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AP WORLD THEMES

Human-environmental interaction
Cultural interaction
Political development
Economic systems
Change in social structures

SPICE
AP DATE DESIGNATIONS

B.C.E Before the Common Era

C.E. Common Era
Correspond to B.C. and A.D., respectively
 AP WORLD PERIODS

Foundations (8000 BCE 600 CE)

Two (600 1450)
Three (1450-1750)
Four (1750-1914)
Five (1914-Present)

This is based on the format within the 5 Steps to a 5 book. Dont get
confused by this.

Period 1: First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 BCE

Period 2: The Classical Era in World History, 500 BCE to 500 CE
Period 3: An Age of Accelerating Connections, 500-1500
Period 4: The Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Period 5: The European Moment in World History
Period 6: The Most Recent Century
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 OCEANIA

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea

Outback, Great Barrier Reef, Great Dividing Range

 LATIN AMERICA

Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Brazil, Argentina

Amazon rainforest, Andes mountains, Pampas

 NORTH AMERICA

Canada, United States, Mexico

Rocky Mountains, Canadian Shield, Sierra Madre Mountains

 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Nigeria, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa

Kalahari Desert, tropical rainforest, Great Rift Valley

Lake Victoria
SOUTHWEST ASIA (MIDDLE EAST)
AND NORTH AFRICA
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

Zagros Mountains, Arabian Desert, Sahara Desert

 EAST ASIA

China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea

Gobi Desert, Tibetan Plateau

 SOUTHEAST ASIA

Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia

Ring of Fire
 SOUTH ASIA

India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh

Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Khyber Pass

Monsoons
 CENTRAL ASIA

Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan

Gobi Desert, Lake Baikal, Ural Mountains, steppe

 EASTERN EUROPE

Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia

Caucasus Mountains, Carpathian Mountains

 WESTERN EUROPE

Spain, France, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Austria

Alps, Pyrenees
PACIFIC OCEAN

Largest ocean
Dotted with islands
Polynesian voyagers
Manila galleons
WWII island-hopping
ATLANTIC OCEAN

Second largest ocean

Columbian Exchange
Caribbean plantations
Greco-Roman civilization
INDIAN OCEAN

Third largest ocean

Extensive trade
Monsoon winds
Commercial rivalries
 ARCTIC OCEAN

Smallest Ocean
Packed in ice most of the year
Difficult to navigate
Location of the Northwest Passage sought by early explorers