who was Commodore Perry
and how did he change Japanese
history? (pp. 580 – 581)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
Discuss the changes that occurred in
Japan during the Meiji Restoration
(pp. 580 – 583)
The Questions:
1- Notes: Describe the various ways the
passage to colonial status occurred (i.e.
“The scramble for Africa” (pp. 592 –
594)
2- Notes: State reasons for some subject
people to cooperate with the colonial
governments (p. 595)
3- Notes: What were the causes and
effects of the Indian Rebellion, also
known as the Sepoy Mutiny? (p. 596)
4- Notes: How did “scientific racism”
affect life in the Asian and African
colonies? (pp. 596 – 598)
5- Notes: How did farming change as a
result of imperialism? (pp. 598 – 599)
6- Notes: How did the power of colonial
states transform the economic lives of
colonial subjects – be sure to mention
the Congo Free State? (pp. 599 – 600)
7- Notes: How did cash-crop agriculture
transform the lives of colonized
peoples? (p. 601)
8- Notes: How were the lives of African
women altered by colonial economies?
(pp. 604 – 605)
9- Notes: What three facts seem
reasonably clear to historians
Thursday,
March 12,
2015

Read pp. 627 – 647
Read pp. 647 – 656,
pp. 662 – 668, and
pp. 670 – 673
regarding the economic impact of
colonial rule on Asian and African
societies? (pp. 605 – 606)
10- Creative Writing: 
You are a colonial subject – How did
Western education and Western
religion impact life in the colonies?
(pp. 607 – 610)
The Questions:
1- Notes: State the significant causes of
the First World War (pp. 627 – 629)
2- Notes: Describe fighting in the First
World War (p. 630)
3- Notes: Discuss the significant outcomes
of the First World War, be sure to
mention the Treaty of Versailles (pp.
630 – 631)
4- Notes: Discuss the impact of the Great
War beyond Europe – be sure to
mention the treatment of Armenians in
the Ottoman Empire (p. 631 – 632)
5- Notes: State significant facts about the
Great Depression and the New Deal
(pp. 633 – 636)
6- Notes: Discuss the rise of fascism in
Italy (pp. 637 – 638)
7- Notes: Discuss the rise of Adolf Hitler
in Germany (pp. 638 – 640)
8- Notes: State significant facts about
anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (pp.
640 – 641)
9- Notes: Discuss the rise of militarism in
Japan (pp. 641 – 644)
10- Create a Chart: 
State significant facts about the “road
to World War II in Asia” (pp. 645 –
647)
The Questions:
1- Notes: State significant facts about the
“road to World War II in Europe”
(pp. 647 – 648)
2- Notes: What were the outcomes of
World War II – be sure to mention the
number of casualties, the haunting
realization of the Holocaust, and
independence movements in Africa
Thursday,
March 19,
2015
Thursday,
March 26,
2015

Read pp. 678 – 687,
pp. 694 – 703 and
pp. 715 – 718
and Asia? (pp. 648 – 652)
3- Notes: State significant facts about the
United Nations (p. 653)
4- Notes: Discuss Europe’s recovery after
World War II – be sure to mention the
Marshall Plan, the European
Economic Community, and NATO
(pp. 653 – 656)
5- Notes: State significant causes of the
Russian Revolution (pp. 662 – 663)
6- Notes: State significant facts about
Vladimir Ulyanov, more commonly
known as Lenin, the Bolsheviks, and
the civil war (pp. 664 – 665)
7- Notes: State significant facts about
Mao Zedong’s and the CCP’s strategy
for increasing communism’s appeal in
China and its struggles against the
Guomindang and the Japanese (pp.
665 – 667)
8- Notes: How did collectivization of
agriculture differ between the USSR
and China? (pp. 670 – 671)
9- Notes: What was a unique feature of
Chinese history under Mao Zedong’s
leadership? (pp. 673)
10- Create a Comic Strip: 
The Great Leap Forward and the
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
(p. 673)
The Questions:
1- Notes: In what ways did the United
States play a global role after World
War II? (pp. 678 – 679)
2- Notes: Discuss changes implemented in
China under Deng Xiaoping (pp. 682 –
683)
3- Notes: Discuss changes and the effects
of changes in the Soviet Union under
Mikhail Gorbachev (pp. 684 -687)
4- Notes: What international
circumstances and social changes
contributed to the end of colonial
empires (pp. 694 – 695)
5- Notes: State significant facts about
India’s nationalist movement and in
Thursday,
April 2, 2015
[Due to
holiday:
Read only or
submit
electronically
for optional
extra credit.]

Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates
particular the role of Mohandas K.
Gandhi (pp. 696 -699)
6- Notes: Discuss the All-Muslim League
and the creation of Pakistan (pp. 699 700)
7- Notes: State significant facts about the
history of South Africa – be sure to
mention the Boers or Afrikaners, the
ANC, apartheid, and Nelson Mandela
(pp. 700 -703)
8- Notes: State significant facts about
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the
emergence of modern Turkey (pp. 715
– 716)
9- Notes: State significant facts about
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (p. 717)
10- Create a Chart: 
State significant facts about the
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini (pp. 717
– 718)
Complete Review Templates:
Thursday,
April 9, 2015
Review Template 8 [83 Questions]
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates
Review Template 9 [68 Questions]
Complete Review Templates:
Review Template 10 [71 Questions]
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Review Template 11 [70 Questions]
Thursday,
April 16,
2015
Complete the
Princeton Review
Templates
Compete Review Templates:
Note:
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Complete the
Princeton Review
Template
Review Template 13 [141 Questions]
Review Template 12 [121 Questions]
Complete Review Templates:
Thursday,
April 23,
2015
Wednesday,
April 29,
2015
Review Template 14 [143 Questions]
Note:
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Complete the
Princeton Review
Template
[Due to
Conference
Day]
Complete Review Templates:
Thursday,
May 7, 2015
Review Template 15 [123 Questions]
Note:
Note: Review
Templates can be
found on the
Variations Page of
Ms. Napp’s Social
Studies Webpage
Study!
Study for the Advanced Placement
Examination in World History
Thursday,
May 14, 2015

