AP World History

▶Prologue

  • ▶Part 1: Human Development to c. 600 B.C.E.
    • Overview
    • The First Migrations
    • The Agricultural Revolution
    • The First Civilizations
    • Hinduism and Judaism
  • ▶Part 2: The Classical Era, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.
    • Overview
    • Buddhism and Developments in South Asia
    • Confucianism and Developments in East Asia
    • Civilizations of Western Eurasia and Christianity
    • Early American Civilizations
    • Comparisons in the Classical Age
  • ▶Part 3: Postclassical Civilizations, c. 600–c. 1200
    • Overview
    • The Spread of Islam
    • China
    • Japan
    • Africa
    • South Asia and Southeast Asia
    • Europe
    • The Americas
    • The World in 1200

▶UNIT 1

  • Overview
  • ▶Developments in East Asia
    • Overview
    • Government Developments in the Song Dynasty
    • Economic Developments in Postclassical China
    • Social Structures in China
    • Intellectual and Cultural Developments
    • Religious Diversity in China
    • Comparing Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
    • Japan
    • Korea
    • Vietnam
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Developments in Dar al-Islam
    • Overview
    • Invasions and Shifts in Trade Routes
    • Cultural and Social Life
    • Free Women in Islam
    • Islamic Rule in Spain
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Developments in South and Southeast Asia
    • Overview
    • Political Structures in South Asia
    • Religion in South Asia
    • Social Structures in South Asia
    • Cultural Interactions in South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Developments in the Americas
    • Overview
    • The Mississippian Culture
    • Chaco and Mesa Verde
    • The Maya City-States
    • The Aztecs
    • The Inca
    • Continuities and Diversity
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Developments In Africa
    • Overview
    • Political Structures in Inland Africa
    • Political Structures of West and East Africa
    • Social Structures of Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Cultural Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Developments in Europe
    • Overview
    • Feudalism: Political and Social Systems
    • Political Trends in the Later Middle Ages
    • Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages
    • Christian Crusades
    • Economic and Social Change
    • Renaissance
    • The Origins of Russia
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
    • Overview
    • State-Building and New Empires
    • The Role of Religion in State-Building
    • State-Building Through Trade
    • The Impact of Nomadic Peoples
    • Patriarchy and Religion
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 2

  • Overview
  • ▶The Silk Roads
    • Overview
    • Causes of the Growth of Exchange Networks
    • Effects of the Growth of Exchange Networks
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶The Mongol Empire and the Modern World
    • Overview
    • The Mongols and Their Surroundings
    • Genghis Khan
    • Mongolian Empire Expands
    • The Long-Term Impact of the Mongolian Invasions
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Exchange in the Indian Ocean
    • Overview
    • Causes of Expanded Exchange in the Indian Ocean
    • Effects of Expanded Exchange in the Indian Ocean
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
    • Overview
    • Trans-Saharan Trade
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
    • Overview
    • Religious, Cultural, and Technological Effects of Interaction
    • Travelers’ Tales
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
    • Overview
    • Agricultural Effects of Exchange Networks
    • Spread of Epidemics through Exchange Networks
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Comparison of Economic Exchange
    • Overview
    • Similarities Among Networks of Exchange
    • Differences Among Networks of Exchange
    • Social Implications of Networks of Exchange
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 3

  • Overview
  • ▶European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empires Expand
    • Overview
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • East Asia
    • Rise of the Islamic Gunpowder Empires
    • The Ottoman Empire
    • The Safavids
    • Mughal India
    • Decline of the Gunpowder Empires
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Empires: Administrations
    • Overview
    • Centralizing Control in Europe
    • Reigning in Control of the Russian Empire
    • Centralizing Control in the Ottoman Empire
    • Centralizing Control in East and South Asia
    • Legitimizing Power through Religion and Art
    • Financing Empires
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Empires: Belief Systems
    • Overview
    • Protestant Reformation
    • The Orthodox Church and Reforms in Russia
    • Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation
    • Wars of Religion
    • Islamic Religious Schisms
    • Scientific Revolution
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Comparison in Land-Based Empires
    • Overview
    • Military Might
    • Centralized Bureaucracy
    • Striving for Legitimacy
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 4

