5 Steps to a 5 AP World History, 2014-2015 Edition

56 i PERIOD 1 Technological and Environmental Transformations (to c. 600 B.C.E.)

Periodization

A unique feature of the Advanced Placement World History course is its division into six peri-

ods. It is important for you to familiarize yourself with these periods; the ability to compare

and contrast societies, events, and trends within periods will be necessary skills to master the

multiple-choice questions as well as the comparative and document-based questions on the

AP examination. You will also need to analyze the impact of interactions among societies.

Likewise, a grasp of the changes and continuities (those things that stayed the same) between

periods is important to success on the multiple-choice questions and the continuity and change

over time and document-based questions on the exam. The six AP World History periods are:

• Period 1 Technological and Environmental Transformations (to c. 600 b.c.e.)


• Period 2 Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
  (c. 600 b.c.e. to c. 600 c.e.)


• Period 3 Regional and Transregional Interactions (c. 600 c.e. to c. 1450)


• Period 4 Global Interactions (c. 1450 to c. 1750)


• Period 5 Industrialization and Global Integration (c. 1750 to c. 1900)


• Period 6 Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (c. 1900 to the present)

Notice that dates in AP World History use the designations b.c.e. (Before the Common

Era) and c.e. (Common Era). These designations correspond to b.c. and a.d., respectively.

REGION

EXAMPLES OF

MODERN COUNTRIES

MAJOR RIVERS MAJOR LANDFORMS

CLIMATE

Southwest Asia

(Middle East) and

North Africa

Egypt, Saudi Arabia,

Morocco, Israel, Turkey,

Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

Tigris–Euphrates

Rivers, Nile River

Zagros Mountains, Arabian

Desert, Sahara Desert

Central Asia Russia, Mongolia,

Kazakhstan

Volga River Gobi Desert,

Lake Baikal, Ural

Mountains, steppe

Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria, Somalia,

Democratic Republic

of Congo, Kenya,

South Africa

Congo River, Zambezi

River, Niger River

Kalahari Desert, tropical

rainforest, Great Rift Valley,

Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake

Victoria

Eastern Europe Poland, Slovakia,

Lithuania, Croatia

Danube River Caucasus Mountains,

Carpathian Mountains

Western Europe Spain, United Kingdom,

Sweden, Italy, Germany,

Austria

Rhine River, Rhone

River, Elbe River

Alps, Pyrenees

North America Canada, United States,

Mexico

Mississippi River,

Missouri River,

St. Lawrence River,

Rio Grande River

Rocky Mountains, Canadian

Shield, Sierra Madre

Mountains

Latin America Mexico, Cuba, Panama,

Brazil, Argentina

Amazon River, Río

de la Plata, Paraná

Amazon Rainforest, Andes

Mountains, Pampas

Oceania Australia, New Zealand,

Papua New Guinea

Darling River,

Murray River

Outback, Great Barrier Reef,

Great Dividing Range