AP World History: Modern – Notes and Study Guides Unit 1 – The Global Tapestry (1200-1450)1.0 Unit 1 Overview: The Global Tapestry1.1 Developments in East Asia from 1200-14501.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from 1200-14501.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from 1200-14501.4 State Building in the Americas from 1200-14501.5 State Building in Africa from 1200-14501.6 Developments in Europe from 1200-14501.7 Comparisons in the Period from 1200-1450 Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)2.0 Unit 2 Overview: Networks of Exchange2.1 The Silk Roads2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes2.5 Cultural Effects of Trade2.6 Environmental Effects of Trade2.7 Comparison in Trade from 1200-14502.8 Predictions for Unit 2 SAQs Unit 3 – Land-Based Empires (1450-1750)3.0 Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires3.1 Expansion of Land-Based Empires3.2 Governments of Land-Based Empires3.3 Belief Systems of Land-Based Empires3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires Unit 4 – Global Connections: 1450-17504.0 Unit 4 Overview: Transoceanic Interconnections4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 17504.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 17504.3 Columbian Exchange4.4 Maritime Empires Established4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 17504.7 Changing Social Hierarchies: Class and Race from 1450-17504.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750 Unit 5 – Revolutions (1750-1900)5.0 Unit 5 Overview: Revolutions5.1 The Enlightenment5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions from 1750-19005.3 Industrialization Begins5.4 Industrialization Spreads, 1750 to 19005.5 Technology in the Industrial Age5.6 Government’s Role in Industrialization from 1750-19005.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age5.8 Reactions to Industrialization, 1750-19005.9 Social Effects of Industrialization5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age Unit 6 – Industrialization’s Impact (1750-1900)6.0 Unit 6 Overview: Consequences of Industrialization6.1 Rationales for Imperialism6.2 Expansion of Imperialism6.3 Indigenous Responses to Imperialism6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 19006.5 Economic Imperialism6.6 Causes of Migration from 1750 to 19006.7 Effects of Migration from 1750 to 19006.8 Causation in the Imperial Age Unit 7 – Global Conflicts (1900-Present)7.0 Unit 7 Overview: Global Conflict7.1 Shifting Power After 19007.2 Causes of World War I7.3 Conducting World War I7.4 Economy in the Interwar Period7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I7.6 Causes of World War II7.7 Conducting World War II7.8 Mass Atrocities After 19007.9 Causation in Global Conflict Unit 8 – Cold War & Decolonization (1900-Present)8.0 Unit 8 Overview: Cold War & Decolonization8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization8.2 The Cold War8.3 Effects of the Cold War8.4 Spread of Communism After 19008.5 Decolonization After 19008.6 Newly Independent States After 19008.7 Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 19008.8 End of the Cold War8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization Unit 9 – Globalization: 1900 to Today9.0 Unit 9 Overview: Globalization9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange after 19009.2 Technological Advances and Limitations after 1900: Disease9.3 Technological Advances: Debates about the Environment after 19009.4 Economics in the Global Age9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses after 19009.6 Globalized Culture after 19009.7 Resistance to Globalization After 19009.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
