1. AP World Review
Units 1 & 2

2. Overview Advice Be aware of the periodization
Don’t get bogged down in details
Details can be used as essay evidence
Assume you need to answer “Why?” for everything
Use the Course Description as your primary study tool

3. Specifics for Unit 1 Three key concepts
Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
The Neolithic Revolution & Early Agricultural Societies
The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies
Represents 5% of total exam (Maximum 7 MC Questions and no independent essay)

4. If you were going to study nothing else for Unit 1…
Geography (Where is everything?)
Required examples
Differences between Pastoralists and Agrarian Peoples

5. Things to be careful about
“Hebrew Monotheism” is not Judaism
The “Vedic Religion” is not Hinduism
They are both precursors
Ask yourself why these would be listed separately

6. Unit 2 Specifics Three key concepts
The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
The Development of States and Empires
Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange
Represents 15% of total exam (Could represent one standalone essay OR 21 MC Questions OR fewer MC Questions & part of a multiperiod essay

7. Religion & Culture Axial Age Culture Stuff
Know the main belief systems
Remember most people are still animists/shamanists
Culture Stuff
You don’t really need to know specifics EXCEPT connection between Greco-Roman and Buddhism
Sounds like the basis of a good evidence or interpretation MC question

8. What are “Evidence” & “Interpretation” MC Questions?
Evidence Questions
Reading Comprehension
No knowledge is needed outside of the document
Same question could be asked on an English standardized test
Interpretation Questions
Focus on Historiography
Why do historians assert particular theories?
What evidence can be used to support this historian’s theory?

9. States and Empires
Know the states/empires that are required and their locations
How did they run?
Political Systems
Social Systems
Cultural Systems
Labor Systems
Why did they collapse?
Probably best to be an expert on two in case there is a comparison essay question

10. Transregional Trade and Communication
Know the required trade routes
Climate
Location
Trade Goods
Ethnicity
Diffusion
Cultural Diffusion
Technological Diffusion
Biological Diffusion (Diseases and Crops)