1. Recurring Themes in AP World History REVIEW - THEMES

2. Recurring Themes in AP World History Political and Social Features of Civilizations and Empires Rise and Fall of Major Empires Major Political Developments and Ideas Reasons and Consequences of Military Conflict Imperialism and Colonialism Political Revolutions and Independence Movements Nationalism Movement of Peoples Comparison & Influences of Major Belief Systems & Religions Social Traditions and Social Reforms Gender and Sex Roles (Patriachy & Role of Women) Slavery and Other Types of Human Bondage Development of Agriculture History and the Environment Development of Trade and Trading Networks Development of Technology and Communication

3. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

4. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

5. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

6. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

7. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

8. Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures

9. Demography and disease: Earliest - Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revolution) Results of plague pandemics Columbian Exchange Effects of Atlantic Slave Trade Industrial Rev. Wars / Genocide AIDS Migration: Earliest - Different reasons - conquest, learning, lifestyle, escape wars, plagues Nomadic groups - Central Asia, Mongols Vikings, Turks, Arabs - effects of Bantu Religious reform movements causing change Patterns of Settlement: Early - Compare early nonurban / urban societies River Valley civs- -basic features Growth / dev. of cities (esp. Guangzhou, Samarkand, Timbuktu, Cairo, Venice) Indus. Rev. - nature of cities Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Technology: Early- Agricultural Revolution - agriculture, metalwork, irrigation systems Medieval European agriculture techniques Islamic technologies - steel, ceramics, astronomy, astrolabe Technologies from East Asia - printing, gunpowder, compass, clocks Industrial Revolution 20th century

10. Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Religions: Development of major belief systems: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam Missionary activity Buddhism/Christianity/Islam Contacts & Comparison between major religions Islam/Buddhism Christianity/Islam Belief systems, philosophies, ideologies: Confucianism/Neoconfucianism Role of Arab thought on Renaissance in the West Impact of Italian Renaissance on Reformation Enlightenment Marxism -- Fascism -- Totalitarianism Cold War Ideology Science and technology: Islamic sciences Scientific Revolution Development of war technologies through time Arts and Architecture: River Valley Civilization’s monumental architecture Great Zimbabwe Impact of Islam on arts/architect. West Africa Dar al Islam Christian architecture in Europe (Romanesque, Gothic) African/Asian influences on Europe Mughal art/architect.

11. Political Structures and Forms of Governance: Earliest - River Valley Civs Classical Empires Arab Caliphates European/Japanese feudal kingdoms W. African Empires Empires: Rome Byzantine Islamic Amerindian (Aztec, Incan, Mayan) Maurya & Gupta Mongol Ottoman Intercontinental: (Russian, French, British, Spanish) Nations and Nationalism: European absolutism/Land based Asian empires Rise of nation-state/development - democracy Pan-Africanism Meiji Restoration Revolts and Revolutions: Democratic Rev: American, French, Haitian, Mex. Communist Rev: Russian, Chinese Boxer Reb. Independence movements - Latin America Post-World War II Independence movements – India, Africa, South East Asian Regional, Tran-regional, Global Structures and Organizations: Crusades - impact European/Islamic world Western imperialism World Wars & Cold War Development of international organizations – League of Nations, United Nations, IMF, World Bank, World Health Organization Theme 3: State Building, Expansion, Conflict

12. Agricultural and pastoral production: Agricultural Revolution Medieval agriculture Pre-IndusRev. Agricultural Rev. Trade and commerce: Earliest - Middle East/trans-Saharan/Silk Roads Impact of Mongols 1000 - Indian Ocean system "Sand, Sea, & Silk Roads" Later - Euro. colonialism / Columbian Exchange /Atlantic Slave Trade America Web of Trade (less developed) Industrial Revolution Globalization Labor Systems: Slave systems - Domestic Slave societies Rome/Islamic World/New World Serfs - Europe/Russia Indentured Servants Industrialization: Development of technology through time Song China British Industrial Rev. (and spread) Emancipation of slaves/serfs Roles of Women & Children Capitalism, socialism Mercantilism - joint- stock companies Rise of Western dominance Marxism Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, Interaction of Economic Systems

13. Gender Roles and Relations: Women in different belief systems Christian Europe/Islamic World - role of women Economic role throughout history Family and Kinship: Patriarchal Matriarchal Changing family structures – extended vs nuclear families (after Agr Rev/after British IndRev) Racial and Ethnic Constructions: Caste Slavery as an institution Social and Economic Classes: Caste Slave systems/Plantation slave societies Confucian social hierarchy Compare roles of women in different levels of society - Upper class / middle class peasants / workers (after IndRev) Feminism Theme 5: Development and transformation of Social Structures