AP World History: Modern units review
1AP World History: Modern Units Review
Article purpose:
- help students make thematic and conceptual connections
- help students organize historical content
- based on and to organize College Board AP World History: Modern course guide:
AP World History: Modern Units overview
Unit | Time Period | Time importance | Places/ Peoples | Themes |
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Unit 1: The Global Tapestry | c. 1200 to
c. 1450 |
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Unit 2: Networks of Exchange | c. 1450 to
c. 1750 |
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Unit 3: Land-Based Empires | ||||
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections | ||||
Unit 5: Revolutions | c. 1750 to
c. 1900 |
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Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization | ||||
Unit 7: Global Conflict | 1900 to
the present |
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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization | ||||
Unit 9: Globalization |
Unit I: Tapestry, 1200-1450
Unit | Region | Period/ Empire | Subtopic | AP Topics & Objectives | Other Notes |
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Unit 1: The Global Tapestry, c. 1200 to c. 1450Themes:
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East Asia: China | Song Dynasty
960-1279 |
1.1 Cultural Developments and InteractionsLearning Objective A: Chinese dynasties and governance over time
Learning Objective B: Chinese cultural traditions and effects on East Asia
Learning Objective C: Chinese economy & economic innovation over time
technologies
Grand canal
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Song China:
Confucianism & literature
China trade & technologies
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East & Southeast Asia | Religions | Buddhism | Buddhism spread
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Abrahamic religions | Judaism
Christianity Islam |
1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450Learning Objective D: Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
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West Asia & North Africa | Dar al-Islam | Islam |
Learning Objective E: Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time.Islamic rule
New Islamic political entities:
rise of Islamic states
Learning Objective F: Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam.Intellectual innovation & spread
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"Pax-Islamica"
spread of Islam
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South & Southeast Asia | spread of Hinduism
Islam Buddhism |
1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450Learning Objective G Explain how the various belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia affected society over timeLearning Objective H Explain how and why various states of South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power over time.
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Americas |
1.4 State Building in the AmericasLearning Objective I Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.
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Africa |
1.5 State Building in AfricaLearning Objective J: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time
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Europe | religion |
1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450Learning Objective K Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society.
Learning Objective L: Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450political fragmentation & decentralization
Learning Objective M: Explain the effects of agriculture on social organization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
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1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
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todo: to add
Macuilxochitzin and "gender parallelism" under Aztec and Inca