AP World History

1. AP World History Rapid Review All vocabulary in this PowerPoint can be found on THIS Quizlet

2. The World History Environmentand Periodization Summary:Before we begin to consider the scope of the human story, we must first consider the stage on which the story unfolds: the land and the oceans themselves. The Advanced Placement World History course divides the globe into a number of regions that include the following: East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southwest Asia (the Middle East) and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, Latin America, and Oceania. The map overleaf illustrates the location of these regions. Keep in mind that political boundaries among nations may vary considerably throughout the different periods of history.

3. Don’t write about the wrong region!

4. Periodization 8000 – 600 BCE • Agriculture, River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Indus, Nile, Huang He 600 BCE – 600 CE • Classical Societies: Persia, Greece, Rome, Qin/Han China, Mauryan/Gupta India 600 – 1450 • Mongols, Muslims, and Middle Ages • The Black Death 1450 – 1750 • Gunpowder Empires (Ottoman, Mughal, Safavid) Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Exploration/Encounter, Two Hemispheres United! Suger = African Slavery. The Columbian Exchange 1750-1900 • Revolutions: American, French, Haitian, Latin America (Bolivar), Industrialization! Matthew Perry in Japan, Germany and Italy become countries, 19th C. European Imperialism, Scramble for Africa, Sepoy Rebellion, • 1900 – Present • WWI, Great Depression, Rise of Fascism in Germany and Italy, WWII, Cold War, Decolonization, Green Revolution, Globalization,

5. The World History Environmentand Periodization Rapid Review: The Advanced Placement World History course is unique in its inclusion of both civilizations and societies in its narrative of global history. The division of the course into periods assists you in analyzing global events and trends throughout a specific era by considering comparison, changes, and continuities.

6. 8000 BCE – 600BCE

7. 8000 BCE - 600 BCE: Early Human Societies and the Roots of Civilization • Mesopotamia (Sumer, Babylon, Akadia Assyria) • Indus River Valley • Nile River Valley (Egypt) • Huanghe River Valley (Shang and Zhou China) • Agriculture (Shift, Transition, Neolithic Revolution • Patriarchy • Social Stratification • Polytheism • Organized Religion (Hinduism, Judaism) • Iron Age (Hittites, Bantus) • River Valleys

8. Development of Agricultureand Technology

9. Development of Agricultureand Technology

10. Structure of Early Civilizations

11. Structure of Early Civilizations

15. 600 BCE – 600BCE

16. 600 BCE - 600 CE: Classical Societies • Diffusion of Culture (Missionaries, religions, silk, paper) • Spread of Diseases (Smallpox) • Nomadic Societies impact decline of Empires (West. Rome, Han, Gupta) • State-sponsored Infrastructure(Roman, Persian Royal Roads, Great Wall of China) • More Complex Political structures: Greece, Rome, Qin and Han China • Expansion of complex Trade Routes: Silk Roads, Mediterranean • Founding of Classical Religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Daoism)

17. Rise of Classical Civilizations

18. Rise of Classical Civilizations

19. Origins of World Belief Systems

20. Origins of World Belief Systems

21. Interactions in the Late Classical Period

22. Interactions in the Late Classical Period

26. 600 – 1450

27. 600 – 1450: Mongols, Muslims and the European Middle Ages • Expansion of Islam (Hijra, Muslim occupation of Spain) • Political systems become more complex (Mayan, Inca, Aztec, Ghana, Mali Empire, Byzantine Empire, Tang & Song, Mongol, Islamic Empires – Abbasid & Ummayad) • Expansion and Increased use of Long-Distance trade (Indian Ocean Complex, Trans-Saharan trade, revitalization of Silk Roads, Zheng He, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta) • Population surge • Major religions split (Christian schism, Islam – Sunni vs. Shiite) • African Integration • Increased spread of disease (Bubonic Plague, Smallpox) • Spread of technological inventions (Magnetic Compass, Lateen Sail, Printing – Chinese, Gunpowder, Junks & Dhows)

28. The Rise and Spread of Islam

29. The Rise and Spread of Islam

30. The Expansion of China

31. The Expansion of China

32. Changes in European Institutions

33. Changes in European Institutions

34. Interregional Trade and Exchange

35. Interregional Trade and Exchange

36. Empires in the Americas

37. Empires in the Americas

41. 1450-1750

42. 1450 – 1750: Two Worlds Unite • Cultural Interaction (Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Columbian Exchange, Mediterranean Complex) • Trans-Oceanic Empire building (Colonization of the America’s, Caribbean, African Coast, SE Asia) • Introduction of New Crops & Goods between New and Old World (Sugarcane, Tobacco, cocoa, potato, cotton, firearms, silver) • Population increases due to introduction of American foods) • Expansion of land-based Empires (Ming, Qing, “Gunpowder Empires”, Tokugawa Japan, Russia) • Expansion of economic principles (Mercantilism, Capitalism, Joint-Stock Co.) • Intellectual Movements (Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution)

43. Empires and other Political Systems

44. Empires and other Political Systems

45. Hemispheric Exchange

46. Hemispheric Exchange

47. Systems of Slavery

48. Systems of Slavery

49. Cultural and Intellectual changes

50. Cultural and Intellectual changes