AP WORLD HISTORY Review 2012.pptx

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The Exam (Format/Time Management)

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Major Topics to Review (8000 BCE – 1450 CE)

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Review Questions: 8000 BCE – 1450 CE

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Questions

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Next Review Session

: May 15

(Thursday)

AP WORLD HISTORY

The Exam

The Exam is 3 hours and 5 minutes long and includes

both a 55 Minute multiple-choice section and a 130

minute free response section. The multiple-choice

accounts for half (50%) of the students exam grade,

and the free response section for the other half (50%).

Question Type

Number of

Questions

Timing

Multiple Choice

70 Questions

55 Minutes

(45 seconds per)

DBQ Essay

1 Question

50 Minutes

a 10 minutes reading period)

Change Over Time

Multiple Choice Questions:

Section 1 consists of 70 multiple-choice questions designed to measure the students’ knowledge of world history from the Foundations period to the present. This section follows the approximate percentages below

Note: many questions in Section I are cross-chronological.

Chronological

Period:

Percentage:

Time Period

To 600 BCE

600 BCE – 600 CE

600 – 1450

1450 – 1750

1750 – 1900

1900 – Present

Section II: Free Response

Essay Type: Description Timing

A) DBQ Essay Document Based Question

Use the 10 minute

reading period to read, plan, and organize the documents.

 10 Minute Read Time

 40 Minutes Writing

B) Continuity and Change

Over Time Essay

The COT question will cover at least one of the period in the

course outline.

5 Minutes Plan/Outline

 35 Minutes Writing C) Comparative Essay The Compare and

Contrast question will focus on broad issues in World History and will deal with at least two societies.

5 Minutes Plan/Outline

AP World History Major Topics To Review

To 600 BCE

Major Developments:

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Neolithic Revolution:

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Before and after emergence of

agriculturally and technological change

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Hunting and gathering, farming,

domestication, civilization

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River Valley Civilizations:

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Basic features – compare two

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Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Indus Valley

600 BCE – 600 CE

 New Empire:

Key features of empire building

Ex: Persian, Teotihuacan, etc…

 Classical Civilizations:

Political , social, economic, cultural developments

 China, India, Mediterranean, Mesoamerica

 World Belief Systems:

Basic features and locations

Polytheism, Hinduism, Judaism, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam.

 Trade Networks:

Items traded, civilization involved, technology, etc…

Silk Routes, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean

 Late Classical Period:

 Collapse of empire and movements of people

600 – 1450 CE

_{New Empires:}

 Emergence of new empires and political systems

 Umayyad, Abbasid, Byzantium, Russia, Swahili Coast, Tang, Song, Ming, Mongol, Aztec, Inca

_{Islamic World:}

 Islamic emergence, Empires, and Political structures

 Caliphate

Interregional networks , contacts and migrations:

Developments, technology, cultural exchange (religion)

Movement of peoples (Ex: Turks)

 Trans-Sahara Trade, Indian Ocean Trade, Silk Roads

Economic Innovations:

Developments and shifts in interregional trade: Ming China, Swahili Coast, Americas

Types of Labor: Guilds, slavery, serfs, etc…

Political systems and cultural patterns:

 East Asia (China’s influence on surrounding area)

 The Americas (Maya, Aztec, Inca)

 Europe (Medieval society, division of Christianity, revival of cities)

 Africa (Mali, Ghana, Songhai, Swahili coast)

Demographic and Environmental changes:

APWH Review Answers

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Civilization

2.

Hammurabi's Code

3.

The Great Wall

City States

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Hinduism & Buddhism

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Monotheism (one God), Location, Textual

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Gold, Salt, Trade

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Location (Trade & Euro-Asian Connection)

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Charlemagne

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Emperor (Monarchy with Bureaucracy)

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Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China

Gupta

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Peace, Leadership (Marcus Arralieus)

Abbasid

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Swahili

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Social Structure (Hierarchy), Time Frame, Reason

Loss of the Silk Routes

18.

Chinese Style Bureaucracy (Social)

Genghis Khan

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Essay Section (Requirements and

structure)

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Major Topics to Review (1450 CE - Present)

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Empires, Nations and Dynasties Review

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Questions

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APWH Exam

: May 17

(Thursday)**

Essay Review

Essay

Type

Basic Core

Expanded

Core

Compare/

Contrast

Has acceptable thesis

Substantiates thesis with historical

evidence

Addresses all parts of the question

Makes at least one direct comparison

Analyzes reason for similarities and

differences

Do each one

of the core,

only better!

DBQ

Has acceptable thesis

Addresses and understands all the

documents

Analyzes point of view in at least 2

documents

Groups documents in two or three

ways

Supports thesis with evidence from

the document

Identifies/explains need for additional

document

Do each one

of the core,

only better!

Change

Over Time

Has acceptable thesis

Substantiates thesis with historical

evidence

Addresses all parts of the question

Analyzes the process of continuity and

changes

Uses historical content to explain

changes/continuities

1450 - 1750

 Major Empires, Political and Social Systems:

America: Aztec and Inca

Africa: Songhai, Ashanti, Benin

Asia: China (Ming and Qing), Tokugawa, Ottoman, Mughal

Europe: Portugal, Spain, Russia, France, Britain

 Changes in Trade, technology, and global

interactions:

India Ocean, Triangular Trade, Columbian Exchange

Guns, shipbuilding, navigation, etc…

 Slave systems and the slave trade

 Cultural and Intellectual developments and

exchanges:

Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Creation of new religions: Protestantism, Zen Buddhism, etc…

Global causes and impacts of cultural

exchange (Ex: African contributions to cultures in America, Islamic art in India, etc…)

 Demographic and environmental changes:

Diseases, animals, new crops

1750 - 1914

 Political Revolutions, Independence movements, new political ideas:

U.S. and Latin American independence movements

Revolutions: France, Haiti, Mexico, China

Rise of nationalism, creation of nation-states, political reform

Rise of democracy and its limitations: voting, women, racism, etc…

 Changes in global commerce and technology:

Industrial Revolution (Different stages): effects, technology, etc…

Patterns of world trade

 Social and Gender Structures:

Emancipation of serfs and slaves

New labor systems: imperial areas, proletariat

Working class and women workers  Rise of Western dominance

Imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism with examples: India, Africa, Am

Political, social and cultural impacts

Resistance and rebellions

 Cultural Interaction between societies  Demographic and environmental changes:

Technology, Food supply, medicine

1914 - Present

 _{Major conflicts and peace:}

WWI, WWII, Holocaust

Cold War, nuclear weaponry, etc…

League of Nation, United Nations, international organizations

 _{Political Revolutions and patterns of nationalism:}

Revolutions: Mexico, China, Russia

Fascism

Nationalism in colonies between the World Wars

Breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism

 _{Decolonization and the creation of new nations:}

New nations after the World Wars

Independence movements in Africa, India, Southeast Asia

 _{Global economic developments:}

Causes and effects of the global depression

Export economies and monoculture: Africa, Latin America

Emergence of the Pacific Rim (Japan, Southeast Asia, etc…)

 _{Social Reforms and social revolutions (family, feminism,}

peasants, etc…)

 _{Demographic and environmental changes:}

Urbanization, deforestation, pollution, green movements