AP World History Exam Review Flashcards

Covers the key concepts from Unit 1 to Unit 9 based on the lecture notes.

What empire facilitated cultural exchange and trade across Eurasia during the period of 1200-1450?

The Mongol Empire

Which Chinese dynasty exemplified advancements in governance and technology between 1200-1450?

The Song Dynasty

What trade routes facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures between 1200-1450?

The Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade routes, and Trans-Saharan trade routes

Name three advancements that enhanced navigation and maritime trade from 1200-1450.

The compass, astrolabe, and lateen sail

What was a major demographic impact resulting from trade routes?

The transmission of the Bubonic Plague

Name three empires that rose to power between 1450-1750 through military conquest and strategic alliances.

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires

What role did Islam and Confucianism play in empires between 1450-1750?

Islam legitimized authority in the Ottoman and Mughal empires; Confucianism influenced governance in China, promoting stability and order.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

The exchange of goods, crops, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

What major ideology influenced the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions?

Enlightenment Ideas

Name at least one Enlightenment thinker.

John Locke or Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Name an economist that articulated capitalism in The Wealth of Nations.

Adam Smith

What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels advocate for?

Workers’ rights and the abolition of capitalism

Name some resistance movements formed against imperialism.

The Zulu Kingdom, the Indian Revolt of 1857, and the Boxer Rebellion in China

List the MAIN causes of World War I.

Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

Which treaty blamed Germany for World War I?

Treaty of Versailles

What events led to political instability during the Interwar Period?

Great Depression (1929) led to mass unemployment

Name 3 Axis Powers during World War II.

Germany, Italy, Japan

Name three people who were key to decolonization.

Mohandas Gandhi (India), Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)

Name some proxy wars during the Cold War.

Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan

What was MAD?

Mutually Assured Destruction

Name global trade bodies that formed due to economic globalization.

WTO, IMF, NAFTA

What is English's role in cultural exchange?

English as a global lingua franca