🌍AP World History: Modern

AP World History Unit 5 Review (Years 1750-1900)

AP World History: Major Changes Happening in 2019-2020

1750-1900 Review

1750-1900 Review - Slides

20th Century Review

20th Century Review - Slides

Last minute questions - 2018 Exam

CCOT: Silk, Sea, & Sand Roads

CCOT: Silk, Sea, & Sand Roads - Slides

The Islamic World

The Islamic World - Slides

Post-Classical Africa - Slides

Post-Classical Africa

AMA: I Scored a 5 on AP World - Slides

AMA: I Scored a 5 on AP World

Post-Classical Asia

Post-Classical Asia - Slides

Post-Classical Europe - Slides

Post-Classical Europe

The Mongols - Slides

Columbian Exchange - Slides

Columbian Exchange - Slides

Columbian Exchange

Labor Systems: CCOT - Slides

Labor Systems: CCOT

Land & Sea Empires - Slides

Land & Sea Empires

Industrialization - Slides

Industrialization

Imperialism - Slides

Atlantic Revolutions

Atlantic Revolutions - Slides

Global Migrations - Slides

Global Migrations

World War I & World War II - Slides

World War I & World War II

20th Century Science & Technology - Slides

20th Century Science & Technology

The Cold War - Slides

Decolonization - Slides

Live Discussion: Decolonization

Live Discussion: Decolonization - Slides

Global Movements

Global Movements - Slides

CCOT: Indian Ocean Exchange Network

CCOT: Indian Ocean Exchange Network - Slides

Review of the Post-Classical Era using SPICE

Review of the Post-Classical Era using SPICE - Slides

SPICE Review of 1450 to 1750

SPICE Review of 1450 to 1750 - Slides

Networks of Exchange (600-1450) - Slides

Networks of Exchange (600-1450)

Game of 5s with Freemanpedia

🌶 All of World History in 2 Hours (Old Course)

🌶 All of World History in 2 Hours (Old Course) - Slides

🌶 7-Hour Cram Marathon 2019

Overview: World to 1450

Live Study Group

Live Study Group - Slides

Continuities in Africa after 1200 CE

Continuities in Africa after 1200 CE - Slides

Medieval China: Continuities - Slides

Medieval China: Continuities

Continuities in South Asia Post-1200 CE

Continuities in South Asia Post-1200 CE - Slides

Continuities in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Europe after 1200

Continuities in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Europe after 1200 - Slides

How to Study in AP History - Slides

How to Study in AP History

Europe in the Global Middle Ages

Europe in the Global Middle Ages - Stream Slides

Live Study Group - Slides

Live Study Group

Continuities in the Americas after 1200 CE - Slides

Continuities in the Americas after 1200 CE

Dar al Islam in the Global Middle Ages - Slides

Dar al Islam in the Global Middle Ages

China in the Global Middle Ages

China in the Global Middle Ages - Slides

Africa in the Global Middle Ages - Slides

Africa in the Global Middle Ages

Southeast Asia in the Global Middle Ages - Slides

Southeast Asia in the Global Middle Ages

Connections and Developments in the Americas, c. 1200 - c. 1450 - Slides

Connections and Developments in the Americas, c. 1200 - c. 1450

Student Study Group

Student Study Group - Slides

Student Study Group - Slides

Student Study Group

Comparing Labor Systems in late Middle Ages

Comparing Labor Systems in late Middle Ages - Slides

Increasing Productivity and Its Consequences in the Late Middle Ages

Innovations in Commercial Practices in the later Middle Ages

Innovations in Commercial Practices in the later Middle Ages - Stream Slides

Trans-Saharan Exchange Networks

Trans-Saharan Exchange Networks - Stream Slides

Indian Ocean Exchange Networks - Stream Slides

Indian Ocean Exchange Networks

Sailing the Oceans in the late Middle Ages

The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World - Slides

The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World

Live Student Study Group - Slides

Live Student Study Group

Overview of the Early Modern World, 1450 CE - 1750 CE

Overview of the Early Modern World, 1450 CE - 1750 CE - Slides

Diasporic Communities in the Medieval World

Diasporic Communities in the Medieval World - Slides

Live Student Study Group

Live Student Study Group - Slides

Gender in the Medieval and Early Modern World - Slides

Gender in the Medieval and Early Modern World

Labor Systems in the Early Modern World (c. 1450 - c. 1750)

