Exam Outline
Section 1A: Multiple Choice Questions
| Questions | Time | Exam Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 55 minutes | 40% |
Section 1B: Short Answer
| Questions | Time | Exam Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 3 of 4 | 40 minutes | 20% |
Section 2: Free Response Questions
| Questions | Time | Exam Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 100 minutes | 40% |
Notes
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9Course Content
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200 - c. 1450)
1.1 Developments in East Asia
1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam
1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia
1.4 State Building in the Americas
1.5 State Building in Africa
1.6 Developments in Europe
1.7 Comparison in the Period
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200 - c. 1450)
2.1 The Silk Roads
2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange
Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450 - c. 1750)
3.1 Empires Expand
3.2 Empires: Administration
3.3 Empires: Belief Systems
3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450 - c. 1750)
4.1 Technological Innovations
4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events
4.3 Columbian Exchange
4.4 Maritime Empires Established
4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power
4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies
4.8 Continuity and Change
Unit 5: Revolutions (c. 1750 - c. 1900)
5.1 The Enlightenment
5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions
5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
5.4 Industrialization Spreads
5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
5.6 Industrialization: Government’s Role
5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations
5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy
5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750 - c. 1900)
6.1 Rationales for Imperialism
6.2 State Expansion
6.3 Indigenous Responses to State Expansion
6.4 Global Economic Development
6.5 Economic Imperialism
6.6 Causes of Migration
6.7 Effects of Migration
6.8 Causation in the Imperial Age
Unit 7: Global Conflict (c. 1900 - Present)
7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
7.2 Causes of World War I
7.3 Conducting World War I
7.4 The Economy in the Interwar Period
7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I
7.6 Causes of World War II
7.7 Conducting World War II
7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900
7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900 - Present)
8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization
8.2 The Cold War
8.3 Effects of the Cold War
8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900
8.5 Decolonization After 1900
8.6 Newly Independent States
8.7 Global Resistance to Established Order
8.8 End of the Cold War
8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization
Unit 9: Globalization (c. 1900 - Present)
9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange
9.2 Technological Advances and Disease
9.3 Technological Advances and the Environment
9.4 Economics in the Global Age
9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses
9.6 Globalized Culture
9.7 Resistance to Globalization
9.8 Institutions in a Globalized World
9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World