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All AP World Units

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Unit 1

Global Tapestry (1200-1450)

  • State Building in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
  • Rise and spread of Islam
  • Developments in East Asia (Song Dynasty)
  • Feudalism in Europe and Japan
  • Major belief systems and their impact

Unit 2

Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)

  • The Silk Roads
  • The Mongol Empire and its impact
  • Indian Ocean Trade
  • Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
  • Cultural and technological transfers

Unit 3

Land-Based Empires (1450-1750)

  • Gunpowder Empires (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal)
  • Ming and Qing Dynasties in China
  • Expansion of Russia
  • Methods of legitimation and consolidation of power
  • Religious rivalries and conflicts

Unit 4

Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750)

  • Technological innovations in navigation
  • European exploration and colonization of the Americas
  • Columbian Exchange
  • Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • New global circulation of goods and silver

Unit 5

Revolutions (1750-1900)

  • The Enlightenment and its influence
  • American and French Revolutions
  • Latin American Revolutions (Haitian, Mexican, South American)
  • Rise of nationalism
  • Abolitionist and feminist movements

Unit 6

Consequence of Industrialization (1750-1900)

  • Causes and spread of the Industrial Revolution
  • New economic theories (capitalism, socialism, communism)
  • Social changes and reform movements
  • Imperialism and state expansion (Africa, Asia)
  • Responses to imperialism

Unit 7

Global Conflict (1900-Present)

  • Causes and consequences of World War I and II
  • The Great Depression
  • Rise of totalitarian regimes
  • New military technologies
  • Genocides and mass atrocities

Unit 8

Cold War and Decolonization (1900-Present)

  • Origins of the Cold War
  • Proxy wars and ideological struggle
  • Decolonization in Africa and Asia
  • Emergence of new states and international organizations
  • Non-Aligned Movement

Unit 9

Globalization (1900-Present)

  • End of the Cold War and new world order
  • Economic globalization and international organizations
  • Environmental movements
  • Disease, poverty, and human rights
  • New communication and transportation technologies