AP World History

1. Period 3

1.1. Unit 5

1.1.1. The Enlightenment

1.1.1.1. An Age of New Ideas

1.1.1.2. New Ideas and Their Roots

1.1.1.3. The Age of New Ideas Continues

1.1.2. Nationalism and Revolutions

1.1.2.1. The American Revolution

1.1.2.2. The New Zealand Wars

1.1.2.3. The French Revolution

1.1.2.4. The Haitian Revolution

1.1.2.5. Creole Revolutions in Latin America

1.1.2.6. Nationalism and Unification in Europe

1.1.3. Industrial Revolution Begins

1.1.3.1. Agricultural Improvements

1.1.3.2. Preindustrial Societies

1.1.3.3. Growth of Technology

1.1.3.4. Britain's Industrial Advantages

1.1.4. Explain the Process of Industrialization

1.1.4.1. Spread of Industrialization

1.1.4.2. Shifts in Manufacturing

1.1.5. Technology in the Industrial Age

1.1.5.1. Ottoman Industrialization

1.1.5.2. Japan and the Meiji Restoration

1.1.6. Industrialization: The Government's Role

1.1.6.1. Effects on Business Organization

1.1.6.2. Effects on Mass Culture

1.1.7. Economic Developments and Innovations

1.1.7.1. Effects on Business Organization

1.1.7.2. Effect on Mass Culture

1.1.8. Reactions to the Industrial Economy

1.1.8.1. Labor Unions

1.1.8.2. The Intellectual Reaction

1.1.8.3. Karl Marx

1.1.8.4. Ottoman Response to Industrialization

1.1.8.5. Reform Efforts in China

1.1.8.6. Resistance to Reform in Japan

1.1.8.7. Limits to Reform

1.1.9. Society and the Industrial Age

1.1.9.1. Effects on Urban Areas

1.1.9.2. Industrial Revolution's Legacy

1.1.10. Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

1.1.10.1. Economic Continuities and Changes

1.1.10.2. Social Continuities and Changes

1.1.10.3. Political Continuities and Changes

1.2. Unit 6

1.2.1. Rationales for Imperialism

1.2.1.1. Nationalist Motives for Imperialism

1.2.1.2. Cultural and Religious Motives for Imperialism

1.2.1.3. Economic Motives for Imperialism

1.2.2. State Expansion

1.2.2.1. Imperialism in Africa

1.2.2.2. The European Scramble for Africa

1.2.2.3. Imperialism in South Asia

1.2.2.4. Imperialism in East Asia

1.2.2.5. Imperialism in Southeast Asia

1.2.2.6. Australia and New Zealand

1.2.2.7. U.S. Imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific

1.2.2.8. Russian Expansion

1.2.3. Indigenous Responses to State Expansion

1.2.3.1. Nationalist Movements in the Balkans

1.2.3.2. Resistance and rebellion in the Americas

1.2.3.3. South Asian Movements

1.2.3.4. Southeast Asian Resistance

1.2.3.5. Resistance in Australia and New Zealand

1.2.3.6. African Resistance

1.2.4. Global Economic Development

1.2.4.1. Technological Developments

1.2.4.2. Agricultural Products

1.2.4.3. Raw Materials

1.2.4.4. Global Consequences

1.2.5. Economic Imperialism

1.2.5.1. The Rise of Economic Imperialism

1.2.5.2. Economic Imperialism in Asia

1.2.5.3. Economic Imperialism in Africa

1.2.5.4. Economic Imperialism in Latin America

1.2.5.5. Economic Imperialism in Hawaii

1.2.5.6. Contextualizing Economic Imperialism

1.2.6. Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World

1.2.6.1. Migration through Labor Systems

1.2.6.2. Migration in the Face of Challenges

1.2.6.3. Migration to Settler Colonies

1.2.6.4. Migration, Transportation, and Urbanization

1.2.7. Effects of Migration

1.2.7.1. Changes in Home Societies

1.2.7.2. Effects of Migration on Receiving Societies

1.2.7.3. Prejudice and Regulation of Immigration

1.2.8. Causation in the Imperial Age

1.2.8.1. Changes in Standards of Living

1.2.8.2. Overseas Expansion

1.2.8.3. Seeds of Revolution and Rebellion

1.2.8.4. Migration and Discrimination

2. Period 4

2.1. Unit 7

2.1.1. Shifting Power

2.1.1.1. Revolution in Russia

2.1.1.2. Upheaval in China

2.1.1.3. Self Determination in the Ottoman Collapse

2.1.1.4. Power Shifts in Mexico

2.1.2. Causes of World War I

2.1.2.1. Immediate Causes of The Great War

2.1.2.2. Long Term Causes of the Great War

2.1.2.3. Consequences of the Great War

