World History AP/ Summer Map Assignment
Period I Vocabulary
Welcome to AP World History! Over the course of the year we will be studying six different time
periods that range from 8,000 BCE to present day. A large part of understanding the overriding themes
and concepts of this course relate to the geography of the world. Why did people migrate? Why did
civilizations develop where they developed? How does geography impact the successes or failures of a
civilization? To grasp the importance of geography in this course, the following map assignment will be
collected on August 22nd.
Geography Assignment:
Objective – to identify key geographic features of the world in relation to human population and
civilizations
Map #1: Physical Map (draw/label the following, use the maps provided):
1.) All 7 continents
2.) Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
3.) Seas: Mediterranean, North, Black, Caspian, Arabian, Red, Baltic, Caribbean
4.) Other Bodies of Water: Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico
5.) Mountains: Ural, Caucasus, Alps, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Cascades, Andes
6.) Rivers: Mississippi, Columbia, Amazon, Niger, Nile, Indus, Tigris, Euphrates, Yellow, Volga, Danube
Map #2: Period 1 Civilizations, 8000 BCE – 600 BCE (draw & label the following using the maps
provided):
1.) Mesopotamia (Tigris/Euphrates Rivers)
2.) Babylonia
3.) Egypt and Nubia (Nile River)
4.) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (Indus River)
5.) Shang (Yellow River)
6.) Olmecs
7.) Chavin (Andes Mountains)
8.) Assyrians
9.) Phoenicia/Israel/Judah
10.) Minoans and Myceneans
11.) Hittites
Period I Vocabulary – define the following terms in your own words using the internet. These terms
relate to Period 1. Your terms need to be handwritten. Vocab will be collected on Friday August 29th.
14. Paleolithic/Neolithic Shift
Period I Vocab – Part I
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Venus figurines
Dreamtime
Clovis culture
Megafaunal extinction
Human migrations
“the original affluent society”
Shamans
Gobekli Tepe
Fertile Crescent
“secondary products revolution” specialization
11. Pastoral societies
12. Chiefdoms
13. Catalhuyuk
Period I Vocab – Part II
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Norte Chico/Caral
Indus Valley civilization
Olmec civilization
Uruk
Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
Epic of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi
Patriarchy
Rise of the state
World History AP/ Summer Reading
Reading Questions
As you read A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage (2005), you should look for answers to the questions
posted below. These questions will be due by Monday, August 25th. These should be typed and submitted to Turnit.com as
well as a hard copy to your instructor. You will be given 5 points for Turnitin.com on time and without plagiarism.
There will be a essay due Tuesday, September 2nd. Further instructions will be given as these questions are turned in. Section
One: Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt
1A. This section discusses history before writing, sometimes called Prehistory. How can we find out about prehistoric lives?
Are there any benefits to exploring history
through non-written sources?
1B. How is the discovery of beer linked to the growth of the first “civilizations”?
1C. What sources does the author use to gather his information on the use of beer?
1D. The book makes the distinction that the pyramids were built by “state employees rather than an army of slaves”. What are
the differences between being an employee and a slave?
Section Two: Wine in Greece and Rome
2A. How does the use of wine differ from that of beer in ancient Greece and Rome?
2B. How would you describe democracy? In what ways is modern British democracy similar and different to Early Greek
democracy?
2C. How was wine drinking different in Greek and Roman societies? What does this tell us about the society?
2D. What is the relationship between wine and empire, medicine and religion?
Section Three: Spirits in the Colonial Period
3A. The chapter contains examples of British and French colonists trading distilled drinks with indigenous African and Native
American populations. There was demand from the indigenous populations for the drinks. Were the colonists right to provide
them?
3B. How was the production of spirits connected to slavery?
3C. Some people think the colonists should pay reparations to countries that provided slaves. What do you think?
3D. What roll did rum play in the American Revolution?
Section Four: Coffee in the Age of Reason
4A. Why was it important to Europe’s development that people’s beverage of choice switched from alcohol to coffee?
4B. Should coffee have been banned in the Islamic world?
4C. How do you think the rise in popularity of coffee affected the global balance of power?
4D. How did coffee play a pivital role in the French Revolution? Give details and go into the Enlightenment.
Section Five: Tea and the British Empire
5A. When did tea first become a mainstream drink in Asia? In Europe?
5B. For an ordinary man what were the benefits of the industrial revolution, and what were the drawbacks?
5C. If tea and coffee arrived in Europe around the same time, why did tea not find the immediate success that coffee had?
5D. How was tea connected to the opium trade and the Opium War of 1839-1842?
Section Six: Coco-Cola and the rise of America
6A. How was this beverage used medicinally and what were the additives?
6B. How was Coca Cola thought of by the communists during the Cold War?
6C. The second chapter in this section is called “Globalization in a bottle”. What does that mean to you?
6D. How did the Coca Cola company become invovled in world politics. What role do you think companies should have in
politics? Whould you ever take part in a boycott of a product?
Epilogue: Water
7A. Describe how the scientific advancements of the 19th century brought the history of beverages full circle.
7B. How many people have no access to safe water today and where do they predominately live?
7C. How has access to water affected international relations and provide two examples.