A. AP World Syllabus

Key Concepts:  This course is organized around 19 Key Concepts. Each concept has been modified into a set of essential questions for each unit (period).  Students will answer each of these essential questions throughout the study of that unit (period).  The concepts are:

 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 Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral and Urban Societies

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

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

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

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

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