Prepare for the 2020 AP World History: Modern exam with this comprehensive study video series covering Units 1-6, spanning from 1200-1900 CE. Master key historical periods including state building in Song China, Dar al-Islam, India, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe from 1200-1450. Explore major trade networks like the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean routes, and Trans-Saharan trade, along with the Mongol Empire's impact and cultural consequences of global commerce. Examine empire expansion and administration from 1450-1750, including technological innovations in sea-based empires, European exploration, the Columbian Exchange, and the establishment of maritime empires. Dive into the Industrial Revolution's origins and global spread, covering technological advances, government roles, economic developments, and societal changes from 1750-1900. Analyze imperialism's rationales, state expansion, indigenous responses, global economic development, and migration patterns during this transformative period. Each unit concludes with comprehensive review sessions to reinforce understanding of chronological thinking, comparison, crafting historical arguments, historical interpretation, and synthesis skills essential for exam success.

Syllabus

State Building in SONG CHINA [AP World History Review—Unit 1, Topic 1]
Empire Building in DAR AL-ISLAM 1200-1450 [AP World History Review—Unit 1, Topic 2]
State Building in India and South East Asia—1200-1450 [AP World History Review]
State-Building in THE AMERICAS and AFRICA (1200-1450) [AP World History Review, Unit 1 Topics 4-5]
Developments in EUROPE 1200-1450 [AP World History Review] Unit 1, Topic 6
AP World History UNIT 1 REVIEW (1200-1450)
Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, & Trans-Saharan Routes [AP World History Review]—Unit 2 Topics 1, 3, 4
The MONGOL Empire [AP World History Review] Unit 2 Topic 2
Cultural CONSEQUENCES of Trade 1200-1450 [AP World History Review] Unit 2 Topic 5
Environmental CONSEQUENCES of Trade [AP World History Review] Unit 2 Topic 6
AP World History UNIT 2 REVIEW—1200-1450
Empires Expand [AP World History Review] Unit 3, Topic 1
Empires: Administration [AP World History Review] Unit 3, Topic 2
Empires: Belief Systems [AP World History] Unit 3 Topic 3
AP World History UNIT 3 REVIEW—1450-1750
Technological Innovations in Sea-Based Empires [AP World History] Unit 4 Topic 1
EUROPEAN Exploration [AP World History Review] Unit 4 Topic 2
The Columbian Exchange [AP World History] Unit 4 Topic 3
Maritime Empires Established [AP World History Review] Unit 4 Topic 4
Maritime Empires Developed & Maintained [AP World History Review] Unit 4 Topic 5
Challenges to State Power [AP World History] Unit 4 Topic 6
Changing Social Hierarchies 1450-1750 [AP World History] Unit 4 Topic 7
AP World History UNIT 4 REVIEW—1450-1750
The Enlightenment [AP World History Review] Unit 5, Topic 1
Nationalism and Revolution 1750-1900 [AP WORLD HISTORY] Unit 5 Topic 2
The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Begins [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 3
The Industrial Revolution Spreads [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 4
TECHNOLOGY in the Industrial Age [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 5
Industrialization: Government's Role [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 6
ECONOMIC Developments in the Industrial Age [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 7
Reactions to the Industrial Economy [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 8 (5.8)
SOCIETY in the Industrial Age [AP World History] Unit 5 Topic 9 (5.9)
Rationales for IMPERIALISM [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 1 (6.1)
State EXPANSION [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 2
INDIGENOUS RESPONSES to State Expansion 1750-1900 [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 3 (6.3)
Global ECONOMIC Development [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 4 (6.4)
ECONOMIC Imperialism [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 5 (6.5)
CAUSES of Migration 1750-1900 [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 6 (6.6)
EFFECTS of Migration 1750-1900 [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 7 (6.7)