WHAP Syllabus

Home World History AP Home Syllabus Unit Descriptions Class Rules World Cup	WHAP SYLLABUS Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI AP Review
	UNIT I	Text - Strayer	Supplementary Material	Media and Projects
*Links* AP Central World Maps United Nations Country Watch National Geographic Population - Reference Bureau Smithsonian Institute Worldwatch Institute World Health Organization CIA World Factbook US Census Bureau US State - Department Federal Agency - Statistics US Geological Survey Association of - American Geographers World Trends The World Game Earthlights Language Laws Travel Language	I. Technological and Environmental Transformations (to 600 B.C.E.) 5% of the AP Exam Key Concept 1.1 — Throughout the Paleolithic era, humans developed sophisticated technologies and adapted to different geographical environments as they migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australasia, and the Americas. Key Concept 1.2 — Beginning about 10,000 years ago, some human communities adopted sedentism and agriculture, while others pursued hunter-forager or pastoralist lifestyles—different pathways that had significant social and demographic ramifications. Key Concept 1.3 — The appearance of the first urban societies 5,000 years ago laid the foundations for the development of complex civilizations; these civilizations shared several significant social, political, and economic characteristics.	Chapter 1 First Peoples; First Farmers Chapter 2 First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Societies
	UNIT II	TEXT	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL	MEDIA & PROJECTS
	II.Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies (c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.) 15% of the AP Exam Key Concept 2.1 — As states and empires increased in size and contacts between regions intensified, human communities transformed their religious and ideological beliefs and practices Key Concept 2.2 — As the early states and empires grew in number, size, and population, they frequently competed for resources and came into conflict with one another. Key Concept 2.3 — With the organization of large-scale empires, transregional trade intensified, leading to the creation of extensive networks of commercial and cultural exchange.	Chapter 3 State and Empire in Eurasia/ North Africa Chapter 4 Culture and Religion in Eurasia/ North Africa Chapter 5 Society and Inequality in Eurasia/ North Africa Chapter 6 Commonalities and Variations: Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania
	UNIT III	TEXT	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL	MEDIA & PROJECTS
	III. Regional and Interregional Interactions (c. 600 CE to 1450) 3A: Commerce, Islam, and Christendom 3B: China, the Mongols, and the 15th Century 20 % of the AP Exam	Chapter 7 Commerce and Culture Chapter 9 The Words of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections Chapter 10 The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction, Expansion, and Division Chapter 8 China and the World: East Asian Connections Chapter 11 Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment Chapter 12 The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century
	UNIT IV	TEXT	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL	MEDIA & PROJECTS
	IV. Global Interactions (c. 1450 to c. 1750) 4A: The Atlantic Revolutions 4B: The Industrial Revolution 20% of the AP Exam	Chapter 13 Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters Chapter 14 Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequences Chapter 15 Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science
	UNIT V	TEXT	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL	MEDIA & PROJECTS
	V. Industrialization and Global Integration 20% of the AP Exam	Chapter 16 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes Chapter 17 Revolutions of Industrialization Chapter 18 Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania Chapter 19 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia
	UNIT VI	TEXT	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL	MEDIA & PROJECTS
	VI. Accelerating Global Change and Realignments 20% of the AP Exam	Chapter 20 Collapse at the Center: World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of Global Power Chapter 21 Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict: The Rise and Fall of World Communism Chapter 22 The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage Chapter 23 Capitalism and Culture: The Acceleration of Globalization, since 1945
	WHAP Review	WHAP Course Articulation