2.1.3. Conducting World War I

2.1.3.1. Changes in Warfare

2.1.3.2. The United States Enters the War

2.1.3.3. Total War

2.1.3.4. A Global War

2.1.3.5. The Paris Peace Conference

2.1.4. Economy in the Interwar Period

2.1.4.1. The Great Depression

2.1.4.2. Political revolutions in Russia and Mexico

2.1.4.3. Rise of Right Wing Governments

2.1.5. Unresolved Tensions After World War I

2.1.5.1. Effects of the War

2.1.5.2. The Mandate System

2.1.5.3. Anti-Colonialism in South Asia

2.1.5.4. Nationalism in East Asia

2.1.5.5. Resistance to French Rule in West Africa

2.1.6. Causes of World War II

2.1.6.1. The Path to War

2.1.6.2. Nazi Germany's Aggressive Militarism

2.1.6.3. Japan's Expansion in Asia

2.1.7. Conducting World War II

2.1.7.1. Japan and Imperialist Policies

2.1.7.2. Germany's Early Victories and Challenges

2.1.7.3. Japan Overreaches

2.1.7.4. Home Fronts

2.1.7.5. The Tide Turns in the European Theater

2.1.7.6. The Tide Turns in the Pacific Theater

2.1.7.7. The Last Years of the War

2.1.7.8. Consequences of World War II

2.1.8. Mass Atrocities

2.1.8.1. Atrocities in Europe and the Middle East

2.1.8.2. Pandemic Disease

2.1.8.3. Suffering and Famine

2.1.8.4. Casualties of World War II

2.1.8.5. Genocide and Human Rights

2.1.9. Causation in Global Conflict

2.1.9.1. Political Causes of Global Conflict in the 20th Century

2.1.9.2. Economic Causes of Global Conflict in the 20th Century

2.1.9.3. Effects of Global Conflict in the 20th Century

2.2. Unit 8

2.2.1. Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization

2.2.1.1. Bringing the War to an End

2.2.1.2. Shifting the Balance of Power

2.2.1.3. The Start of the Cold War

2.2.1.4. Breakdown of Empires

2.2.2. The Cold War

2.2.2.1. Cooperation Despite Conflict: The United Nations

2.2.2.2. rivalry in Economics and Politics

2.2.2.3. Conflict in International Affairs

2.2.2.4. The Space Race and the Arms Race

2.2.2.5. The Non-Aligned Movement

2.2.3. Effects of the Cold War

2.2.3.1. Allied Occupation of Germany

2.2.3.2. NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and Other Alliances

2.2.3.3. Proxy Wars

2.2.3.4. Antinuclear Weapon Movement

2.2.4. Spread of Communism

2.2.4.1. Communism in China

2.2.4.2. Turmoil in Iran

2.2.4.3. Land Reform in Latin America

2.2.4.4. Land reform in Asia and Africa

2.2.5. Decolonization after 1900

2.2.5.1. Movements for Autonomy: India and Pakistan

2.2.5.2. Decolonization in Ghana and Algeria

2.2.5.3. Negotiated Independence in French West Africa

2.2.5.4. Nationalism and Division in Vietnam

2.2.5.5. Struggles and Compromise in Egypt

2.2.5.6. Independence and Civil War in Nigeria

2.2.5.7. Canada and the 'Silent Revolution' in Quebec

2.2.6. Newly Independent States

2.2.6.1. Israel's Founding and Its Relationships with Neighbors

2.2.6.2. Cambodia Gains Independence and Survives Wars

2.2.6.3. India and Pakistan Become Separate Countries

2.2.6.4. Women Gain Power in South Asia

2.2.6.5. Tanzania Modernizes

2.2.6.6. Emigration from Newer Countries to Older Ones

2.2.7. Global Resistance to Established Power Structures

2.2.7.1. Nonviolent Resistance as a Path to Change

2.2.7.2. Challenges to Soviet Power in Eastern Europe

2.2.7.3. 1968: The Year of Revolt

2.2.7.4. An Age of Terrorism

2.2.7.5. Response of Militarized States

2.2.7.6. The Military-Industrial Complex

2.2.8. End of the Cold War

2.2.8.1. The Final Decades of the Cold War Era

2.2.8.2. The End of the Soviet Union

2.2.9. Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization

2.2.9.1. Challenges to Existing Social Orders

2.2.9.2. Superpower Rivalries

2.2.9.3. Hopes for Greater Self Government

2.2.9.4. Comparing Political Effects of the Cold War

2.2.9.5. Comparing Economic Effects of the Cold War

2.2.9.6. Comparing Social and Cultural Effects

2.2.9.7. Development of Global Institutions

2.3. Unit 9

2.3.1. Advances in Technology and Exchange

