Transcript Key Comparisons

Key Comparisons
AP World History
Foundations
• Early agriculture in Eastern and Western Hemispheres
• Pastoral nomadism vs. settled lifestyles
• Political, economic, & social characteristics of the four river
valley civilizations
• Early civilizations of Eastern and Western hemispheres
• Political, economic, and social characteristics of the empires
of Rome, Han, and Gupta
• Exchanges in Indian Ocean vs. those in the Mediterranean Sea
• Expansion of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
• Origins, philosophies, and goals of Confucianism and Daoism
• Decline and fall of Han, Rome, Gupta
• Trans-Saharan vs. Silk Roads trade
600 - 1450
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Feudalism in Japan & Western Europe
Mongol rule in Russia & China
Muslim Spain & feudal Europe
Spread of Islam & Buddhism
Chinese & European presence in Indian Ocean
Urban areas in Islamic world, non-Islamic Europe &
China
Acceptance of Islam in Africa & Europe
Mesoamerican vs. Andean civilizations
Polynesian, Viking, & Bantu migrations
Gender roles in early Islam & under caliphate
1450 - 1750
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European vs. Asian rulers
Empires in Africa, Europe, & Asia
European vs. Asian economic systems
Reactions of Japan vs. China to West
Slavery vs. serfdom
Trade in Mughal India vs. Ming China
Russian vs. Ottoman interactions with West
Gender roles in Ming vs. western Europe
Transatlantic vs. Indian Ocean trade
Western European vs. Asian & Ottoman technology
1750 - 1914
• The Industrial Revolutions in Europe, Russia, & Japan
• Revolutions: American, French, Haitian, Mexican(19100), &
Chinese
• Responses to Western influence in China, Japan, India, &
Ottoman Empire
• Nationalism in Italy & Germany
• Nationalism in Austrian Empire & Russia
• Imperialism in India & Africa
• Forms of imperialism in Africa & Latin America
• Roles of women in upper & middle classes vs. lower class
• Trade in Atlantic & Indian Ocean basins
• Trade in Western Europe & Ottoman Empire
1914 - Present
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Postwar governments of Western nations vs. Soviet bloc
Decolonization in Africa vs. India
Effects of WW I vs. WW II
Russian Revolution vs. Chinese revolution
Reactions of Western vs. non-Western nations to U.S. consumer
society
Female roles in China and West
Patterns of immigration in eastern vs. western hemispheres
Patterns of economic development in Africa vs. Latin America
Global trade in the Pacific Rim vs. the West
Political & economic conditions in Russia before & after
communism