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Welcome to our Wiki for Advanced Placement World History. This wiki is for the APWH students of West Forsyth High School in north Georgia but could be a resource for any student or teacher of APWH. This site is by students and for students; the content articles are entirely written by and cross referenced by AP World History Students.

Contents 1 About AP World History 2 Content 2.1 By Unit 2.1.1 Unit I 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. 2.1.2 Unit II 600 to 1450 2.1.3 Unit III 1450 to 1750 2.1.4 Unit IV 1750 to 1914 2.1.5 Unit V 1914 to Present 2.2 By Major Comparisons 2.2.1 Unit I Comparisons 2.2.2 Unit II Comparisons 2.2.3 Unit III Comparisons 2.2.4 Unit IV Comparisons 2.2.5 Unit V Comparisons 3 The Essays 3.1 Document Based Question (DBQ) 3.2 Change and Continuity over Time 3.3 Compare and Contrast 4 Directions for using this Wiki

About AP World History

Advanced Placement World History is an advanced level high school course designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam administered by the College Board in May of each year. Final test scores are reported on a 5 point basis; students who score a 3 or better may earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, depending on their college.

This course will be different than the traditional high school World History or Western Civilization course. In short, the approach will be truly global, analyzing and comparing developments in many different regions through five time periods. To manage the daunting scope of the subject material, this course has been developed around several themes.

• Interaction between humans and the environment
• Development and interaction of cultures
• State-building, expansion, and conflict
• Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
• Development and transformation of social structures

Content

By Unit

Unit I 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.

Unit II 600 to 1450

Unit III 1450 to 1750

Unit IV 1750 to 1914

Unit V 1914 to Present

By Major Comparisons

Unit I Comparisons

1. Compare the role of belief systems in cementing social hierarchies
2. Compare the role of women in different belief systems
3. Why was the collapse of empire more severe in western Europe than in other classical civilizations?
4. Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality in early and classical civilizations
5. Compare societies that include cities with pastoral and nomadic societies
6. Compare the development of traditions and institutions in Indian, Chinese, and Greek\Roman civilizations
7. Describe interregional trading systems e.g., the Indian Ocean and Silk Roads trade.
8. Compare the political and social structures of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations

Unit II Comparisons

1. Compare the role and function of cities in major societies
2. Analyze gender systems and changes, such as the effects of Islam
3. Analyze the interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims
4. Compare developments in political and social institutions in both eastern and western Europe
5. Compare Japanese and European feudalism
6. Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts with the Islamic world
7. Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the rise of meritocracy

Unit III Comparisons

1. Compare coercive labor systems: slavery and other coercive labor systems in the Americas
2. Analyze the development of empire (i.e., general empire building in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas)
3. Analyze imperial systems: a European seaborne empire compared with a landbased Asian empire
4. Compare Russia’s interaction with the following: Ottoman Empire, China, western Europe, and eastern Europe
5. Compare Mesoamerican and Andean systems of economic exchange

Unit IV Comparisons

1. Compare the causes and early phases of the Industrial Revolution in western Europe and Japan
2. Compare the Haitian and French Revolutions
3. Compare reaction to foreign interference in the Ottoman Empire, China, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan
4. Compare nationalism in the following pairs: China and Japan, Egypt and Italy, Pan Africanism and the Indian Congress Movement
5. Explain forms of Western intervention in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia
6. Compare the roles and conditions of elite women in Latin America with those in western Europe before 1850

Unit V Comparisons

1. Compare patterns and results of decolonization in Africa and India
2. Compare the effects of the Russian, Chinese, Cuban, and Iranian Revolutions on the roles of women
3. Compare the effects of the World Wars on areas outside of Europe
4. Compare legacies of colonialism and patterns of economic development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
5. Analyze nationalist ideologies and movements in contrasting European and colonial environments
6. Compare the different types of independence struggles
7. Examine global interactions in cultural arenas (e.g., reggae, art, sports)
8. Analyze the global effects of the Western consumer society
9. Compare major forms of twentieth-century warfare
10. Assess different proposals (or models) for economic growth in the developing world and the social and political consequences

The Essays

Document Based Question (DBQ)

The purpose of this essay is to test the student's ability to read historical documents and analyze the information and sources of these documents to answer a historical question. Like all APWH essays, the DBQ essay must have an acceptable thesis and answer the prompt completely. It should be noted that students can answer this essay satisfactorily with no previous knowledge of the topic. All the necessary information to answer the DBQ is contained in the documents that accompany the question and there are never any useless or misleading documents included.

