AP World History Cram Finale Flashcards

Flashcards covering key topics from an AP World History cram session, focusing on time periods, themes, empires, and exam strategies.

What are the main world regions that the presenter mentions?

The Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceana.

According to the presenter, what is a subregion of North America?

It overlaps with Latin America in Central America.

What is the social theme about?

People interact with each other as individuals or in groups.

What affects the way people interact with one another?

Class, race, gender, and family structure.

What question can be asked when thinking about the political theme?

How do people or states gain and exercise power?

What question can be asked to think about the economics theme?

How do people produce, exchange, and consume goods and services?

What is the key question to ask when thinking about the technology theme?

What do people create to increase their efficiency, their comfort, or their security?

What is a key state of East Asia in the 1200-1450 time period?

Song Dynasty

What is the big theme in the Middle East in the 1200-1450 time period?

Islam

What is an example of a governance and state in the Middle East during the 1200-1450 time period?

Abbasid caliphate

What are the major belief systems in South and Southeast Asia that are important to pay attention to in in the 1200 to 1450 time period?

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.

What are examples of American empires during the 1200-1450 time period?

The Aztec and Inca empires.

What are examples of sub-Saharan African states during the 1200-1450 time period?

Mali and Swahili city states.

What was the largest land empire in the world at the time, and therefore an important group to consider during the 1200-1450 time period?

The Mongols.

What were the major trade networks in Afro-Eurasia during 1200-1450?

The Silk Roads, the Indian Ocean System, and the Trans-Saharan trade networks.

From 1450-1750, what were the four key concepts to think about?

Empires expanded, the Western and Eastern Hemispheres were connected, social structures and hierarchies changed, and Europeans were not the dominant force in trade or politics, outside of the Americas.

What is a major impact during the age of the Gunpowder Empires?

Using new technologies like gunpowder based cannons to facilitate their expansion.

During the age of expanding empires, what were the Japanese known for resisting?

The Tokugawa Shogunate.

In terms of culture and belief systems, what changes occurred between 1450-1750's?

Islam, Sikhism, and religious syncretism.

What significant actions did the Europeans bring to trade in the Indian Ocean?

Trade was now being done at gunpoint.

What does the Columbian Exchange refer to?

It refers to the transfer of goods, people, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean.

What does it mean to legitimize something?

To make yourself as the ruler seem like the appropriate and reasonable ruler in that place.

What is the idea of capitalism?

It is about investment. Capitalists also use free markets to generate profits and stress property rights so that people can profit themselves from things that they own.

What is coerced labor?

When people are forced to do labor without adequate compensation.

What is religious syncretism?

Any time where you see the religious or cultural values and traditions of one group being blended with the traditions and values of another group.

In the Indian Ocean, what was the biggest change that the Europeans brought?

By putting guns on their ships.

What did People do upon European Arrival?

People didn't just say, oh well, the Europeans are here. Oh no, what can we do?

According to Amanda, what's most important to know to overcome stressful AP World exams?

Take a deep breath, know that you are doing everything you possibly can.

According to Erik Beckman, what does the Meiji Restoration refer to?

It refers to a political change in Japan where the emperor there was a and the emperor was your age too, by the way.

According to Erik Beckman, what is the important thing to understand about Nationalism?

It can have many different meanings.