Global Transformations in AP World History Flashcards
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| 6827699619 | Unit 1 | 8000 BCE to 600 BCE 1) Humans evolved and migrated from East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas 2) Neolithic Revolution (domestication of plants and animals) produced demographic, social, and economical changes 3) Civilizations emerged in the Fertile Crescent, Egypt, Mesoamerica, Mediterranean, Andes, China, India (FEMMA CI) |  | 0 |
| 6827727160 | Unit 2 | 600 BCE to 600 CE 1) Regional and cross regional empires rose and fell. Empires experienced an increase in social inequalities in class and gender 2) Universal belief systems developed- Socratic Philosophy, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism (Some Jewish Christians Help Control Legal Dogs) 3) Trans-regional trade routes began to link Eurasia and Africa |  | 1 |
| 6827785221 | Unit 3 | 600 to 1450 1) Trans-Regional Trade Systems expanded in Afro-Eurasia, producing demographic changes 2) Nomadic invasions and migrations reshaped classical centers of civilization. Civilized life expanded 3) Islam emerged as a great religious, cultural, and political influence |  | 2 |
| 6827814743 | Unit 4 | 1450 to 1750 1) Global trade emerged after discovery of Americas (demographic changes, environmental changes [Columbian Exchange], and economical change [Capitalism and African slavery] 2) Imperial expansions occurred due to trade and technology (gunpowder) producing sea-based empires in Western empires and land-based ones in Eastern Europe and Asia 3) Cultural transformations- spread of Christianity to Americas and skeptical, rational science in Europe |  | 3 |
| 6828421220 | Unit 5 | 1750 to 1900 1) Political and social revolutions erupted against the established order and tradition in Europe and the Americas 2) Industrial Revolution : social relationships, global economic exchange, higher levels of migration and urbanization 3) Western powers established imperial rule over Asia, Africa, and Oceania |  | 4 |
| 6828448159 | Unit 6 | 1900 to present 1) Global conflicts (WWI, WWII, and Cold War), exhausted European powers led to decolonization of Africa and Asia, rise of the US 2) Technological Advances (Green Revolution) and women's rights = demographic, social, political, and environmental changes 3) Globalization emerged (rise of global capitalist economy and the information revolution), integrating world's economics, politics, and cultures |  | 5 |