  • Overview
  • ▶Technological Innovations
    • Overview
    • Developments of Transoceanic Travel and Trade
    • Classical, Islamic, and Asian Technology
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Exploration: Causes and Events
    • Overview
    • The Role of States in Maritime Exploration
    • Expansion of European Maritime Exploration
    • The Lure of Riches
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Columbian Exchange
    • Overview
    • Diseases and Population Catastrophe
    • Animals and Foods
    • Cash Crops and Forced Labor
    • African Presence in the Americas
    • Environmental and Demographic Impact
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Maritime Empires Link Regions
    • Overview
    • State-Building and Empire Expansion
    • Continuity and Change in Economic Systems
    • Continuity and Change in Labor Systems
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Maritime Empires Develop
    • Overview
    • Economic Strategies
    • Change and Continuities in Trade Networks
    • Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
    • Effects of Belief Systems
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Internal and External Challenges to State Power
    • Overview
    • Resistance to Portugal in Africa
    • Local Resistance in Russia
    • Rebellion in South Asia
    • Revolts in the Spanish Empire
    • Struggles for Power in England and Its Colonies
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Changing Social Hierarchies
    • Overview
    • Social Classes and Minorities in Gunpowder Empires
    • Manchu Power and Conflicts in the Qing Dynasty
    • European Hierarchies
    • Russian Social Classes
    • Political and Economic Elites in the Americas
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Continuity and Change from c. 1450 to c. 1750
    • Overview
    • Transoceanic Travel and Trade
    • Economic Changes
    • Effects of the New Global Economy
    • Demand for Labor Intensifies
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 5

  • Overview
  • ▶The Enlightenment
    • Overview
    • An Age of New Ideas
    • New Ideas and Their Roots
    • The Age of New Ideas Continues
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Nationalism and Revolutions
    • Overview
    • The American Revolution
    • The New Zealand Wars
    • The French Revolution
    • The Haitian Revolution
    • Creole Revolutions in Latin America
    • Revolt in the Philippines
    • Nationalism and Unification in Europe
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Industrial Revolution Begins
    • Overview
    • Agricultural Improvements
    • Preindustrial Societies
    • Growth of Technology
    • Britain’s Industrial Advantages
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Industrialization Spreads
    • Overview
    • Spread of Industrialization
    • Shifts in Manufacturing
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Technology in the Industrial Age
    • Overview
    • The Coal Revolution
    • A Second Industrial Revolution
    • Global Trade and Migration
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Industrialization: Government’s Role
    • Overview
    • Ottoman Industrialization
    • Japan and the Meiji Restoration
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Economic Developments and Innovations
    • Overview
    • Effects on Business Organization
    • Effect on Mass Culture
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Reactions to the Industrial Economy
    • Overview
    • Labor Unions
    • The Intellectual Reaction
    • Karl Marx
    • Ottoman Response to Industrialization
    • Reform Efforts in China
    • Resistance to Reform in Japan
    • Limits to Reform
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Society and the Industrial Age
    • Overview
    • Effects on Urban Areas
    • Industrial Revolution’s Legacy
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
    • Overview
    • Economic Continuities and Changes
    • Social Continuities and Changes
    • Political Continuities and Changes
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 6