Labor Systems in the Early Modern World (c. 1450 - c. 1750) - Slides

Religion and Early Modern Empires

Expanding Empires in the Early Modern World - Slides

Expanding Empires in the Early Modern World

Travelers' Tales from the late Middle Ages

Live Student Study Group - Slides

Live Student Study Group

Unit 2 Review: Networks of Exchange

Unit 2 Review: Networks of Exchange - Slides

Transoceanic Connections

Transoceanic Connections - Slides

Columbian Exchange

The Islamic "Gunpowder Empires"

The Islamic "Gunpowder Empires" - Slides

Unit 3: Land Based Empires - Slides

Unit 3: Land Based Empires

Analyzing Sources - Slides

Analyzing Sources

Technological Innovations, 1450-1750

Technological Innovations, 1450-1750 - Slides

Changing Social Hierarchies, 1450-1750

Changing Social Hierarchies, 1450-1750 - Slides

Resisting Empires on Land and Sea, 1450-1750. - Slides

Resisting Empires on Land and Sea, 1450-1750.

Changing Religions, 1450-1750 - Slides

Changing Religions, 1450-1750

Maritime Empires

Maritime Empires - Slides

The Age of Revolutions, 1775 - 1830 CE - Slides

The Age of Revolutions, 1775 - 1830 CE

Competing Empires, 1450-1750

Industrialization in World History

Unit 4 Trade Routes: Contextualizing the Change/Continuity

Imperial Art and Architecture, 1450-1750

Imperial Art and Architecture, 1450-1750 - Slides

Fall Semester Review (2019)

Unit 5 Review: Analyzing Sources from the Age of Revolutions

Age of Revolutions Documents

Unit 5 Review: Continuity and Change in an Industrial Age - Slides

Unit 5 Review: Continuity and Change in an Industrial Age

Unit 6 Review: Modern Imperialism

Unit 6 Review: Modern Imperialism - Slides

Unit 6 Review: Causation in an Age of Imperialism and Global Migration

Unit 6 Review - Slides

World Wars in World History - Slides

World Wars in World History

Unit 7 Review: Causation in Global Conflict - Slides

Unit 7 Review: Causation in Global Conflict

Newly Independent States Slides

Newly Independent States

Decolonization Review

Decolonization Review - Stream Slides

The Cold War (1945-55)

The Cold War (1945-55) Slides

Technology and Unit 3/4

Technology and Unit 3/4 Slides

Indigenous Responses to State Expansion - Slides

Indigenous Responses to State Expansion

AP World Q&A Study Session - Stream Slides

AP World Q&A Study Session

Causes and Effects of Migration in the 19th Century

Migration in the 19th Century - Slides

Q&A Study Session: Early Modern Period (1450-1750)

Q&A Study Session: Early Modern Period (1450-1750) - Stream Slides

Mass Atrocities after 1900

Mass Atrocities after 1900 - Slides

AP World Q&A Study Session

AP World Q&A Study Session - Stream Slides

Q&A Study Session

Unit 6 Q&A Session - Slides

Modern Review (Units 5-6)

Modern Review (Units 5-6) - Slides

Technology in the 20th Century

Fiveable DBQ Context Slides

Q&A Study Session: Postclassical Period

The Cold War - Slides

Early Modern Review (Units 3-4) - Slides

Early Modern Review (Units 3-4)

Globalization - Stream Slides

Q&A Study Session

Q & A Study Session Slides

U1/2 Cram Slides

AP World Units 1 & 2 Review CRAM 🌶🌶🌶

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The Cold War

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The Cold War was the highlight of the modern era as it pitted the two emerging superpowers of the post-WWII world against each other. Unlike your typical war, there were no direct confrontations between the US and Russia. Learn more about the proxy conflicts as the Cold War jumped from one region to another with capitalism and communism at odds with each other!

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