AP World History
The exam: May 12, 2016 3 hours, 5 minutes long 55 minutes: multiple choice (70) 130 minutes: free-response 50 minutes: DBQ (with 10-minute reading) 40 minutes: Change and Continuity Over Time essay (CCOT) 40 minutes: Comparative essay
WHAP Periods 1: Technological & Environmental Transformations (to c. 600 BCE)—5% 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies (600 BCE-600 CE)—15% 3: Regional & Transregional Interactions (600 CE-c. 1450)—20% 4: Global Interaction (1450-1750)—20% 5: Industrialization & Global Integration (1750-1900)—20% 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (1900-present)—20%
Unit 1: Key Concepts 1.1: Big Geography and Peopling of the Earth Paleolithic Era 1.2: The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies Neolithic Revolution Agriculture and pastoralism (beginning) 1.3: Development & Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral and Urban Societies Development of early civilizations (Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, etc.) Development of states Development & unification of cultures