AP®︎ World History Flashcards

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Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

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Topic 1.1
Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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Topic 1.2
Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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Topic 1.3
Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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Topic 1.4
State Building in the Americas

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Topic 1.5
State Building in Africa

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Topic 1.6
Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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Topic 1.7
Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

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Topic 2.1
The Silk Roads

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Topic 2.2
The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World

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Topic 2.3
Exchange in the Indian Ocean

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Topic 2.4
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

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Topic 2.5
Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

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Topic 2.6
Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

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Topic 2.7
Comparison of Economic Exchange

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Unit 3: Land-Based Empires

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Topic 3.1
Empires Expand

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Topic 3.2
Empires: Administration

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Topic 3.3
Empires: Belief Systems

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Topic 3.4
Comparison in Land-Based Empires

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Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

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Topic 4.1
Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750

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Topic 4.2
Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750

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Topic 4.3
Columbian Exchange

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Topic 4.4
Maritime Empires Established

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Topic 4.5
Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed

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Topic 4.6
Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750

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Topic 4.7
Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750

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Topic 4.8
Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750

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Unit 5: Revolutions

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Topic 5.1
The Enlightenment

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Topic 5.2
Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 5.3
Industrial Revolution Begins

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Topic 5.4
Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 5.5
Technology of the Industrial Age

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Topic 5.6
Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 5.7
Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age

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Topic 5.8
Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 5.9
Society and the Industrial Age

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Topic 5.10
Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

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Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization

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Topic 6.1
Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 6.2
State Expansion from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 6.3
Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 6.4
Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 6.5
Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900

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Topic 6.6
Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World

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Topic 6.7
Effects of Migration

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Topic 6.8
Causation in the Imperial Age

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Unit 7: Global Conflict

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Topic 7.1
Shifting Power After 1900

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Topic 7.2
Causes of World War I

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Topic 7.3
Conducting World War I

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Topic 7.4
Economy in the Interwar Period

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Topic 7.5
Unresolved Tensions After World War I

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Topic 7.6
Causes of World War II

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Topic 7.7
Conducting World War II

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Topic 7.8
Mass Atrocities After 1900

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Topic 7.9
Causation in Global Conflict

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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization

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Topic 8.1
Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization

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Topic 8.2
The Cold War

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Topic 8.3
Effects of the Cold War

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Topic 8.4
Spread of Communism After 1900

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Topic 8.5
Decolonization After 1900

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Topic 8.6
Newly Independent States

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Topic 8.7
Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900

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Topic 8.8
End of the Cold War

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Topic 8.9
Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization

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Unit 9: Globalization

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Topic 9.1
Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900

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Topic 9.2
Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease

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Topic 9.3
Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900

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Topic 9.4
Economics in the Global Age

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Topic 9.5
Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900

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Topic 9.6
Globalized Culture After 1900

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Topic 9.7
Resistance to Globalization After 1900

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Topic 9.8
Institutions Developing in a Globalized World

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Topic 9.9
Continuity and Change in a Globalized World

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