AP World Review Unit 3
Historical Thinking Skills Comparison Continuity and Change Over Time Use of Evidence Periodization Causation Argumentation Contextualization Interpretation Synthesis
Specifics for Unit 3 Three Key Concepts Represents 20% of total exam Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks (3.1) Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions (3.2) Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences (3.3) Represents 20% of total exam
Communication and Trade Networks Who’s trading? Where were they trading? What did the trade? Empires and Trade Migration Cross-Cultural Exchanges Small scale and large scale Crops and Diseases
State Forms and Their Interactions New Governments Islamic States Khanates Japan and Europe Byzantine Empire Chinese Empires Contacts & Conflict Technological & Cultural Transfers Tang and Abbasids Crusades Mongol Empires
Economic Capacity Increased agricultural and manufactured goods The Fate of Cities Social Changes Labor Organization Patriarchy Rebellion of Free Peasants Changes in Family Structure because of Religion
What do we do with this? Remember the historical thinking skills Comparisons Trade Routes Empires Decline of cities Migrations (Bantu v. Polynesian) Change and Continuity Over Time Rise and Fall of Empires Religion Periodization
Be aware… Change and Continuity can stretch over two periods Comparisons can be between similar processes in different time periods You can’t look at anything in isolation!!!