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Units of Study

Units

AP World History Units 

Semester 1 

Unit 1- The Global Tapestry

  • Developments in East Asia From 1200-1450
  • Developments in Dar Al-Islam from 1200-1450
  • Developments in Southeast Asia from 1200-1450
  • State Buliding in the Americas
  • State Building in Africa
  • Developments in Europe from 1200-1450
  • Comparison in the Period from 1200-1450

Unit 2- Networks of Exchange 

  • The silk Roads
  • The Mongol Empire and the making of Modern World
  • Exchange in the Indian Ocean 
  • Trans-Saharn trade Routes
  • Cultural Consequences of Conectivity 
  • Environmental Consequences of Conectivy 
  • Comparison of Economic Exchange 

Unit 3- Land Based Empires

  • Empires Expand 
  • Empires: Administration 
  • Empires:Belief Systems
  • Comparison Land-Based Empires

Unit 4- Transoceanic Interconnections 

  • Technological Innovations from 1450-1750
  • Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450-1750
  • Columbian Exchange 
  • Maritime Empires estabished 
  • Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed 
  • Interal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450-1750
  • Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450-1750
  • Continuity and Change from 1450-1750

 

World History Unit's 

Semester 1 

  • Foundations 
    • Roman Poltical System
    • Contributions from
      • Judiasm
      • Christianty
      • Hinduism
      • Buddhism
      • Feudalism
      • Medieval Christianity
      • Crusades
      • Black Plague
  • Revolutions in Thought
    • Origins of the Renaissance
    • Scientific Revolution
    • Artistic Achievements
    • Schism with the Catholic Church
    • Reformation
    • Counter Reformation
  • Exploration, Colonization & Trade
    • European Exploration
    • Navigational Technologies
    • Columbian Exchange
    • Triangular Trade
  • Political/Economic Revolutions
    • Enlightement
    • English Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Haitian Revolutions
  • Industrial Revolution
    • Origins of the Industrial Revolution
    • Natural Resources
    • Urbanization
    • Economic Philosophy and systems
    • Technical/Medical Advancements
    • Social Movments
    • Class hierarchy 

World History Units

Semester 2 

  • Imperalism & Natitonalism
    • New Markets
    • Economic dependences 
    • Social Darwinism
    • Rebellion
    • Jewel in the Crown
  • WWI & Russian Revolution 
    • Balkan Crisis
    • Powder Keg of Europe 
    • Malitarism
    • Alliances
    • Imperialism
    • Nationalism
    • Mechanization of War
    • Treat of Versailes
    • Bolshevik Revolution 
  • Inter-War Period (Global Depression & Rise of Fascism) 
    • World Wide Depression
    • Dictators 
    • Totalitarianism 
    • Rise of Fascism & Nazism
  • WWII & the Holocaust 
    • Fascism
    • Kristallnacht
    • Concentration Camps
    • lebenstrum
    • Nazism
    • Allied Powers
    • Ghettos
    • Pearl Harbor
    • D-Day
  • Cold War
    • Emerging Economies (Nations)
    • Proxy Wars
    • Arms Race
    • Space Race
    • Collapse of the Soviet Union 
  • Decolonization & Genocide
    • Nationalism
    • Gandhi
    • Nelson Mandela
    • Apartheid
    • Stages of Genocide
    • Ethnic Cleansing 
    • Rwanda 
    • Bosnia
  • Contemporary World 
    • Roots of Terrorism
    • Human Rights
    • Interdependence & Globalization
    • Relgious Conflict
    • Palestinian- Israeli Conflict 
    • Environmental Issues
    • Digital Advancement 
    • Technology