WHAP Unit 1 - The Global Tapestry - c1200-1450 CE

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AP World History Summer Assignment 2025 covering WHAP Unit 1, “The Global Tapestry, c1200-1450 CE.” Students must watch six John Green Crash Course World History videos and answer detailed questions on topics including Buddha and Ashoka, Chinese history and the Mandate of Heaven, the Silk Road and trade networks, Islam and the five pillars, the Crusades, and Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa. A written world geography test follows on the second day without a word bank.

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Pages51

Reading Time2 h 9 min

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Crash Course World History Videos (Summer Assignment)

Episode #6: Buddha and Ashoka

Episode #7: 2,000 Years of Chinese History

Episode #9: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade

Episode #13: Islam, The Koran, and the 5 Pillars

Episode #15: The Crusades

Episode #16: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

World Geography Test (Day 2)

Required Identification List (Cities, Deserts, Rivers, Mountains, Bodies of Water, Continents/Land Areas)

WHAP Unit 1: Prologue: History Before 1200 C. E.

WHAP Unit 1: The Global Tapestry, c1200-1450 CE AP World History Summer Assignment 2025 Congratulations for having decided to take AP World History! You will doing two things for summer assignment. First, you will watch 6 John Green Crash Course World History videos (YouTube) and answer the questions below. There will be a test on these videos the first day of school. I will also collect your summer answers. Secondly, you will also have a Geography test the 2nd day of school. This test will be written and will NOT include a word bank, so be prepared. Crash Course World History Episode \#6 : Buddha and Ashoka 1) What are the 4 Hindu castes and what type of people in each? 2) What is dharma? 3) What is samsara? 4) Who was Siddhartha Gautama? 5) What did he see when he snuck out of his palace? 6) What did Siddhartha realize was the cause of suffering? 7) What was his new name as a teacher? 8) What are the 4 Noble Truths he taught? 9) What is the Eightfold Path he taught? 10) How was Buddhism different from Hinduism regarding castes? 11) What is one other difference between Hinduism and Buddhism? 12) Where did Buddhism spread to? 3 Crash Course World History Episode \#7 : 2,000 Years of Chinese History! 1) China was the first 2) History in China was divided into 3) How do dynasties end? 4) What is the Mandate of Heaven? 5) Describe Confucius and what he believed in. 6) Describe the 5 Relationships. 10) What else did the Mandate of Heaven explain? Crash Course World History Episode \#9 : The Silk Road and Ancient Trade 1) What did the Silk Road expand? 2) What areas did the two routes of the Silk Roads connect? 3) Besides land routes, what other routes were there? 4) What should we think of the Silk Road as instead of an actual road? 5) How was silk mainly exported? 6) What other goods, besides silk, were traded along the Silk Road? 7) How did the merchant class get political power? 8) What were 3 ways the Silk Road affected the lives of many people? 9) How did Buddhism change when it left India? 10) What is a bodhisattva? 11) Merchants endowed money to support what places for meditation? Crash Course World History Episode \#13 : Islam, The Koran, and the 5 Pillars 1) What angel appeared to Muhammad, the founder of Islam? 2) What did Muslims believe about Muhammad? 4) What is the Muslim holy book? 5) What sort of-ism is Islam? 5) What are the 5 Pillars of Islam? 6) What does Islam have that is like Christianity and Judaism? 7) What is the Hadith? 8) What is sharia? 9) What is the umma? 10) What are the 2 divisions within Islam? 11) What is a caliph? 12) What advantage did converts to Islam have? 11) Besides being great conquerors, what else did Muslims influence? Crash Course World History Episode \#15 : The Crusades 1) John Green states that if the crusades were exclusively about religion, they would have started earlier in history. However, Muslims in the Middle East actually allowed other religions to live there and benefitted from Christian pilgrimages. What Islamic Empire changed this and created an environment that led to hostility and the crusades? 2) Who called for the first crusade? 3) What was the benefit of calling all of Europe to join the crusades? 4) Why is the 1st Crusade considered the most successful? 5) Who was the leader of the Muslims in the third crusade and what did he retake? 6) Were all of the crusades fought exclusively in the Middle East? 7) Who did the fourth crusade doom? 8) Why were the crusades, ultimately, a total failure? 5 Crash Course World History Episode \#16 : Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa 1) How was most of African history preserved? 2) What empire did Mansa Musa rule? 3) What is important about the story of Mansa Musa? 4) What stereotypes of Africa are proven wrong by the story of Mansa Musa? 5) What was the largest and best known city of Mali? 6) What did the B

FAQs

What do students need to do for the AP World History summer assignment?

Watch six John Green Crash Course World History videos and answer the questions provided. Submit the summer answers and prepare for a test on the videos the first day of school.

When is the geography test, and will it include a word bank?

The geography test is given on the second day of school and is written. It will not include a word bank.

Which Crash Course episodes are included in the assignment?

The assignment includes Episode #6 (Buddha and Ashoka), Episode #7 (2,000 Years of Chinese History), Episode #9 (The Silk Road and Ancient Trade), Episode #13 (Islam, The Koran, and the 5 Pillars), Episode #15 (The Crusades), and Episode #16 (Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa).

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