AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

AP World History Periodization Flashcards

Terms : Hide Images
67616965466The Russian and Ottoman Empires collapse0
67616965472Persian empires create highly centralized empires with the king as a deity1
67616965484European Christianity forms syncretic religious beliefs with indigenous Latin American and Caribbean faiths.2
67616965495The Russian Empire emancipates serfs in order to create a new labor force3
67616965501Vedic traditions were codified into patterns of rituals and sacrifices in South Asia4
67616965513The Chinese invade Vietnam, discover quick ripening champagne rice, and experience a population increase5
67616965525A slave revolt in the Caribbean creates a free black republic6
67616965534An exchange of crops, culture, animals, and disease pathogens begins between Afro- Eurasia and the Americas7
67616965542Migrating Huns add to the decline of empires in South Asia, East Asia, and Europe8
67616965556South Asia is partitioned into two states because of irreconcilable religious differences9
67616965561Olmecs and Chavin civilizations thrive10
67616965574Portugal creates a trading post empire in the India Ocean11
67616965583Islamic Caliphates first rise12
67616965595A substantial number of Asians migrate to the Americas for agricultural labor13
67616965603Using their longboats, the Vikings raid western Europeans who develop local institutions for security14
67616965612Hellenism spreads to Central Asia and forms syncretic cultures there15
67616965623Chinese and Roman civilizations each combined innovations with their own proven traditions to make more enduring political systems16
67616965634New radical classifications, such as mestizo, mulatto, and creole, emerge in colonial Latin America17
67616965645The Tanzimat Reform in the Ottoman Empire provokes conservatives by its attempt to secularize education and define society as a collection of individuals equal before the law18
67616965656Human population increases due to medical and scientific advances such as antibiotics and polio vaccinations19
67616965662Migrations into South Asia spread religious ideas and rituals associated with Vedic poetry and song20
67616965674The Spanish, Dutch, French, and British establish sea- based empires in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans21
67616965685Migration leads to cultural enclaves in major urban areas. They often experience legal discrimination.22
67616965693Eurasian no ands create the largest contiguous empire in history. Silk Road is revived23
67616965706Women's suffrage movements are successful in Europe and North America24
67616965711Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism form25
67616965725A second wave of imperialism pushes Europeans to colonize the continent of Africa and to protect power in much of Asia26
67616965734Networks of communication and exchange become truely global27
67616965746The most rapid and numerous independence movement in history occurs, some through armed conflict, others through negotiations28
67616965752The Cities of Persepolis, Carthage, Rome, Chang'an, and Tenochtitlan serve as major centers of trade and political administration29
67616965761Pastorialism and agriculture emerge and increase human populations30
67616965775Groups such as the Marathas in South Asia and the Taiping in East Asia challenge imperial rule31
67616965783As women gain some economic rights in European guilds, the yoke of patriarchy becomes more intense in China32
67616965796Religious fundamentalism forms in the Americas and Middle East as reactions to, respectively, new scientific theories and political frustrations33
67616965804In several major civilizations, there are changes in the power of elites who serve as intermediaries between the ruler and the ruled (I.e, zamindars, boyars)34
67616965812Confucianism is adopted as the official state ideology for entry into China's bureaucracy35
67616965826Experiments in state managed economies take place in China and Russia36
67616965834Rather than a unified Dar al Islam, Muslim civilization is characterized by several empires strengthened by their use of firearms37
67616965843Major trade cities include Novgorod, Timbuktu, Malacca, and Kilwa38
67616965855Banana Republics, whose economies focused on a single export, formed in Latin America39
67616965863Eurasian land trade routes continue but are surpassed in volume by maritime routes in the Indian Ocean40
67616965875Slavery is replaced by indentured servitude as the primary source of agricultural labor in he Americas41
67616965881Production of pottery, textiles and metallurgy skills first appear42
67616965894European merchants in Southeast Asia must depend upon Asian women to gain access to trades43
67616965902Buddhism spreads into Central and Southeast Asia due to government edicts, missionaries and relics44