The test will be administered on May 14,
2015.
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Facts to Know about the World History Advanced Placement Examination:
 The examination consists of multiple-choice questions and essay questions.
 The first section of the examination is the multiple-choice section.
1. The multiple-choice questions account for 50% of the student’s total
examination grade.
2. There are 70 multiple-choice questions.
3. Students will have 55 minutes to answer the multiple-choice questions.
4. There are four responses for every multiple-choice question.
5. There is no guessing penalty.
6. Therefore, students are encouraged to answer every question.
 The second part of the examinations is called the Free Response Section.
1. The three essays in the Free Response Section of the examination
account for 50% of the student’s total examination grade.
2. During the remaining 2 hours and 10 minutes of the examination,
students will write three essays.
3. The three essays: a Document-Based essay question (DBQ), a
continuity and change over time essay, and a comparative essay.
4. The essays are based on the following themes of the course:
- Interaction between humans and the environment
 Disease and its effects on population
 Migration
 Settlement patterns
 Technology
- Development and interactions of cultures
 Religions, belief systems, and philosophies
 Science and technology
 The arts and architecture
- State-building, expansion, and conflict
 Political structures and forms of government
 Empires
 Nations and nationalism
 Revolts and Revolutions
 Regional, transregional, and global organizations and
structures
- Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
 Agriculture and pastoralism
 Trade and commerce
 Labor systems
 Industrialization
 Capitalism and socialism
- Development and transformation of social structures
 Gender roles
 Family and kinship relations
 Race and ethnicity
 Social and economic class structures
5. There is a mandatory 10-minute reading period for the DBQ
documents.
 During the mandatory 10-minute reading period, students may
only read and take notes.
Note: Students cannot start writing the essay during the mandatory
reading period.
1- The suggested writing time for each essay is 40 minutes.
2- Essays are graded according to the following rubrics:
Note: When a student receives a total of 7 points for the basic core, the
student qualifies for 2 additional points from the expanded core. Thus, there
are two rubrics for each essay,
The Basic Core for the DBQ:
Has an acceptable thesis
1 Point
Understands the basic meaning of the
1 Point
documents (may misinterpret one)
Supports thesis with appropriate
2 Points
evidence from ALL documents
Or
(supports thesis with appropriate
1 Point
evidence from all but two documents)
Analyzes point of view in at least two,
1 Point
but preferably three, documents
Analyzes documents, groups them in at
1 Point
least 2, preferably 3 ways
Identifies and explains the need for an
1 Point
additional document or point of view
SUBTOTAL
7 Points
The Expanded Core for the DBQ:
Do you have a comprehensive, analytical,
and explicit thesis?
Have you used the documents as
evidence?
0-2 Points
Careful analysis?
Point of view in most or all documents?
Relevant historical evidence?
Explained missing documents?
SUBTOTAL
2 Points
Basic Core Rubric for the Continuity and Change over Time Essay
Has an acceptable thesis (Addressing the
1 Point
global issues and the correct time period)
Addressed all parts of the question or
2 Points
most of the question
Or
1 Point
Substantiated thesis with appropriate
2 Points
historical evidence (fully or partially)
Or
1 Point
Made effective use of historical context to
1 Point
show the change and continuity over
time
Analyzed the process of change over time
1 Point
and/or continuity
SUBTOTAL
7 Points
Expanded Core
Do you have a comprehensive, analytical,
and explicit thesis?
Have you addressed all parts of the
issue?
0-2 Points
Have you given ample historical evidence
to prove your thesis?
Have you provided connections to ideas,
events, and other issues in some
imaginative way?
SUBTOTAL
2 Points
The Comparative Essay
Basic Core:
Thesis – 1 Point
Address all parts of the question – 2 Points or 1 Point
Supports thesis with appropriate historical evidence – 2 Points or 1 Point
Makes at least two direct, relevant comparisons – 1 Point
Include a similarity or difference in your comparison – 1 Point
Subtotal – 7 Points
Expanded Core:
Comprehensive, analytical and explicit thesis
Addressed all relevant parts
Ample historical evidence
Related comparisons to larger global context
Direct comparisons
Analyzed similarities and difference
Address all parts of question evenly
Subtotal – 2 Points
Ms. Napp’s Grading Policy:
Examination: 50%
Homework: 35%
Participation: 15%
“World history facilitates the recognition and construction of larger contexts in
several ways: it brings focus to connections that help to explain historical
developments, it encourages the framing of comparisons that help clarify the
relationships between and among historical developments, and it prompts historians
to recognize and analyze large-scale systems that condition historical development.”
~ Jerry H. Bentley