AP Worldipedia

Welcome to AP Worldipedia, the free encyclopedia covering the content for Advanced Placement World History. Below are the Key Concepts on which this course is based. Each has been filled out into a narrative text with illustrative media. Although they do not necessarily follow the chronological order in which the content will be taught in class, they should be useful in summarizing the basics of the course. All questions on the AP World History test in May are built on the Key Concepts you see listed on this website.

The New Modern AP World History Course

With the change to AP World History Modern,) AP Worldipedia is currently being updated for the new Course and Exam Description.

Topic 3.1 Empires Expand

Topic 3.2 Empires: Administration

Topic 3.3 Empires: Belief Systems

Topic 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750

Topic 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750

Topic 4.3 The Columbian Exchange

Topic 4.4 Maritime Empires Established

Topic 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed

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

Topic 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies 1450 to 1750

The Legacy (OLD) Course

	Period 1: 8000 BCE to 600 BCE Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interaction of Early Agricultural, Pastoral and Urban Societies		Period 4: 1450 to 1750 Key Concept 4.1 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange Key Concept 4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production Key Concept 4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
	Period 2: 600 CE to 600 CE Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions Key Concept 2.2 The Development of States and Empires Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange		Period 5: 1750 to 1900 Key Concept 5.1 Industrialization and Global Capitalism Key Concept 5.2 Imperialism and Nation-State Formation Key Concept 5.3 Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform Key Concept 5.4 Global Migration
	Period 3: 600 to 1450 Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks Key Concept 3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions Key Concept 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequences		Period 6: 1900 to Present Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture

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