2.3.1.1. Communication and Transportation

2.3.1.2. The Green Revolution

2.3.1.3. Energy Technologies

2.3.1.4. Medical Innovations

2.3.2. Technological Advances and Limitations - Disease

2.3.2.1. Disease and Poverty

2.3.2.2. Emerging Epidemics

2.3.2.3. Diseases Associated with Longevity

2.3.3. Technology and the Enviornment

2.3.3.1. Causes of Environmental Changes

2.3.3.2. Effects of Environmental Changes

2.3.3.3. Debates About Global Warming

2.3.3.4. A New Age?

2.3.4. Economics in the Global Age

2.3.4.1. Acceleration of Free-Market Economies

2.3.4.2. Economic Change: New Knowledge Economies

2.3.4.3. Economic Continuities: Shifting Manufacturing

2.3.4.4. Transnational Free-Trade Organizations

2.3.4.5. Multinational Corporations

2.3.5. Calls for Reform and Responses

2.3.5.1. An Era of Rights

2.3.5.2. Steps toward Gender Equality

2.3.5.3. Steps toward Racial Equality

2.3.5.4. Human Rights Repression in China

2.3.5.5. Steps toward Environmental Repair

2.3.5.6. Steps toward Economic Fairness

2.3.6. Globalized Culture

2.3.6.1. Political, Social, and Artistic Changes

2.3.6.2. Global Consumer and Popular Culture

2.3.6.3. Global Culture and Religion

2.3.7. Resistance to Globalization

2.3.7.1. The Roots of Globalization and Anti-Globalization

2.3.7.2. Why Resist Globalization?

2.3.7.3. Economic Resistance

2.3.7.4. Anti-Globalization and Social Media

2.3.8. Institutions Developing in a Globalized World

2.3.8.1. The United Nations: A Structure for Peace

2.3.8.2. Assemblies of the United Nations

2.3.8.3. The United Nations and Human Rights

2.3.8.4. Keeping the Peace

2.3.8.5. Other United Nations Priorities

2.3.8.6. International Financial NGOs

2.3.8.7. NGOs Separate from the United Nations

2.3.9. Continuity and Change in a Globalized World

2.3.9.1. Advances in Science and Technology

2.3.9.2. Changes in Globalized World

3. Pre-History

3.1. Part 1: Human Development (Up until 600 B.C.)

3.2. Part 2: The Classical Era (Between 600 B.C. and 600 A.D.)

3.3. Part 3: The Postclassical Civilizations (From 600 A.D. to 1200 A.D.)

4. Period 1

4.1. Unit 1

4.1.1. Developments in East Asia

4.1.1.1. Government Developments in the Song Dynasty

4.1.1.2. Economic Developments in Postclassical China

4.1.1.3. Social structures in China

4.1.1.4. Intellectual and Cultural Developments

4.1.1.5. Religious Diversity in China

4.1.1.6. Comparing Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

4.1.1.6.1. Japan

4.1.1.6.2. Korea

4.1.1.6.3. Vietnam

4.1.2. Developments in Dar al-Islam

4.1.2.1. Invasions and Shifts in Trade Routes

4.1.2.2. Cultural and Social Life

4.1.2.3. Free Women in Islam

4.1.2.4. Islamic Rule in Spain

4.1.3. Developments in South and South-east Asia

4.1.3.1. Political Structures in South Asia

4.1.3.2. Religion in South Asia

4.1.3.3. Social Structures in South Asia

4.1.3.4. Cultural Interactions in South Asia

4.1.3.5. Southeast Asia

4.1.4. Developments in America

4.1.4.1. The Mississippian Culture

4.1.4.2. Chaco and Mesa Verede

4.1.4.3. The Maya City-States

4.1.4.4. The Aztecs

4.1.4.5. The Inca

4.1.4.6. Continuities and Diversity

4.1.5. Developments in Africa

4.1.5.1. Political Structures in Inland Africa

4.1.5.2. Political Structures of West and East Africa

4.1.5.3. Social Structures of Sub-Saharan Africa

4.1.5.4. Cultural Life in Sub-Saharan Africa

4.1.6. Developments in Europe

4.1.6.1. Feudalism: Political and Social Systems

4.1.6.2. Political Trends in the Later Middle Ages

4.1.6.3. Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages

4.1.6.4. Christian Cursades

4.1.6.5. Economic and Social Change

4.1.6.6. Renaissance

4.1.6.7. The Origins of Russia

4.1.7. Comparison in the Period from 1200 to 1450

4.1.7.1. State Building and New Empires

4.1.7.2. The Role of Religion in State Building

4.1.7.3. State Building Through Trade

4.1.7.4. The Impact of Nomadic Peoples

4.1.7.5. Patriarchy and Religion

