AP WORLD HISTORY



Period 1

● Effects of agriculture on populations and civilizations

● Migration of Populations (where did people begin and why did they leave?)

● Code Of Hammurabi and the Mesopotamian social hierarchy

● Early Civilizations Writing Systems

● Early Civilizations – innovations and importance of rivers and agriculture

● Comparison of Egypt and Mesopotamia Political and Cultural Structures

● Olmec Civilization – purpose of statues and monuments

Period 2

● World Religions - beliefs and practices (Webquest)

● Hinduism - Laws of Manu - views on women

● Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism - similarities and differences (Webquest)

● Han Dynasty - Politics and Government

● Han Dynasty and Rome Empire Comparisons - political, cultural similarities and differences

● Confucianism - views on social hierarchies and role of each individual

● Daoism - what classes did it appeal to the most? Why? How did it challenge the social beliefs of Confucianism?

● Women’s roles in China

● Fall of Han Dynasty and Roman Empire - similarities and differences

● Roman Empire Political Structure

● Persian Empire governmental organization (reading on Persian Empire)

● Greek geography and its effect on the structure of Greek society

● Greek democracy and citizenship

● Mauryan Dynasty under the leadership of Ashoka

● Silk Road Trading - exchange of religions and cultures

● Silk Road Trading - technological innovations that spurred trade

● Syncretism - the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.

Period 3

• Byzantine Empire Political Structure

• Byzantine Empire – Comparing Religion to Western Europe

• Western Europe – Political Structure and Economy following the fall of the Roman Empire

• Western Europe – Positives and Negatives of urbanizations

• Crusades – Goals and Effects

• Spread of Buddhism in China – how was the religion able to spread - who did it appeal to and why?

• Mongol Empire – Differences between conquering China and Russia

• Mongol Empire – occupying China – political and cultural structures

• Compare and Contrast the Trans-Sarahan Trade Route to Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade

• Song Dynasty – Political Structure and Major Innovations

• Song Dynasty – Neo-Confuscianism and the effects on women

• Effects of Chinese civilization on Korea, Japan, and Vietnam

• Islam – origins and basics

• Spread of Islam in Trans-Sarahan Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe

• Bantu, Mali, Ghana, Songhai Empires - Importance of Islam and Trans- Sarahan trade

• Aztecs – political and religious structures

• Incas – political and religious structures

• Aztecs and Incas comparison

Period 4

• Causes and Effects of Renaissance

• Causes and Effects of the Protestant Reformation

• Causes and Effects of the Scientific Revolution

• European Motivations for Exploration

• European Advantages for Exploration

• Causes of the Columbian Exchange

• Demographic and Environmental Effects of the Columbian Exchange

• Effects of Columbian Exchange on Americas and Europe

• Causes and Social Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Fur Trade – comparison between North America and Siberia

• Silver – effects on China and Spain

• Russian Empire Building – motivations and comparisons to European Empire Building

• Ming China – Political Structure and Exploration Motivations

• Islamic Empires – economic structures

• Russia Empire- Building – influence and comparison to European Empire Building and fur trade

Period 5

• Significance of the Enlightenment – beliefs, influences

• What did the Enlightenment begin to challenge?

• Causes and Effects of the French Revolution

• Napoleon – reasons for popularity and reasons for his downfall

• Haitian Revolution – causes and effects

• Latin – American (Spanish-American) Revolutions – causes and effects

• European Revolutions of the 1800s – causes and effects

• European Revolutions of the 1800s – rise of nationalism and how it played a role in revolution

• Industrial Revolution – Motivations and why it began in England

• Industrial Revolution – effects on economics, workers and cities

• Industrial Revolution – inventions and creation of unions

• Russian Revolution – causes and effects

• Imperialism in India – reasons for British imperialism; positive and negative effects of imperialism from the perspective of India

• Resistance to Imperialism in India – significance of Sepoy Mutiny, civil disobideince and the Salt March

• European Imperialism in Africa – positive and negative effects of imperialism from perspective of Africans

• Scramble for Africa – significance of Berlin Conference; effects of imperialism (how did it lead to World War I)?

Period 6

• World War I – causes and effects

• World War I – new weapons, type of warfare; significance of the failure of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan; how the war can be considered a “Total War”

• World War I – allied and central powers; role of United States before the war

• World War I – Two events that brought the U.S. into the war; advantages of U.S. joining the war

• World War I – Purpose and Effects of Treaty of Versailles; significance of the failure of the League of Nations – why did it fail?

• Rise of Fascism – Definition and elements

• Rise of Fascism – where and who? – How were Fascist leaders able to seize control following events such as World War I and the Great Depression?

• Adolf Hitler – rise to power and steps towards the Final Solution

• World War II – Causes and Effects

• World War II- U.S. Neutrality and methods of assisting Allies

• World War II- Significant Battles of European and Pacific Theater

• Japanese motivations for attacking Pearl Harbor

• U.S. strategy when fighting Japanese in Pacific – reasons for and against dropping the atomic bombs in August 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Yalta Conference – purpose and decisions made

• The Cold War – who was involved and the two conflicting political ideologies

• The Cold War – US Strategy – Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Cold War – Competitions

• The Cold War – Military Conflicts – Korean and Vietnam Wars

• The Cold War – Tensions Rising – Berlin Airlift, Hungarian Crisis, U-2 Incident, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Afghanistan

• The End of the Cold War – Collapse of Communism and emergence of Democracy and Capitalism in Russia

• Globalization – Economy – The Global North vs. The Global South

• Globalization – Religion in Global Modernity

• Globalization – Environmental Concerns

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