The DBQ essay is graded according to this rubric:

Document Based Question Generic Rubric

Basic Core	points	Expanded Core
1 Has an acceptable thesis 2 Addresses all of the documents and demonstrates understanding of all or all but one 3 Supports thesis with appropriate historical evidence from all or all but one of the documents 4 Analyzes Point of View in at least 2 documents 5 Analyzes the documents by grouping the documents in at least 2 or three ways 6 Identifies and explains the need for one type of appropriate additional document or source	1 point 1 point 2 points 1 point 1 point 1 point	A student must earn 7 points in the basic core before earning points in the exanded core Examples: Has clear, analytic and comprehensive thesis Shows careful and insightful analysis of the documents. Uses documents persuasively as evidence. Analyzes point of view in most or all documents. Analyzes the documents in additional ways—groupings, comparisons, syntheses. Brings in relevant “outside” historical content. Explains why additional types of document(s) or sources are needed.

If a student earns all 7 Basic Core points they will be considered for an additional 1 or 2 points from the Expanded Core. Thus the highest score achievable is a 9.

Change and Continuity over Time

This essay tests the students' ability to understand and explain why some things change and some things remain the same in history. Students must not only recall historical information pertaining to the prompt, but they must demonstrate their ability to analyze why things changed and why things did not within the dates given by the prompt.

It is important to note that this is not a "before and after" essay. If a student simply gives a static description of a region at the beginning of the time period and then another description of the region at the end of the time period she has not been successful. The reasons for the changes and continuities must be explained using accurate and relevant historical facts.

The CCOT Essay will be graded according to this generic rubric:

Change and Continuity Generic Rubric

Basic Core	points	Expanded Core
1 Has an acceptable thesis 2 Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly. 3 Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence. 4 Uses relevant world historical context effectively to explain continuity and change over time. 5 Analyzes the process of continuity and change over time.	1 point 2 points 2 points 1 point 1 point	A student must earn 7 points in the basic core before earning points in the exanded core Examples: Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis. Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global context, chronology, causation, change, continuity, effects, content. Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis. Provides links with relevant ideas, events, trends in an innovative way.

As with all APWH essays, if a student gains all 7 Basic core they will be considered for an additional 1 or 2 points from the Expanded Core. Thus the highest score achievable is a 9.

Compare and Contrast

Unlike the CCOT essay which regards changes over time, the Compare Contrast essay requires the student to compare 2 or more items with each other, usually within some specified categories. Students need to use historical evidence to show how the items are similar and different. In addition to an acceptable thesis the students need to make direct comparisons and explain the reasons for the similarities and differences.

The Compare Contrast Essay will be graded according to this rubric:

Compare Contrast Generic Rubric

Basic Core	points	Expanded Core
1 Has an acceptable thesis 2 Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly. 3 Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence. 4 Makes at least one relevant direct comparison between/amoung societies. 5 Analyzes at least one reason for a similarity or difference identified in a direct comparison.	1 point 2 points 2 points 1 point 1 point	A student must earn 7 points in the basic core before earning points in the exanded core Examples: Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis. Addresses all parts of the question thoroughly (as relevant):comparisons, chronology, causation, connections, themes, interactions, content. Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis. Relates comparisons to larger global context. Makes several direct comparisons consistently between or among societies. Consistently analyzes the causes and effects of relevant similarities and differences.

Students need to score all 7 of the basic core points to be considered for the expanded core.

Directions for using this Wiki

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