AP World History WHY AM I IN THIS CLASS?
Aim: What are the main components of “big geography?” DO NOW: Brainstorm examples in which geography has played a major rule in the human experience throughout World History…
Aim: What are the main components of “big geography?” HAND IN HW (Back Bin) DO NOW: Describe the use of periodization in the AP World History Course…What is its purpose? What are the AP World History Periods? (6 exist)
AP World History Regions Map Setting The Stage
We need a mental picture of the whole world, not just certain parts of it. This is “big geography.”
Big Geography Brainstorm
South America Africa
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East Asia ?
Russia ?
? South East Asia
? South Asia
? Middle East
? Sub Saharan Africa
? North Africa
? Eastern Europe
? Western Europe
? Latin America
? North America
Australia
Why even have AP regions at all? Why not continents? Are there any similarities with Periodization?
600 BCE to 600 CE Ch – 1450 Ch – 1750 Ch – 1900 Ch – Present Ch Mesopotami a Indus Valley Early China Olmec Alexander the Great’s empire Roman Empire Han Mauryan / Gupta empires Abbasid Tang / Song Aztec Maya Inca Mongol Empire Silk Road Trans Saharan Caravan route Mali Holy Roman Empire Indian Ocean Maritime System Monsoon winds Majapahit Empire Kamakura Japan Ottoman Safavid Mughal Russia Qing Spanish and Portuguese colonies (in the Americas) Great Circuit Gold and Slave coast Constantinople Napoleon’s empire and Allies Haiti Great Britain Mexico (before the Mexican – American war) Imperialized Africa (South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Algeria, Congo) End of Mughal empire (Mughals, Hindus & British EIC) Qing Tokugawa Japan Dutch East Indies British Empire throughout the world Germany Great Britain France China Taiwan India Pakistan Iran Iraq Russia Cuba Argentina Brazil Turkey Indonesia Saudi Arabia Vietnam Afghanistan Algeria
Big Geography -Can any areas be in multiple regions? -What past events or geographical features create the “borders” from one region to the next (i.e. Saharan Desert, division of the Roman Empire in Europe)
AP Regions -Create a list of at least 3 countries from each of the AP regions
TWEDY AWTS “The present informs the past. It defines the historical questions we ask.”