AP World History Summer Assignment 2015
Welcome to AP World History (WHAP). For many of you, this is your first AP class. To be
successful, you will need to stay focused and work hard. You should be prepared to spend four to
six hours a week outside of class on AP World History. During the school year we will explore
10,000 years of human history, learn valuable skills, and take the AP World History Exam in May,
2016. 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.
There are two parts to your summer assignment. Our textbook has 24 chapters which we need to
cover in approximately 30 weeks in order to have time to review before the AP test. The first
summer assignment is to help you acquire the base knowledge necessary for instant immersion
into AP World History once the 2015-2016 academic year begins. This will include maps and
vocabulary charts.
The second assignment is a required reading of History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom
Standage. This book takes an innovative approach to world history. The author looks at the
development of world history by examining the beverages that people drank in various time
periods. These are (in chronological order): beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and coca-cola. This book
offers an interesting perspective to initiate our year-long discussion of world history. The use of this
book as a summer reading assignment in no way represents any endorsement by Mrs. Marchwinski or
Ms. Casesa, of the use or misuse of any of these beverages. If you or your parents have any concerns
about you reading this book, please contact the guidance office by July 1st and an alternative book and
assignment will be given. Our purpose in reading the book is to get a sense of how civilizations and
cultures develop and how numerous forces (political, technological, economic, social, religious,
cultural, ecological) all affect people’s daily lives. When you are drinking a coke on a hot day this
summer, it is not an accident. There are historical forces at work!!
THIS SUMMER ASSIGNMENT IS DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL –
August 17, 2015
Late assignments will not be accepted. It is important that you show you are capable of
successfully completing this independent assignment in the time allotted. The only exception will
be those students that enrolled new to our school. Anyone that registered prior to that date will be
expected to have the assignment completed by the first day of school.
A Special Note about Plagiarism: Plagiarism, the act of taking credit for the academic work of
someone else, will not be tolerated in AP World History and Lyman High School.
We will be available by email during the summer, but please do not expect an immediate response;
it may take a few days. Good luck and we’ll see you in August!
Mrs. Marchwinski
Ruth_Marchwinski@scps.k12.fl.us
Ms. Casesa
Kimberly_Casesa@scps.k12.fl.us
Assignment 1
You will be turning in a packet which contains maps and vocabulary charts.
Mapping Exercise: Neatly label the world maps with the land and water features listed below in
the color indicated in the parentheses. Print neatly and make sure your maps are easy to read.
Map #1: AP World Regions
Please go to the following location to see the AP World history Course description:
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-world-history-course-andexam-description.pdf
Using the world map provided in this packet, label the AP Regions based on the “closer view” shown
on page 26 of the course description. You may color it if you would like, but that is not a
requirement. However, please use a color or striping to indicate regions that overlap.
Map #2: Bodies of Water and Rivers
Oceans, Seas, Bays, Lakes (color them blue)
1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
5. North Sea
6. Baltic Sea
7. English Channel
8. Norwegian Sea
9. Barents Sea
10. Mediterranean Sea
11. Adriatic Sea
12. Aegean Sea
13. Black Sea
14. Caspian Sea
15. Great Lakes
16. Red Sea
17. Persian Gulf
18. Arabian Sea
19. Bay of Bengal
20. South China Sea
21. East China Sea
22. Yellow Sea
23. Sea of Japan
Rivers (draw them in blue)
1. Nile River
2. Tigris River
3. Euphrates River
4. Amazon River
5. Mississippi River
6. Rio Grande River
7. Indus River
8. Yellow River (Huang He)
9. Yangtze River
10. Ganges River
11. Irrawaddy River
12. Mekong River
13. Congo River
14. Danube River
Map #3: Mountains and Deserts
Mountains (Brown)
1. Alaska Range
2. Rocky Mountains
3. Appalachian Mountains
4. Anders Mountains
5. Alps
6. Atlas Mountains
7. Ural Mountains
8. Hindu Kush
9. Himalaya Mountains
Deserts (Yellow)
1. Gobi Desert
2. Kalahari Desert
3. Sahara Desert
4. Thar Desert
5. Sierra Madre Desert
6. Mojave Desert
7. Namib Desert
8. Syrian Desert
AP Regions Map
Bodies of Water and Rivers
Mountains and Deserts
Assignment 2
You will need to purchase the book History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage. Lyman
High School does not provide copies of this book – new or used is fine.
As you read each of the section on the different beverages complete the questions below. Please
answer in complete sentences. You need to write clearly and legibly. You will be tested the first
week of class.
The completeness, correctness and neatness of this assignment are paramount. Please keep in
mind that this assignment should be completed entirely on your own, you may not collectively
work on the activities.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT!! This assignment is not
difficult, but it can be a bit time-consuming. If you wait until the week before school starts to read
this book and do the assignments, it might turn out to be your worst nightmare. My
recommendation is to do a little work once or twice a week throughout the summer.
Reading Questions
Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but
you must answer in complete sentences.
BEER
1.
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5.
How is the discovery of beer linked to the growth of the first “civilizations”?
What does this history of beer tell us about the early civilizations?
What sources does the author use to gather his information on the use of beer?
What were some of the uses of beer by ancient cultures? Nourishment? Ritual?
Religion?
How did beer “civilize” man, according to Standage?
WINE
6.
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10.
How did the use of wine differ from that of beer in ancient Greece and Rome?
How was wine used by the Greeks?
How and why did wine develop into a form of a status symbol in Greece?
How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
What is the relationship between wine and empire, medicine, and religion?
SPIRITS
11.
What is the origin of distilled spirits?
12.
What is the connection between spirits and colonization?
13.
How was the production of spirits connected to slavery?
14.
What role did spirits play on the high seas?
15.
In the 18th century, how did spirits help Britain have a more superior navy than
France?
16.
Why were spirits an important staple in Colonial America?
17.
How did rum play a role in the American Revolution?
COFFEE
18.
Who did Europeans get coffee from and how did it spread to Europe?
19.
Why was it so important to Europe’s development that many people’s beverage
20.
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TEA
24.
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of choice switched from alcohol to coffee?
Describe coffee’s effect on the global balance of power (in terms of commerce).
How did coffee play a pivotal role in the scientific revolution? (give lots of
detail)
How did coffee play a pivotal role in the ‘financial revolution’?
How did coffee play a pivotal role in the French Revolution? (give lots of detail
and go into the Enlightenment)
When did tea first become a mainstream drink in Asia? In Europe?
How did the consumption of tea in Europe differ from how it was consumed in
China or Japan?
If tea arrived in Europe around the same time as when coffee did, why did it not
find the immediate success that coffee had?
How did tea transform English society? Who were its main consumers and what
were some of the new rituals that surrounded tea?
How was tea an integral part of the Industrial Revolution?
What was the connection between tea and politics?
How was tea connected to the opium trade and the Opium War of 1839-1842?
What role did the tea trade and production play in the British rule over India?
COCA COLA
32.
What was the origin of coke?
33.
How was this beverage used medicinally and what were the additives?
34.
What was the relationship of coke and World War II?
35.
How was coke thought of by the communist during the Cold War?
36.
What is meant by “globalization in a bottle”?
37.
How did Coco-Cola become basically seen as an American value? How did this help
and hurt Coca-Cola (and, in some ways, America itself?)
EPILOGUE
39.
Describe how the scientific advancements of the 19th century brought the history
of beverages full circle.
40.
Which water’s quality is more tightly controlled-tap or bottled?
41.
How many people have no access to safe water today?
42.
How has access to water affected international relations?