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AP World History: Final Exam Study Guide
Exam details: 85 questions
75 MC and 10 primary source interpretation questions (images and passages)
The test focuses on ʺbig ideasʺ
Here are the topics broken down by region
Non‐regional
Criterion for civilization
Agricultural revolutions, causes and consequences
What is an Empire? Examples in WH
Slavery in World History
Gender roles across regions
Trade and its importance
Mesopotamia
Political world of the region
Epic of Gilgamesh
Indo‐European migration (multiple regions)
Code of Hammurabi
Assyrian military
Ancient Egypt
Political world of the Egyptians
Old Kingdom characteristics
Fall of Egyptian civilizations‐‐the intermediate periods
Classical Persia
Greco‐Persian Wars: causes and outcomes
Zoroastrianism
Persian political tolerance
Classical Greece
Wars with Persia
Athens‐Sparta
Athenian democracy
Spartan gender relations
Demise of Greece‐Peloponnesian War
Alexanderʹs legacy and Hellenism
Greek philosophy: Socrates
Alexanderʹs conquest and rivals
Classical Rome
Roman origins
Roman republic
Greek v. Roman Democracy
Romeʹs rivalry with Carthage
Julius Caesar
Comparison with Han China/Demise
Ancient and Classical India
Harrpa and Mohenjo Daro Aryan invaders
Mauryan empire‐characteristics
Genius of Ashoka
Arthashastra
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
Ancient and Classical China
Political philosophies: legalism
Political philosophies: Confucianism
Warring States Period
Inclusion of Buddhism
Characteristics of: Qin, Han, Sui, Tang
Chinese influence in region: Japan
Silk Roads
Nature of trade
Importance of trade
Consequences of trade
Sand road commerce‐what was traded
Ibn Battuta
Mansa Musaʹs hajj
Swahili civilization‐characteristics
Japan
17 Article Constitution
Samurai and the Code of Bushido
Medievial Europe
Political Characteristics
Disruption of Vikings
Fall of Rome and recovery
The Crusades: outcomes
Islamic Civilization
Hajj and Heijra
Spread of Islam
Islam in India, Africa, and Anatolia
Islamic Empires and their demise
Ottoman characteristics
Devshirme system
Rise of
Cultural legacy
Mongols and trade
Mongols shrinking the world
Mongols
Mughals
Akbar the Great
Mesoamerica
Characterisitcs of civilization
Maya v. Inca/Aztec
Aztec gender roles