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AP World History Summer AP Assignments 2013 Checklist

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Chapter 1 Study Guide Review Questions<br />

1. Describe what enabled civilizations to develop.<br />

2. Identify the characteristics that are critical for a society to become a civilization.<br />

3. Compare the drawbacks of non-civilized societies with civilized societies.<br />

4. Compare the advantages of an agriculturally based society with a hunter-gatherer society.<br />

5. Evaluate the significance of Jewish monotheism in the religious history of early civilization.<br />

6. Compare the main features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. What did the two civilizations<br />

have in common as early civilizations What were their main differences in values and organizations<br />

Chapter 2 Study Guide Review Questions<br />

1. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of classical Chinese society.<br />

2. Trace the rise of Confucianism.<br />

3. Identify the ways that Confucian philosophy supported the political structure in China.<br />

4. Summarize why bureaucracy developed in classical China.<br />

5. How was China able to accept two major belief systems, Confucianism and Daoism<br />

Chapter 3 Study Guide Review Questions<br />

1. Trace the patterns of early Indian history.<br />

2. Assess the influence of Indian culture on the rest of the world.<br />

3. Trace the development of the caste system.<br />

4. Compare Buddhism and Hinduism.<br />

5. What features of Indian and Chinese geography help explain each area’s social patterns<br />

6. Compare the caste system with the organization of Chinese and Greek society.<br />

7. Compare the political implications of Hinduism and Confucianism.<br />

8. Compare the family structures of India and China.<br />

Chapter 4 Study Guide Review Questions<br />

1. Compare Greek and Roman political structures.<br />

2. Evaluate the significance of the Hellenistic period in Asian and African history.<br />

3. Compare the main political, social, and economic features of the Roman Empire and Han China.<br />

4. Assess how and why the Indians developed long-lasting polytheistic religions but the Greeks did not.<br />

5. Compare the scientific achievements and approaches of classical India, China, and the Mediterranean.<br />

6. Compare the political philosophical thoughts of the Greeks and the Chinese.<br />

Chapter 5 Study Guide Review Questions<br />

1. Evaluate the effect on societies of the fall of the classical civilizations.<br />

2. Compare the rise of civilization in the Americas and in Polynesia.<br />

3. Compare the eastern and western portions of the Roman Empire.<br />

4. How can it be argued that the Roman Empire did not really “fall” in 476 C.E.<br />

5. Compare the factors in the decline of the classical civilizations.<br />

6. Compare the main features of the civilizations of Kush, Axum, and Ethiopia.

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