AP World History: Modern study guides
Unit overviews and topic breakdowns with timelines, key figures, and vocabulary.
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–1450)
Read unit overview →1.1Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 14501.2Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 14501.3Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 14501.4Developments in the Americas from c. 1200 to c. 14501.5Developments in Africa from c. 1200 to c. 14501.6Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 14501.7Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–1450)
Read unit overview →2.1The Silk Roads2.10Comparison of the Effects of Connectivity2.2The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World2.3Exchange in the Indian Ocean2.4Trans-Saharan Trade Routes2.5Cultural Consequences of Connectivity2.6Environmental Consequences of Connectivity2.7Comparison of Economic Exchange2.8Effects of the Mongol Empire2.9Causes and Effects of the Bubonic Plague
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–1750)
Read unit overview →4.1Technological Innovations from 1450 to 17504.10Comparison of Coerced Labor Systems4.2Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 17504.3Columbian Exchange4.4Maritime Empires Established4.5Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed4.6Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 17504.7Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 17504.8Continuity and Change from 1450 to 17504.9The Atlantic Slave Trade
Unit 5: Revolutions (c. 1750–1900)
Read unit overview →5.1The Enlightenment5.10Comparison in the Age of Revolutions5.2Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 19005.3Industrial Revolution Begins5.4Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 19005.5Technology of the Industrial Age5.6Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 19005.7Economic Developments and Their Social Impact in the Period from 1750 to 19005.8Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 19005.9Society and the Industrial Age
Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–1900)
Read unit overview →6.1Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 19006.2State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.3Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.4Global Economic Development from 1750 to 19006.5Imperialism and Economic Development6.6Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World6.7Effects of Migration6.8Causation in the Imperial Age6.9Comparison in the Imperial Age
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