1. Big Themes AP World History

2. Theme: Geography and the Environment Geography deals with relationships among people, places, and environments. Environment mans the surroundings, including natural elements and elements created by humans.

4. Theme: Turning Points Turning points are times when decisive changes occur. They have POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL impacts.

6. Theme: Movement of People and Goods: Trade Cultural diffusion is the constant exchange of people, ideas, products, technology, and institutions from one region to another. Cultural diffusion, especially in the form of tradehas occurred throughout history.

8. Theme: Science & Technology Science and technology means the tools and methods used by people to get what they need and want.

10. Theme: Political Systems Political systems, such as monarchies, dictatorships, and democracies, address certain basic questions of government such as: What should a government have the power to do? What should a government not have the power to do?

12. Theme: Nationalism Nationalism is a feeling of pride and devotion to ones country. Sometimes it divides people and sometimes in unites people.

14. Theme: Imperialism Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region. Imperialism has had both positive and negative effects on colonies.

16. Theme: Economic Systems Economic systems include traditional, command, market, and mixed systems. Each must answer the three basic economic questions: What goods and services to produce and in what quantities? How shall these goods and services be produced? For whom shall goods and services be produced?

18. Theme: Justice & Human Rights Justice = fair, equal, proportional treatment of individuals in a society Human Rights = basic political, economic, and social rights all human beings are entitled *** Through time both have been violated

20. Theme: Modern Global Connections & Interactions Today’s world is a web of connections and interactions. On every level, the people of the world meet, connect, interact, and sometimes collide. These interactions involve politics, economics, culture, or the environment.

22. Theme: Diversity and Interdependence Diversity = understand and respecting oneself and others cultural differences Interdependence = the reliance upon others in mutually beneficial interactions and exchanges

24. Theme: Culture & Intellectual Life Culture includes patterns of human behavior that a society transmits. Intellectual life involves ways of thinking, studying, and reflecting on aspects of life.

26. Theme: Conflict Conflict has occurred throughout history, and its costs have sometimes been very high. The causes of conflict may be political, social, or economic.

28. Theme: Belief Systems Belief systems are the established, orderly ways in which groups or individuals look at religious faith or philosophical tenets.

30. Theme: Change Change means basic alterations in things, events, and ideas. Throughout global history, major changes have had significant and lasting impacts on human development.

31. Change Neolithic RevolutionIndustrial Revolution Communist Revolutions Hunting & Gathering to farming Live in permanent settlements 1 st cities are created Starts 11,000 yrs ago Starts with Agrarian Revolution. Enclosure movement forces people to move to cities. Production driven by machines Results = better standard of living, pollution, diseases spread, education reform Russian Revolution Chinese Revolution Lenin starts it, uses Karl Marx’s ideas Gains peasant support by promising “Peace, Land, Bread” Mao leads communists to victory Gains peasant support by promising land reform Mao creates communist country Leading economic power today