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AP World Exam Prep 2021 | Unit Reviews + Free Study Guides

AP World History

Master unit 0 of AP World History! We review everything from the paleolithic period to the neolithic revolution to the fall of Rome to classical civilizations to world religions. With these resources, you'll have a solid understanding of history before 1200 CE so you'll be prepared for the rest of the AP World curriculum!

Unit 0: Before 1200 CE

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

Conquer unit 2 of AP World History with our guides and other resources! We cover the Mongols, Silk Roads, Indian Ocean & Trans-Subsaharan trade routes, and the cultural & environmental effects of trade. With these resources, you'll have a solid understanding of the major trends and networks of exchange between 1200-1450.

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

Dig deeper into unit 3 of AP World History. We cover the expansion of land-based empires (guns, trade & tax diplomacy, conquering of other empires), their governments (bureaucratic and military elites, works of art, military strength, divine right), and comparison of different land-based empires between 1450-1750.

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires

Understand unit 4 of AP World History with our resources. We review everything between 1450-1750: teachnological innovations, Age of Expoloration, Columbian Exchange, labor systems, maritime empires, Atlantic Slave Trade, joint-stock companies, Triangular Trade, resistance of European expansion, changing social hierachies, and more!

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

Learn all about revolutions in unit 5 of AP World History. We cover the Enlightenment (individualism, nationalism, feminism, abolitionism), revolutions from 1750 to 1900, German & Italian Unifications, decline of Ottoman empire, and much more! 

Unit 5: Revolutions

Understand the consequences of industrialization in unit 6 of AP World History. We review expansion of imperialism, resistance to imperialism, global economic development, global capitalism, causes & effects of migration from 1750 to 1900, urbanization, indentured laborers, the Opium Wars, and put them all together to help you ace the AP exam!

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization

Understand global conflicts in unit 7 of AP World History. We cover the Mexican Revolution, World War 1 and 2, Russian Revolution, League of Nations, Chinese Civil War, Stalin's Five Year Plan, Great Depression, Holocaust, Chinese Communist Revolution, United Nations, end of Japanese empire, genocides (Armenian, Rwandan, Cambodian), and much more.

Unit 7: Global Conflict

Master unit 8 of AP World History. We review the causes and effects of the Cold War, spread of communism, decolonization and newly independent states after 1900, global resistance, collapse of the Soviet Union, and everything up to the present to help you put current events in a broader context with our amazing guides and other resources.

Unit 8: Cold War & Decolonization

Be well-prepared for unit 9 of AP World History with our resources. We cover technological advancements after 1900, climate change, social movements (feminism, Greenpeace, Civil Rights Act), new international organizations, globalized culture, resistance to globalization, and much more to ace AP World!

Unit 9: Globalization

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Master all the important vocabulary, concepts, and events in each of the themes in AP World History: Humans and the Environment, Cultural Developments and Interactions, Governance, Economic Systems, Social Interactions and Organizations, and Technology and Innovation. Thinking thematically is essential for developing a full understanding of AP World History.

Thematic Guides

These guides will help you understand each region in AP World History. We will provide a comprehensive timeline of the major events in each region: the Americas, the Pacific, Europe, and Asia. We also cover social, economic, and political devlopments in each region as it relates to each unit in AP World History.

Regional Guides

Develop effective exam skills that will help you tackle the document based question, free response questions, and multiple choice questions of AP World History exam. We'll also give you useful tips and tricks for annotating & analyzing sources, and developing historical thinking skills like contextualization, comparison, and continuity & change.

Historical Thinking Skills

Welcome to AP World History! We will be overviewing what will be expected in your AP class and exam. We'll review everything from what the test will look like to an overview of the AP World units to study tips. We'll also cover many of the common questions about taking AP World History.

Introduction to AP World

Learn how to approach the multiple choice questions in the AP World History exam. We'll cover MCQ logistics, analyzing text and visual sources, historical thinking skills (contextualization, comparison, and continuity & change), effective strategies to improve speed and accuracy, and examples. With review and practice, you'll ace the MCQs!

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Be well-prepared with our amazing resources for the short answer questions of the AP World History exam. We'll cover SAQ logistics, scoring guidelines, historical thinking skills (contextualization, comparison, and continuity & change), analyzing text and visual sources, effective strategies, and examples.

Short Answer Questions (SAQ)

Master the long essay questions of the AP World History exam. We'll cover LEQ logistics, scoring guidelines, historical thinking skills (contextualization, comparison, and continuity & change), analyzing text and visual sources, effective strategies, and examples. With review and practice, you'll be ready to ace the LEQs!

Long Essay Questions (LEQ)

Conquer the document based question (aka the DBQ) in AP World History. We'll review DBQ logistics, scoring guidelines, how to analyze sources, historical thinking skills (contextualization, comparison, and continuity & change), effective strategies, and examples. 

