OUTLINE -

Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.–600 C.E.

Major Developments

1. Locating world history in the environment and time

1. Environment

1. Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society

2. Demography: Major population changes resulting from human and environmental factors

2. Time

1. Periodization in early human history

2. Nature and causes of changes associated with the time span

3. Continuities and breaks within the time span

3. Diverse Interpretations

1. What are the issues involved in using "civilization" as an organizing principle in world history?

2. What is the most common source of change: connection or diffusion versus independent invention?

2. Developing agriculture and technology

1. Agricultural, pastoral, and foraging societies, and their demographic characteristics (Include Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia.)

2. Emergence of agriculture and technological change

3. Nature of village settlements

4. Impact of agriculture on the environment

5. Introduction of key stages of metal use

3. Basic features of early civilizations in different environments: culture, state, and social structure

1. Mesopotamia

2. Egypt

3. Indus

4. Shang

5. Mesoamerica and Andean South America

(Students should be able to compare two of the early civilizations above.)

4. Classical civilizations

1. Major political developments in China, India, and the Mediterranean

2. Social and gender structures

3. Major trading patterns within and among Classical civilizations; contacts with adjacent regions

4. Arts, sciences, and technology

5. Major belief systems

1. Basic features of major world belief systems prior to 600 C.E. and where each belief system applied by 600 C.E.

2. Polytheism

3. Hinduism

4. Judaism

5. Confucianism

6. Daoism

7. Buddhism

8. Christianity

6. Late Classical period (200 C.E.–600 C.E.)

1. Collapse of empires (Han China, loss of western portion of the Roman Empire, Gupta)

2. Movements of peoples (Huns, Germans)

3. Interregional networks by 600 C.E.: Trade and religious diffusion

Major Comparisons and Snapshots

§ Comparisons of the major religious and philosophical systems including some underlying similarities in cementing a social hierarchy, e.g., Hinduism contrasted with Confucianism

§ Role of women in different belief systems -- Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, and Hinduism

§ Understanding of how and why the collapse of empire was more severe in western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China

§ Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and classical civilizations, including slavery

§ Compare societies and cultures that include cities with pastoral and nomadic societies

§ Compare the development of traditions and institutions in major civilizations, e.g., Indian, Chinese, and Greek

§ Describe interregional trading systems, e.g., the Indian Ocean trade

Examples of What You Need to Know

Below are examples of the types of information you are expected to know contrasted with examples of those things you are not expected to know for the multiple-choice section.

§ Nature of the Neolithic revolution, but not characteristics of previous stone ages, e.g., Paleolithic and Mesolithic

§ Economic and social results of the agricultural revolution, but not specific date of the introduction of agriculture to specific societies

§ Nature of patriarchal systems, but not changes in family structure within a single region

§ Nature of early civilizations, but not necessarily specific knowledge of more than two

§ Importance of the introduction of bronze and iron, but not specific inventions or implements

§ Political heritage of classical China (emperor, bureaucracy), but not specific knowledge of dynastic transitions, e.g., from Qin to Han

§ Greek approaches to science and philosophy, including Aristotle, but not details about other specific philosophers

§ Diffusion of major religious systems, but not the specific regional forms of Buddhism or Aryan or Nestorian Christianity

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RECOMMENDED REVIEW LINKS

Notes and Links from AP Class Sites and College Sites

http://www.historyhaven.com/APWH/APWH_Unit_I.htm - Terrific class notes on Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E. – 600 C.E. by an AP teacher from South Forsyth High School. This page also includes research links.

http://teachers.lps.org/tbayne/stories/storyReader$165 - This is an outstanding AP prep. site created by an AP teacher. Scroll down to find the time period you would like to review. The site is a gold mine of resources for AP World History students.

http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Resources/foundations/foundation.htm - Recommended web links from an AP World History teacher in Glenelg, Maryland

http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm - A world religions webquest created for AP World History students

http://www.historyhaven.com/APWH/Unit%20I%20knowledge.htm - Outline of Foundations with some notes from another AP World History teacher

http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,11770-204682-15-57292,00.html - Some excellent review information from an AP World History teacher

http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/ - Outstanding Ancient Civilizations lecture notes from Washington State University

http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/agrev-index.html - Student learning module on “Agricultue and Technology”

http://panthernet.net/~bradleyk/apworld/periodwebs/Foundationswebs.html - Web links for the Foundations period

http://www.gwhs.phila.k12.pa.us/faculty/Bauer/indusriver.pdf - Indus River Valley notes

http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/ - World Civilizations lecture notes from Washington State University – Scroll down to research a civilization

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “Mesopotamia”

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook04.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “Egypt”

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook02.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “Human Origins”

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/cp/summaries/MHPGC001.PDF - Review guide titled“The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome”

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/ppt/greece_450_bce_files/frame.htm - Powerpoint lesson on Ancient Greece

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/ppt/shihaungdi_files/frame.htm - Powerpoint lesson titled “Qin Shihuangdi: Father of Imperial China

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/religions_files/frame.htm - AP student Powerpoint lesson “Foundations - Religions”

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/foundations.doc - A review sheet created by an AP student

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/found_01.doc - another student-generated review sheet

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/foundat_files/frame.htm - Powerpoint lesson on the Foundations period created by AP students

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/course.out.charts/1courseout.charts/1course.out04/01.htm - Comparison Chart on Civilizations

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/course.out.charts/1courseout.charts/1course.out04/11.htm Comparison Chart - Religions

Review Packets

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/resource%20file/Review%20Packets%20/Foundations%20Cram%20Packet.pdf - Great review guide for the Foundations unit

http://panthernet.net/~bradleyk/apworld/habitsquestions/Foundationshabits.html - Study guide with links

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/%7Ecgreeley/whap/review/2005/hand_found_2.pdf - Quick review chart for this time period

http://www.mspugh.net/Documents/Foundations%20Cram%20Packet.pdf - Outstanding “Cram Packet” for the Foundations period, created by an AP World History teacher

http://www.mspugh.net/Documents/World%20Interactions.pdf - Review guide titled “World Interactions”

Textbook Review

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter1/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 1

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter2/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 2

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter3/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 3

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter4/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 4

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter5/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 5

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter6/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 6

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter7/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 7

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter8/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 8

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter9/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 9

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter10/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 10

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter11/deluxe.html - Online student resources from World Civilzations: The Global Experience, chapter 11