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🌍AP World History: Modern

📌 Exam Date: May 15, 2024

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Unit 1 Overview: The Global Tapestry

7 min read

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written by William Dramby

1.1

Developments in East Asia from 1200-1450

11 min read

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written by William Dramby

1.2

Developments in Dar al-Islam from 1200-1450

8 min read

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written by William Dramby

1.3

Developments in South and Southeast Asia from 1200-1450

10 min read

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written by William Dramby

1.4

State Building in the Americas from 1200-1450

7 min read

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written by William Dramby

1.5

State Building in Africa from 1200-1450

7 min read

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written by William Dramby

Unit 2 Overview: Networks of Exchange

7 min read

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written by Katie Moore

2.1

The Silk Roads

7 min read

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written by Katie Moore

2.2

The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World

5 min read

Jillian Holbrook

written by Jillian Holbrook

2.3

Exchange in the Indian Ocean

8 min read

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written by Katie Moore

2.4

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

8 min read

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written by Katie Moore

2.5

Cultural Effects of Trade

7 min read

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written by Katie Moore

Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires

11 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

3.1

Expansion of Land-Based Empires

7 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

3.2

Governments of Land-Based Empires

7 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

3.3

Belief Systems of Land-Based Empires

7 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

3.4

Comparison in Land-Based Empires

9 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

Unit 4 Overview: Transoceanic Interconnections

9 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

4.1

Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750

7 min read

Riya Patel

written by Riya Patel

4.2

Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750

6 min read

Dalia Savy

written by Dalia Savy

4.3

Columbian Exchange

5 min read

Dalia Savy

written by Dalia Savy

4.4

Maritime Empires Established

7 min read

Dalia Savy

written by Dalia Savy

4.5

Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed

7 min read

Dalia Savy

written by Dalia Savy

Unit 5 Overview: Revolutions

6 min read

Andrew Fultz

written by Andrew Fultz

5.1

The Enlightenment

6 min read

Andrew Fultz

written by Andrew Fultz

5.2

Nationalism and Revolutions from 1750-1900

7 min read

Andrew Fultz

written by Andrew Fultz

5.3

Industrialization Begins

4 min read

Jillian Holbrook

written by Jillian Holbrook

5.4

Industrialization Spreads, 1750 to 1900

3 min read

Andrew Fultz

written by Andrew Fultz

5.5

Technology in the Industrial Age

4 min read

Andrew Fultz

written by Andrew Fultz

Unit 6 Overview: Consequences of Industrialization

4 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

6.1

Rationales for Imperialism

4 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

6.2

Expansion of Imperialism

8 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

6.3

Indigenous Responses to Imperialism

7 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

6.4

Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900

7 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

6.5

Economic Imperialism

8 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

Unit 7 Overview: Global Conflict

3 min read

Jed Quiaoit

written by Jed Quiaoit

7.1

Shifting Power After 1900

5 min read

dylan_black_2025

written by dylan_black_2025

7.2

Causes of World War I

6 min read

VladimirGenkovski

written by VladimirGenkovski

7.3

Conducting World War I

5 min read

VladimirGenkovski

written by VladimirGenkovski

7.4

Economy in the Interwar Period

5 min read

VladimirGenkovski

written by VladimirGenkovski

7.5

Unresolved Tensions After World War I

5 min read

VladimirGenkovski

written by VladimirGenkovski

Unit 8 Overview: Cold War & Decolonization

5 min read

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written by Katie Moore

8.1

Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization

3 min read

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written by Katie Moore

8.2

The Cold War

6 min read

Jillian Holbrook

written by Jillian Holbrook

8.3

Effects of the Cold War

4 min read

Jillian Holbrook

written by Jillian Holbrook

8.4

Spread of Communism After 1900

4 min read

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written by Katie Moore

8.5

Decolonization After 1900

4 min read

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written by Katie Moore

Unit 9 Overview: Globalization

4 min read

Natalie Pineda

written by Natalie Pineda

9.1

Advances in Technology and Exchange after 1900

5 min read

dylan_black_2025

written by dylan_black_2025

9.2

Technological Advances and Limitations after 1900: Disease

5 min read

dylan_black_2025

written by dylan_black_2025

9.3
9.4

Economics in the Global Age

5 min read

dylan_black_2025

written by dylan_black_2025

9.5

Calls for Reform and Responses after 1900

5 min read

dylan_black_2025

written by dylan_black_2025

Additional Resources

Unit 2 DBQ (The Mongols in Eurasia) with Feedback

20 min read

Eric Beckman

written by Eric Beckman

Causation in the AP Histories

7 min read

Jennifer Dumas

written by Jennifer Dumas

Continuity and Change Over Time in the AP Histories

24 min read

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written by William Dramby

AP World Free Response Help (DBQ and LEQ)

5 min read

Sander Owens

written by Sander Owens

AP World DBQ HIPP Analysis Submissions & Feedback

7 min read

Melissa Longnecker

written by Melissa Longnecker

AP World History Period 3 Review (600 CE-1450 CE)

5 min read

Amanda DoAmaral

written by Amanda DoAmaral

Theme 1 (ENV) - Humans and the Environment

8 min read

Melissa Longnecker

written by Melissa Longnecker

Theme 6 (TECH) - Technology and Innovation

10 min read

Evan Liddle

written by Evan Liddle

AP World History - Unit 0 Review

3 min read

Amanda DoAmaral

written by Amanda DoAmaral

Asia from 1200 to the Present

20 min read

Minna Chow

written by Minna Chow

AP World - Period 2 Review (600 BCE to 600 CE)

5 min read

Amanda DoAmaral

written by Amanda DoAmaral