4.2. Unit 2

4.2.1. The Silk Roads

4.2.1.1. Causes of the Growth of Exchange Networks

4.2.1.2. Effects of the Growth of Exchange Networks

4.2.2. The Mongol Empire and the Modern World

4.2.2.1. The Mongols and Their Surroundings

4.2.2.2. Genghis Kahn

4.2.2.3. Mongolian Empire Expands

4.2.2.4. The Long-Term Impact of the Mongolian Invasions

4.2.3. Exchange in the Indian Ocean

4.2.3.1. Causes of Expanded Exchange in the Indian Ocean

4.2.3.2. Effects of Expanded Exchange in the Indian Ocean

4.2.4. Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

4.2.4.1. Trans-Saharan Trade

4.2.4.2. West African Empire Expansion

4.2.5. Cultural Consequences of Conectivity

4.2.5.1. Religious, Cultural, and Technological Effects of Interaction

4.2.5.2. Travelers' Tales

4.2.6. Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

4.2.6.1. Agricultural Effects of Exchange Networks

4.2.6.2. Spread of Epidemics through Exchange Networks

4.2.7. Comparison of Economic Exchange

4.2.7.1. Similarities Among Networks of Exchange

4.2.7.2. Differences Among Networks of Exchange

4.2.7.3. Social Implications of Networks of Exchange

5. Period 2

5.1. Unit 3

5.1.1. European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empires Expand

5.1.1.1. Europe

5.1.1.2. Asia

5.1.1.3. Russia

5.1.1.4. East Asia

5.1.1.5. Rise of the Islamic Gunpowder Empires

5.1.1.6. The Ottoman Empire

5.1.1.7. The Safavids

5.1.1.8. Mughal India

5.1.1.9. Decline of the Gunpowder Empires

5.1.2. Empires: Administrations

5.1.2.1. Centralizing Control in Europe

5.1.2.2. Reigning in Control of the Russian Empire

5.1.2.3. Centralizing Control in the Ottoman Empire

5.1.2.4. Centralizing Control in East and South Asia

5.1.2.5. Legitimizing Power through Religion and Art

5.1.2.6. Financing Empires

5.1.3. Empires: Belief Systems

5.1.3.1. Protestant Reformation

5.1.3.2. The Orthodox Church and Reforms in Russia

5.1.3.3. Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation

5.1.3.4. Wars of Religion

5.1.3.5. Islamic Religious Schisms

5.1.3.6. Scientific Revolution

5.1.4. Comparison in Land Based Empires

5.1.4.1. Military Might

5.1.4.2. Centralized Bureaucracy

5.1.4.3. Striving for Legitimacy

5.2. Unit 4

5.2.1. Technological Innovations

5.2.1.1. Developments of Transoceanic Travel and Trade

5.2.1.2. Classical, Islamic, and Asian Technology

5.2.2. Exploration: Causes and Effects

5.2.2.1. The Role of States in Maritime Exploration

5.2.2.2. Expansion of European Maritime Exploration

5.2.2.3. The Lure of Riches

5.2.3. The Columbian Exchange

5.2.3.1. Diseases and Population Catastrophe

5.2.3.2. Animals and Foods

5.2.3.3. Cash Crops and Forced Labor

5.2.3.4. African Presence in the Americas

5.2.3.5. Environmental and Demographic Impact

5.2.4. Maritime Empires Link Regions

5.2.4.1. State Building and Empire Expansion

5.2.4.2. Continuity and Change in Economic Systems

5.2.4.3. Continuities and Change in Labor Systems

5.2.5. Maritime Empires Develop

5.2.5.1. Economic Strategies

5.2.5.2. Change and Continuities in Trade Networks

5.2.5.3. Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade

5.2.5.4. Effects on Belief Systems

5.2.6. Internal and External Challenges to State Power

5.2.6.1. Resistance to Portugal in Africa

5.2.6.2. Local Resistance in Russia

5.2.6.3. Rebellion in South Asia

5.2.6.4. Revolts in the Spanish Empire

5.2.6.5. Struggles for Power in England and Its Colonies

5.2.7. Changing Social Hierarchies

5.2.7.1. Social Classes and Minorities in Gunpowder Empires

5.2.7.2. Manchu Power and Conflicts in the Qing Dynasty

5.2.7.3. European Hierarchies

5.2.7.4. Russian Social Classes

5.2.7.5. Political and Economic Elites in the Americas

5.2.8. Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750

5.2.8.1. Transoceanic Travel and Trade

5.2.8.2. Economic Changes

5.2.8.3. Effects of the New Global Economy

5.2.8.4. Demand for Labor Intensifies