AP European History Summer Assignment

Dear AP Student:

In preparation for the coming school year I would like you to complete the following assignments over the

summer. For some of you this is your first AP course you have ever taken, but with hard work and study you

will do great. This hard work starts this summer. The purpose of the assignment is to lay the foundation for

the first unit and subsequent units throughout the year.

The summer assignment is due the first day of school, August 20, 2018. Late assignments will not be

accepted. You will have a test over you summer assignment (vocab, maps, chapter 2) the first week of

school. This will be your first test grade and tests count three times in the grade book. Each assignment is

worth a separate quiz grade. Quizzes, in the grade book, count two times. These will be the first assignment

grades of the first six weeks. By choosing not to do the assignment could result in not passing the first six

weeks.

As part of AP European History, I would like you to obtain a copy of this book. It is called AP European History:

An Essential Coursebook 2rd edition by Ethel Wood. We will be using it as a supplemental text this year. It is

a fabulous review guide for the AP European History Exam. You can find the book on Amazon.

If you would like to purchase other study guides for the course here are a few to choose from. These practice

books will help you study for the AP exam in May. It is recommended that you purchase some of these books,

but due to financial hardships it is understandable if you cannot.

• AP European History Crash Course by Jay Harmon

• 5 Steps to a 5 for AP European History

• AP European History Study Guide by Barron’s

School Supplies

• 5 subject spiral

• Blue/black pen

• Highlighters (pink, yellow, orange, blue, green, purple)

• Map pencils

I will be available over the summer through email if you have any questions. Please do not wait until the last

minute to start the assignment. I look forward to a successful year and will see you in August. If you lose your

assignment you can either email me, check the school’s website, or stop by the school and pick one up from

the counseling office.

School website- www.aisd.net/seguin

acrowder@aisd.net

acrowder7404@yahoo.com

Mrs. Crowder

Assignment 1: Mapping Exercise

Neatly label the maps of Europe with the land and water features listed below in the color indicated. Print

neatly and make sure your maps are easy to read. You may use www.worldatlas.com or

www.theworldatlas.net to help you find the features

Using a black pen, write the name of each feature inside the feature or with a line pointing to feature • Mountain Ranges-using a brown color pencil, draw several triangles for the entire length of the mountain^^^^

• Rivers- trace or draw the river using a blue color pencil

• Large bodies of water- color the entire body of water with a blue color pencil

Map # 1- Political Map Europe

1. England/Britain 17. Netherlands 33. Sicily

2. France 18. Switzerland 34. Sardinia

3. Portugal 19. Austria 35. Danube

4. Germany 20. Czech Republic 36. Denmark

5. Spain 21. Slovakia 37. Iceland

6. Hungary 22. Croatia 38. Ireland

7. Poland 23. Albania 39. Belarus

8. Romania 24. Serbia 40. Macedonia

9. Russia 25. Bosnia & Herzegovina 41. Scotland

10. Ukraine 26. Montenegro 42. Cyprus

11. Yugoslavia 27. Bulgaria

12. Greece 28. Turkey

13. Italy 29. Moldova

14. Finland 30. Estonia

15. Norway 31. Lithuania

16. Sweden 32. Crete

Map # 2-Bodies of Water and Rivers, Mountains and Deserts Oceans, Seas, Bays, Lakes Rivers

1. Atlantic Ocean 12. Ionian Sea 1. Tiber

2. North Sea 13. Strait of Dardanelles 2.Loire

3. Bay of Biscay 14. Strait of Gibraltar 3. Seine

4. Arctic Ocean 15. Barents Sea 4. Rhine

5. Baltic Sea 16. White Sea 5. Oder

6. English Channel 17. Norwegian Sea 6. Volga

7. Mediterranean Sea 7. Danube

8. Adriatic Sea 8. Dnieper

9. Aegean Sea 9. Po

10. Black Sea 10. Ebro

11. Caspian Sea 11. Elbe

12. Thames

Mountains

1. Alps

2. Ural Mountains

6. Vistula

7. Apennines

8. Caucasus

9. Balkans

10. Scandanavian

11. Carpathians

12. Pyrennes

Map # 3

Empires

• Color the following Empires (make a key)

o Roman Empire

o Byzantine Empire

o Holy Roman Empire

o Umayyad Caliphate

• Label the following cities (place a dot at city, label city)

o Rome

o Athens

o Constantinople

o Venice

o Genoa

o Pisa

o Cordoba

o Damascus

• Label the following places (Use a RED pen)

o Kingdom of the Franks

o Visigoth Kingdom

o Hadrian’s Wall

o Holy Land

Assignment 2: Middle Ages Vocabulary

These words will be repeated over and over throughout the course and will apply to many cultures over time.