67616965916Pro-democracy movements are successful in Eastern Europe but crushed in East Asia45
67616965923The Grand Canal, a major state funded project to stimulate the economy, is created by the Sui dynasty in China46
67616965931The development of systems of writing lead to literary traditions, such as the Rig Veda and Homer's Epics47
67616965943After the battle of Talas, paper technology spreads from the Chinese to the Muslims48
67616965955After being humiliated by the British, China experiences a massive millenarian rebellion against the rule of foreign Manchus49
67616965966Global power structure is characterized by a bi-polar struggle between opposing economic ideologies50
67616965973After Muhammad's visions, Islam unifies Arab people and creates a durable monotheistic civilization51
67616965984An influx of American silver funds monumental architecture in Mughal India, such as the Taj Mahal52
67616965993Arabic numerals and Greek scholarship pass to Europe after Christian military campaigns to take Jerusalem from Muslims53
67616966005National identities form out of common cultural, ethnic, linguistic, or religious traits54
67616966011Civilizations emerge mainly in river valleys55
67616966023On Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs build a decentralized state based on the collection of tribute and an agricultural system situated on raised islands called chinampas56
67616966034China experiences a population surge due to the transplanting of American crops and the global flow of American silver57
67616966043Invasions, disease, and a "Little Ice Age" decimate Eurasian urban centers, which later recover after improvements in transportation, rising commerce, and the end of invasions58
67616966055Enlightenment ideas about liberty and political legitimacy lead to independence movements and revolutions in Europe and the Americas59
67616966063China and the Byzantine Empire experience significant revolts of free peasants60
67616966076Global commerce is so interconnected that states become less relevant61
67616966082Greek colonies facilitate an exchange of commerce and culture in the Mediterranean62
67616966094Europeans learn the astrolabe from Muslims, develop the caravel, and navigate around the southern tip of Africa63
67616966103Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta travel and interpret the world through their cultural lenses64
67616966114Colonial economies in the Americas depend on a wide range of coerced labor65
67616966122The Eurasian Silk Roads are the dominant trade system in the world66
67616966135Japan is pulled out of its isolation, quickly industrializes, and is accepted as an equal power by the empires of Europe67
67616966146Trading blocks of nations form; global organizations emerge to facilitate trade68
67616966154The Manchus overthrow the Ming and establish the Qing dynasty in China69
67616966163Buddhist and Daoist ideas blend with Confucianism to form Neo-Confucianism, the new state ideology in China70
67616966175Massive urbanization and industrialization in Europe lead to smaller families and lower fertility rates71
67616966185The need of the "Second Industrial Revolution" lead to copper mining operations in Mexico72
67616966192Nestorian Christianity spreads to China and Mahayana Buddhism spreads across Eurasian trade routes. Both experience cultural syncretism73
67616966205Industrial production is critiqued by both economic liberals and communist74
67616966215The Self-Strengthening Movement is not successful in reforming China75
67616966222The first centralized government rises in China76
67616966235Ottoman and Chinese civilizations must balance industrial reform with their traditional identities77
67616966245Sepoys revolt against British rule in India78
67616966252Daoism influences Chinese culture in the areas of architecture, poetry, and medical practices79
67616966261Surpluses of food first lead to stratified, patriarchal societies80
67616966275Colonization is intensified by evolutionary theories of race81
67616966284The Ottoman army, based on conscripted janissaries, clash with their Shia Safavid82
67616966293A collection of city-states along the east coast of Africa reach their peak in the Indian Ocean trade83
67616966302Mauryans develop a centralized state in South Asia; the Gupta create advanced numbering system and mathematics84
67616966313Trade is facilitated by paper currency in Asia, and bills of exchange and credit in the Dar al Islam85
67616966324The new Russian Empire encourages peasant settlement into its eastern regions86
67616966336Global conflicts reap unprecedented civilian casualties87
67616966342Christianity and Buddhism are codified in core civilizations while shamanism and animism continue to thrive outside of them88
67616966353Polynesians, Arabs and Bantu people migrate, spreading their languages and food89

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!