APWH+Exam+Topics

=APWH Exam Topics=
 * A. 8000 BCE to 600 CE**
 * 1) Comparisons of Hinduism and Confucianism and philosophical systems including some underlying similarities in cementing a social hierarchy.
 * 2)  Role of women in different belief systems -- Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, and Hinduism
 * 3) Understanding of how and why the collapse of empire was more severe in western Europe (Rome) than it was in the eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine Empire) or in China (Han Dynasty)
 * 4)  Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and classical civilizations, including slavery
 * 5)  Describe interregional trading systems, e.g., the Silk Roads


 * B. 600 CE to 1450 CE**
 * 1) Japanese and European feudalism
 * 2) Gender systems and changes, such as the impact of Islam
 * 3) Explain and analyze the interactions between Muslims, Jews, and Christians
 * 4) Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the rise of meritocracy
 * 5) Compare political and social developments in eastern and western Europe
 * 6) Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts with the Islamic world


 * C. 1450 CE to 1750 CE**
 * 1) Compare colonial administrations of Spanish and English colonies
 * 2) Imperial systems: European monarchy (Britain or France) compared with a land-based Asian empire (China or Mughals)
 * 3) Analyze the development of the Portuguese and Mughal Empires.
 * 4) Analyze the development of the English and Ottoman Empires.
 * 5) Coercive labor systems: slavery and other coercive labor systems in the Americas
 * 6) Compare the Incas and Aztecs in terms of economic exchanges
 * 7) Compare Russia's interaction with of two of the following (Ottoman Empire, China, western Europe, and eastern Europe)


 * D. 1750 CE to 1914 CE**
 * 1) Compare the causes and early phases of the industrial revolution in western Europe and Japan
 * 2) Comparative revolutions (Haitian and French)
 * 3) Compare reaction to foreign domination in: the Ottoman Empire and China
 * 4) Compare reaction to foreign domination in India and Japan
 * 5) Compare forms of western intervention in Latin America and in Africa
 * 6) Compare nationalism in China and Japan
 * 7) Compare nationalism in Egypt and Italy
 * 8) Compare nationalism in Africa (Pan Nationalism) and India (Indian Congress Movement)


 * E. 1914 CE to present**
 * 1) Patterns and results of decolonization in Africa and India
 * 2) Pick three revolutions (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Iranian) and compare their effects on the roles of women
 * 3) Compare the effects of the World War I on areas outside of Europe
 * 4) Compare the effects of the World War II on areas outside of Europe
 * 5) Compare legacies of colonialism and patterns of economic development in two of three areas (Africa, Asia, and Latin America)
 * 6) Outline and analyze the consequences of warfare since WWI