AP World History: Modern

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Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200 to c. 1450)
  • 1.1 Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
  • 1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450
  • 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
  • 1.4 State Building in the Americas
  • 1.5 State Building in Africa
  • 1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450
  • 1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
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Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200 to c. 1450)
  • 2.1 The Silk Roads
  • 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
  • 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
  • 2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
  • 2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
  • 2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
  • 2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange
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Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450 to c. 1750)
  • 3.1 Empires Expand
  • 3.2 Empires: Administration
  • 3.3 Empires: Belief Systems
  • 3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires
📝 Practice Unit 3
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450 to c. 1750)
  • 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
  • 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
  • 4.3 Columbian Exchange
  • 4.4 Maritime Empires Established
  • 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
  • 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
  • 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750
  • 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750
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Unit 5: Revolutions (c. 1750 to c. 1900)
  • 5.1 The Enlightenment
  • 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900
  • 5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
  • 5.4 Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900
  • 5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
  • 5.6 Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 1900
  • 5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age
  • 5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900
  • 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
  • 5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
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Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750 to c. 1900)
  • 6.1 Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
  • 6.2 State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
  • 6.3 Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
  • 6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900
  • 6.5 Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
  • 6.6 Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
  • 6.7 Effects of Migration
  • 6.8 Causation in the Imperial Age
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Unit 7: Global Conflict (c. 1900 to the present)
  • 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
  • 7.2 Causes of World War I
  • 7.3 Conducting World War I
  • 7.4 Economy in the Interwar Period
  • 7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I
  • 7.6 Causes of World War II
  • 7.7 Conducting World War II
  • 7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900
  • 7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900 to the present)
  • 8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization
  • 8.2 The Cold War
  • 8.3 Effects of the Cold War
  • 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900
  • 8.5 Decolonization After 1900
  • 8.6 Newly Independent States
  • 8.7 Global Resistance to Established Order After 1900
  • 8.8 End of the Cold War
  • 8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization
📝 Practice Unit 8
Unit 9: Globalization (c. 1900 to the present)
  • 9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900
  • 9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease
  • 9.3 Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900
  • 9.4 Economics in the Global Age
  • 9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900
  • 9.6 Globalized Culture After 1900
  • 9.7 Resistance to Globalization After 1900
  • 9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World
  • 9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
📝 Practice Unit 9
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