Document Based Questions (DBQ)

Free Reviews 2020

This is a comprehensive review of the major events and key ideas of AP World History. We'll cover everything from the Silk Roads to land-based empires to the Columbian Exchange to the Enlightenment to imperialism to world wars to the Cold War to globalization. With examples and practice, you'll be ready to ace the AP exam! 

Big Reviews: Finals & Exam Prep

Welcome to the Fiveable question and answer sessions for AP World History. We will be holding comprehensive reviews in which we give students opportunites to ask questions about everything AP World!

Q & A sessions

Understand how to study for AP World History through student-led seesions that will teach you how to take effective notes, read your textbook efficiently, analyze sources, organizing events in time periods, and much more! We'll also give tips and tricks for the LEQs, SAQs, DBQ, and MCQs!

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Unit 1 Overview: The Global Tapestry

Periodizing Time Period 1

What’s Unit 1 All About?

Developments in East Asia

Government Developments in the Song Dynasty

Economic Development

Economic Developments in China, 1200-1450

Social Structures in China

Periphery of China

East Asia from 1200-1450

Developments in Dar al-Islam

Periphery of the Abbasids

New Islamic Powers 

Dar al-Islam from 1200-1450

South Asia

Southeast Asia

South and Southeast Asia from 1200-1450

Developments in the Americas

Big Picture

Major Empires of the Americas

The Americas from 1200 to 1450

Developments in Africa

Africa from 1200 to 1450

Developments in Europe 

Feudal Society

Regionalism to Kingdoms

Religious Conflict

The Renaissance

Europe from 1200 to 1450

Direct Comparisons

Comparisons in the Period from 1200-1450

Multiple Choice Practice for The Global Tapestry

Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Answers for  The Global Tapestry

Multiple Choice Answers

Unit 2 Overview: Networks of Exchange

Contextualizing The Unit

Effects of Growth in Trade

Conclusion

Main Events

Major Trends Between 1200-1450

The Silk Roads

How did the Silk Roads form?

Effects of the Silk Roads

Events that occurred along the Silk Roads

Silk Roads

The Mongols

How did they conquer?

Post-Genghis Khan

Effect of the Mongol Empire

Exchange and Trade in the Indian Ocean

Root Causes of Indian Ocean Trade

Effects of the Indian Ocean on Trade

Indian Ocean Trade Routes

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

How did it all start?

Expansion of Empires and Ideas along this route

Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

Cultural Effects of Trade Networks

Diffusion of Scientific/Technological Innovations

Famous Travelers

Cultural Effects of Trade 

Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

The Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

Crops: Bananas, Champa Rice, & Citrus

Environmental Effects of Trade

Comparison of Economic Exchange

Comparison in Trade from 1200-1450

Multiple Choice Practice for Networks of Exchange

Answers and Review for Multiple Choice Practice On Networks of Exchange

MC Answers and Review

Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires

Contextualizing the Unit 

Major Trends Between 1450-1750

What is a Land-Based Empire?

Formation of Land Based Empires

Guns 

Trade and Tax Diplomacy 

Conquering other Empires

Expansion of Land-Based Empires

Bureaucratic or Military Elites

Great Works of Art, Monuments, and Pretty Buildings 

Religious buildings 

Military Strength 

Divine Right

Governments of Land-Based Empires

Religious Movements

Belief Systems of Land-Based Empires

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Comparison in Land-Based Empires

Multiple Choice Practice for Land-Based Empires Concepts

Answers and Review for Multiple Choice Practice on Land-Based Empires

Unit 4 Overview: Transoceanic Interconnections


Contextualizing the Unit 

The Big Idea Behind This Unit 

Contextualizing the Unit 

Overview of Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

Causes of Innovation

New Technologies

Innovations in Science:

Innovations in Navigation:

Effects of Innovation

New Technologies from 1450-1750

Causes and Events

Motives for Exploration

Achievements in Exploration

Exploration from 1450-1750

Flow of Trade

Atlantic Slave Trade

Where Slaves Went

African Diaspora

Columbian Exchange

Europeans in the World

The Americas

Changes in Labor Systems

Comparing Labor Systems 

Maritime Empires Established

A Continuation of Mercantilism 

Commercial Revolution

Innovations in Finance

Triangular Trade

Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Effects on Native Americans

Changes in Belief Systems

Expansion of Maritime Empires

Internal and External Challenges to State Power

Queen Nzinga vs. Portuguese colonizers

Serfs vs. Russian Central Government

Maratha (Hindu warriors) vs. Mughal Empire (Muslim)

Pueblos vs. Spanish

Slaves vs. Slave Owners

Indigenous Tribes vs. British Colonists (Metacom’s War)

Glorious Revolution: English Protestants vs. English Catholics

Rebellions & Revolts

Resistance to European Expansion

Changing Social Hierarchies

Gunpowder Empires

China

Europe

Jewish Diaspora

Russia

Class and Race from 1450-1750

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