  • Overview
  • ▶Rationales for Imperialism
    • Overview
    • Nationalist Motives for Imperialism
    • Cultural and Religious Motives for Imperialism
    • Economic Motives for Imperialism
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶State Expansion
    • Overview
    • Imperialism in Africa
    • The European Scramble for Africa
    • Imperialism in South Asia
    • Imperialism in East Asia
    • Imperialism in Southeast Asia
    • Australia and New Zealand
    • U.S. Imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific
    • Russian Expansion
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Indigenous Responses to State Expansion
    • Overview
    • Nationalist Movements in the Balkans
    • Resistance and Rebellion in the Americas
    • South Asian Movements
    • Southeast Asian Resistance
    • Resistance in Australia and New Zealand
    • African Resistance
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Global Economic Development
    • Overview
    • Technological Developments
    • Agricultural Products
    • Raw Materials
    • Global Consequences
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Economic Imperialism
    • Overview
    • The Rise of Economic Imperialism
    • Economic Imperialism in Asia
    • Economic Imperialism in Africa
    • Economic Imperialism in Latin America
    • Economic Imperialism in Hawaii
    • Contextualizing Economic Imperialism
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
    • Overview
    • Migration through Labor Systems
    • Migration in the Face of Challenges
    • Migration to Settler Colonies
    • Migration,Transportation, and Urbanization
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Effects of Migration
    • Overview
    • Changes in Home Societies
    • Effects of Migration on Receiving Societies
    • Prejudice and Regulation of Immigration
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causation in the Imperial Age
    • Overview
    • Changes in Standards of Living
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Seeds of Revolution and Rebellion
    • Migration and Discrimination
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 7

  • Overview
  • ▶Shifting Power
    • Overview
    • Revolution in Russia
    • Upheaval in China
    • Self-Determination in the Ottoman Collapse
    • Power Shifts in Mexico
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causes of World War I
    • Overview
    • Immediate Causes of the Great War
    • Long-Term Causes of the Great War
    • Consequences of the Great War
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Conducting World War I
    • Overview
    • Changes in Warfare
    • The United States Enters the War
    • Total War
    • A Global War
    • The Paris Peace Conference
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Economy in the Interwar Period
    • Overview
    • The Great Depression
    • Political Revolutions in Russia and Mexico
    • Rise of Right-Wing Governments
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Unresolved Tensions After World War I
    • Overview
    • Effects of the War
    • The Mandate System
    • Anti-Colonialism in South Asia
    • Nationalism in East Asia
    • Resistance to French Rule in West Africa
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causes of World War II
    • Overview
    • The Path to War
    • Nazi Germany’s Aggressive Militarism
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Conducting World War II
    • Overview
    • Japan and Imperialist Policies
    • Germany’s Early Victories and Challenges
    • Japan Overreaches
    • Home Fronts
    • The Tide Turns in the European Theater
    • The Tide Turns in the Pacific Theater
    • The Last Years of the War
    • Consequences of World War II
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Mass Atrocities
    • Overview
    • Atrocities in Europe and the Middle East
    • Pandemic Disease
    • Suffering and Famine
    • Casualties of World War II
    • Genocide and Human Rights
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causation in Global Conflict
    • Overview
    • Political Causes of Global Conflict in the 20th Century
    • Economic Causes of Global Conflict in the 20th Century
    • Effects of Global Conflict in the 20th Century
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 8

