1. Welcome to AP World History!!! Mr. Trainor Website: mrtrainor.sharepoint.com mrtrainor1@gmail.com Text: The Earth and Its Peoples (Fifth Edition), Bulliet

2. General Learning Objectives of the Course: Understand the forces of continuity and change Develop the skills needed to assess a diversity of interpretations Analyze primary source documents Understand the major social, political, cultural movements/events in World History Understand how the events of the past impact current issues/problems Development of listening, speaking, and organizational skills in order to improve comprehension, communication and time management. Develop skills needed to construct and evaluate

3. Course Overview September Scientific Revolution Enlightenment American Revolution (Declaration of Independence) French Revolution (causes and 1st phase)

4. October Radicalization of the French Revolution Napoleon Congress of Vienna Liberal and Conservatism Nationalism Latin American Independence as extension of Enlightenment and French Revolution Haitian Revolution Industrial Revolution; changes in world trade patterns Demographic changes Marxism

5. November 19th Century Political History: England: Reform Movement; Irish Famine Women’s Emancipation movements Unification of Italy and Germany The “New Imperialism”

6. December Nonwestern World Russian and Ottoman Empires Africa: Berlin Conference; “scramble for Africa”; Boer War; Arab merchants and the east African slave trade Resistance: Battle of Khartoum (1885); Ashanti resistance movements; India: Mughal India (brief review), Sepoy Rebellion Compare British and French colonial rule in Asia and Africa China: Qing dynasty (brief review), Opium War, Taiping Rebellion, Empress Dowager Cixi, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion Japan: Review Tokugawa Regime; Meiji Restoration; expansion Prelude to World War I World War I

7. January World War I Treaty of Versailles Pros and Cons of the Treaty Post World War I changes in geography Responsibility for the War Russian Revolution 1905 and 1917