You may use dictionaries, online dictionaries, Google, but no Wikipedia.

Vocabulary must be handwritten, no typing.

Directions:

1. Define the word

2. Highlight the vocabulary

3. Leave a space between words

Assignment 3: Chapter 2 Reading from the Essential CourseBook (Medieval Europe) pgs 19-41

You will be responsible for reading chapter 2 of the Essential Coursebook, as well as the attached reading, and

completing the discussion questions attached. Along with the reading and discussion questions you will need

to take your own C-Notes over chapter 2 and complete the PERSIAN Charts for chapter 2. The instructions for

the PERSIAN charts are attached.

Your essential questions for your C-Notes are:

• How was life like under Medieval Europe?

• What were the major political, social, and economic changes in Europe as a result of the Middle Ages?

Sample Cornell Notes (C-Notes) Page

1/3 of paper

CONNECTIONS TO

NOTES:

• Big ideas

• Connections to

other events or

information

• Inferences

• Interests

2/3 of paper

NOTES:

Important points, ideas, events, people, etc.

• Opinions

• Questions

• Reactions

• Significance

• Vocabulary

words

SUMMARY OF MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS:

PERSIAN Charts

• Stands for Political, Economic, Religion, Social, Interactions, Artistic and technological achievements, Near

(Geography)

• For each section, list specific facts/details about the civilization. They need to be short phrases. There is not

enough room for sentences. List as much information as possible.

• For examples, see the attached pages

The following pages are the maps that you will use for assignment 1 and your PERSIAN charts. All you need to

turn in for the mapping assignment is the maps. Please turn in the PERSIAN Charts and vocabulary with the

chapter 2 work. You are able to separate the following pages from the packet if you would like.

Have a great summer! See you in August.

PERSIAN Chart: Medieval Europe

Political Leaders/groups

State structures

War

Diplomacy/treaties

Courts/laws

Economic Type of system

Technology/industry

Trade/commerce

Capital/money

Types of businesses

Religious Holy books

Beliefs/teachings

Conversion

Sin/salvation

Deities

Social Family

Gender relations

Social classes

Entertainment

Life styles

Interaction with

Environment Demography

Migration

Patterns of Settlement

Environment

Arts/Intellectual Art and music

Writing/literature

Philosophy

Math and science

Education

Architecture

Culture

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Unit Vocabulary List

Period 1: 1450-1648

Middle Ages

Directions: Define each of the words below. Definitions must be in your own words with sufficient detail. Definitions should apply

to the time period, some of these words have multiple meanings. If the word is a person, make sure to fully explain who they are.

For each word

• Write the word

• Highlight the word in yellow

• Number the word

• Write the definition

• Skip a space between each word and definition

Follow the examples for how to do your vocabulary.

• Wrong Way

o Julius Caesar-Roman General

o Henry VIII-had 6 wives

• Correct Way

1. Julius Caesar: A Roman General who conquered Gaul, became the first dictator of Rome, assassinated by the

Senate

2. Henry VIII: King of England who began the English Reformation when he divorced his first wife, founded the

Anglican Church and broke ties with the Catholic Church

Vocabulary Words-Middle Ages

Benedictine Rule

Byzantine Empire

Caesaropapism

Canon law

Carolingian Family

Heresy

Holy Roman Empire

Hundred Years’ War

Justinian

Justinian Code

Theodora

Black Death

John Wyclif

Hussites

Conciliar Movement

The Divine Comedy

Thomas Aquinas

Treaty of Paris, 1259

Battle Crecy, 1346

Pope Urban VI

William of Occam

Charlemagne

Clovis

Crusades

Cyrillic writing system

Excommunication

Limited government

Parliament

Magna Carta

Manorialism

Missi dominici

Vernacular languages

Joan of Arc

Lollards

Babylonian Captivity (Avignon

Papacy)

Ottoman Empire

Geoffrey Chaucer

Flagellant

King Philip VI of Valois (France)

Battle of Agincourt, 1415

Council at Pisa

Jacquerie

Feudalism

Franks

Guilds

Hagia Sophia

Hanseatic League

Great Famine, 1315-1322

Giovanni Boccaccio

Decameron

Scholasticism

Serfs

Vikings

English Peasant Revolt, 1381

John Hus

Great Schism

Dante Alighieri

The Canterbury Tales

Eleanor of Aquitaine

King Edward III of England

Siege of Orleans

Pope Clement VII

Council of Constance

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Map #2: Physical Map of Europe

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Map #1: Political Map of Europe

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Map #3: Middle Ages Empires Map