  • Overview
  • ▶Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization
    • Overview
    • Bringing the War to an End
    • Shifting Balance of Power
    • The Start of the Cold War
    • Breakdown of Empires
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶The Cold War
    • Overview
    • Cooperation Despite Conflict: The United Nations
    • Rivalry in Economics and Politics
    • Conflicts in International Affairs
    • The Space Race and the Arms Race
    • The Non-Aligned Movement
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Effects of the Cold War
    • Overview
    • Allied Occupation of Germany
    • NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and Other Alliances
    • Proxy Wars
    • Antinuclear Weapon Movement
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Spread of Communism after 1900
    • Overview
    • Communism in China
    • Turmoil in Iran
    • Land Reform in Latin America
    • Land Reform in Asia and Africa
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Decolonization after 1900
    • Overview
    • Movements for Autonomy: India and Pakistan
    • Decolonization in Ghana and Algeria
    • Negotiated Independence in French West Africa
    • Nationalism and Division in Vietnam
    • Struggles and Compromise in Egypt
    • Independence and Civil War in Nigeria
    • Canada and the “Silent Revolution” in Quebec
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Newly Independent States
    • Overview
    • Israel’s Founding and Its Relationships with Neighbors
    • Cambodia Gains Independence and Survives Wars
    • India and Pakistan Become Separate Countries
    • Women Gain Power in South Asia
    • Tanzania Modernizes
    • Emigration from Newer Countries to Older Ones
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Global Resistance to Established Power Structures
    • Overview
    • Nonviolent Resistance as a Path to Change
    • Challenges to Soviet Power in Eastern Europe
    • 1968: The Year of Revolt
    • An Age of Terrorism
    • Response of Militarized States
    • The Military-Industrial Complex
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶End of the Cold War
    • Overview
    • The Final Decades of the Cold War Era
    • The End of the Soviet Union
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization
    • Overview
    • Challenges to Existing Social Orders
    • Superpower Rivalries
    • Hopes for Greater Self-Government
    • Comparing Political Effects of the Cold War
    • Comparing Economic Effects of the Cold War
    • Comparing Social and Cultural Effects
    • Development of Global Institutions
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

▶UNIT 9

  • Overview
  • ▶Advances in Technology and Exchange
    • Overview
    • Communication and Transportation
    • The Green Revolution
    • Energy Technologies
    • Medical Innovations
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Technological Advancements and Limitations—Disease
    • Overview
    • Disease and Poverty
    • Emerging Epidemics
    • Diseases Associated with Longevity
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Technology and the Environment
    • Overview
    • Causes of Environmental Changes
    • Effects of Environmental Changes
    • Debates About Global Warming
    • A New Age?
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Economics in the Global Age
    • Overview
    • Acceleration of Free-Market Economies
    • Economic Change: New Knowledge Economies
    • Economic Continuities: Shifting Manufacturing
    • Transnational Free-Trade Organizations
    • Multinational Corporations
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Calls for Reform and Responses
    • Overview
    • An Era of Rights
    • Steps toward Gender Equality
    • Steps toward Racial Equality
    • Human Rights Repression in China
    • Steps toward Environmental Repair
    • Steps toward Economic Fairness
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Globalized Culture
    • Overview
    • Political, Social, and Artistic Changes
    • Global Consumer and Popular Culture
    • Global Culture and Religion
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Resistance to Globalization
    • Overview
    • The Roots of Globalization and Anti-Globalization
    • Why Resist Globalization?
    • Economic Resistance
    • Anti-Globalization and Social Media
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Institutions Developing in a Globalized World
    • Overview
    • The United Nations: A Structure for Peace
    • Assemblies of the United Nations
    • The UN and Human Rights
    • Keeping the Peace
    • Other UN Priorities
    • International Financial NGOs
    • NGOs Separate from the UN
    • Think As Historian
    • AP Exam Practice
  • ▶Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
    • Overview
    • Advances in Science and Technology
    • Changes in a Globalized World
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Write As Historian
  • AP Exam Practice

AMSCO AP World History

Modern (1200-Present)

Prologue

  • Part 1: Human Development to c. 600 B.C.E.
  • Part 2: The Classical Era, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.
  • Part 3: Postclassical Civilizations, c. 600–c. 1200

UNIT 1: The Global Tapestry from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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UNIT 2: Networks of Exchange from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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UNIT 3: Land-Based Empires

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UNIT 4: Transoceanic Interconnections from c. 1450 to c. 1750

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UNIT 5: Revolutions from c. 1750 to c. 1900

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UNIT 6: Consequences of Industrialization from c. 1750 to c. 1900

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UNIT 7: Global Conflict After 1900

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UNIT 8: Cold War and Decolonization

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UNIT 9: Globalization after 1900

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