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College Board AP World History: Modern world-history-modern
173 points in 9 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
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1 The Global Tapestry
- 1.1 Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
- 1.1.A Government in Chinese dynasties
- 1.1.B Chinese cultural traditions in East Asia
- 1.1.C Innovation and the Chinese economy
- 1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450
- 1.2.D Belief systems and society, c. 1200–1450
- 1.2.E Rise of Islamic states
- 1.2.F Intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam
- 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
- 1.3.G Belief systems in South and Southeast Asia
- 1.3.H States of South and Southeast Asia
- 1.4 State Building in the Americas
- 1.4.I State development in the Americas
- 1.5 State Building in Africa
- 1.5.J State development in Africa
- 1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450
- 1.6.K Religion and European society
- 1.6.L Political decentralisation in Europe
- 1.6.M Agriculture and European social organisation
- 1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
- 1.7.N Comparing state formation, c. 1200–1450
2 Networks of Exchange
- 2.1 The Silk Roads
- 2.1.A Growth of networks of exchange after 1200
- 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
- 2.2.B State building and decline in Eurasia
- 2.2.C Mongol expansion, trade and communication
- 2.2.D Significance of the Mongol Empire
- 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
- 2.3.E Causes of growing exchange networks
- 2.3.F Effects of growing exchange networks
- 2.3.G Environment and networks of exchange
- 2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
- 2.4.H Trans-Saharan trade
- 2.4.I African empires, trade and communication
- 2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
- 2.5.J Cultural effects of Afro-Eurasian exchange
- 2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
- 2.6.K Environmental effects of Afro-Eurasian exchange
- 2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange
- 2.7.L Comparing networks of exchange
3 Land-Based Empires
4 Transoceanic Interconnections
- 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
- 4.1.A Technological diffusion and maritime trade
- 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
- 4.2.B States and maritime exploration
- 4.2.C Economic causes and effects of exploration
- 4.3 Columbian Exchange
- 4.3.D The Columbian Exchange
- 4.4 Maritime Empires Established
- 4.4.E State building and expansion, 1450–1750
- 4.4.F Economic and labour systems, 1450–1750
- 4.4.G Systems of slavery, 1450–1750
- 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
- 4.5.H Rulers’ economic strategies
- 4.5.I Networks of exchange, 1450–1750
- 4.5.J Political, economic and cultural effects on society
- 4.5.K Comparing effects of belief systems
- 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
- 4.6.L Effects of growing state power
- 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750
- 4.7.M Continuity and change in social categories
- 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750
- 4.8.N Economic developments and social structures
5 Revolutions
- 5.1 The Enlightenment
- 5.1.A Ideas behind Atlantic revolutions
- 5.1.B Effects of the Enlightenment
- 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900
- 5.2.C Revolutions, 1750–1900
- 5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
- 5.3.D Environmental factors in industrialisation
- 5.4 Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900
- 5.4.E Modes and locations of production
- 5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
- 5.5.F Technology and production
- 5.6 Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900
- 5.6.G Economic strategies of states and empires
- 5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age
- 5.7.H Economic systems, ideologies and institutions
- 5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900
- 5.8.I Calls for reform in industrial societies
- 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
- 5.9.J Industrialisation, social hierarchy and living standards
- 5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
- 5.10.K How far industrialisation brought change
6 Consequences of Industrialization
- 6.1 Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
- 6.1.A Ideologies of imperialism
- 6.2 State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
- 6.2.B Comparing shifts in state power, 1750–1900
- 6.3 Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
- 6.3.C Factors in state building, 1750–1900
- 6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900
- 6.4.D Environment and the global economy
- 6.5 Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
- 6.5.E Economic factors in the global economy
- 6.6 Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
- 6.6.F Environmental causes of migration
- 6.6.G Economic causes of migration
- 6.7 Effects of Migration
- 6.7.H Effects of migration on society
- 6.8 Causation in the Imperial Age
- 6.8.I Significance of the effects of imperialism
7 Global Conflict
- 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
- 7.1.A Change in states after 1900
- 7.2 Causes of World War I
- 7.2.B World War I
- 7.3 Conducting World War I
- 7.3.C Methods of waging war
- 7.4 Economy in the Interwar Period
- 7.4.D Responses to economic crisis
- 7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I
- 7.5.E Territorial holdings since 1900
- 7.6 Causes of World War II
- 7.6.F World War II
- 7.7 Conducting World War II
- 7.7.G Comparing methods of waging war
- 7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900
- 7.8.H Mass atrocities since 1900
- 7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
- 7.9.I Causes of global conflict
8 Cold War and Decolonization
- 8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization
- 8.1.A Context of the Cold War
- 8.2 The Cold War
- 8.2.B The ideological struggle of the Cold War
- 8.3 Effects of the Cold War
- 8.3.C US and Soviet influence in the Cold War
- 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900
- 8.4.D China’s adoption of communism
- 8.4.E Movements to redistribute resources
- 8.5 Decolonization After 1900
- 8.5.F Comparing independence movements
- 8.6 Newly Independent States
- 8.6.G Political change and new states
- 8.6.H Economic effects of decolonisation
- 8.7 Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900
- 8.7.I Reactions to power structures after 1900
- 8.8 End of the Cold War
- 8.8.J End of the Cold War
- 8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization
- 8.9.K Effects of the Cold War in both hemispheres
9 Globalization
- 9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900
- 9.1.A New technologies since 1900
- 9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease
- 9.2.B Environment and human populations
- 9.3 Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900
- 9.3.C Environmental change since 1900
- 9.4 Economics in the Global Age
- 9.4.D The global economy since 1900
- 9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900
- 9.5.E Social categories maintained and challenged
- 9.6 Globalized Culture After 1900
- 9.6.F Globalisation and culture
- 9.7 Resistance to Globalization After 1900
- 9.7.G Responses to globalisation
- 9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World
- 9.8.H Globalisation and relations among states
- 9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
- 9.9.I Science, technology and change since 1900