Key Comparisons

1. Key Comparisons AP World History

2. Foundations • Early agriculture in Eastern and Western Hemispheres • Pastoral nomadism vs. settled lifestyles • Political, economic, & social characteristics of the four river valley civilizations • Early civilizations of Eastern and Western hemispheres • Political, economic, and social characteristics of the empires of Rome, Han, and Gupta • Exchanges in Indian Ocean vs. those in the Mediterranean Sea • Expansion of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity • Origins, philosophies, and goals of Confucianism and Daoism • Decline and fall of Han, Rome, Gupta • Trans-Saharan vs. Silk Roads trade

3. 600 - 1450 • Feudalism in Japan & Western Europe • Mongol rule in Russia & China • Muslim Spain & feudal Europe • Spread of Islam & Buddhism • Chinese & European presence in Indian Ocean • Urban areas in Islamic world, non-Islamic Europe & China • Acceptance of Islam in Africa & Europe • Mesoamerican vs. Andean civilizations • Polynesian, Viking, & Bantu migrations • Gender roles in early Islam & under caliphate

4. 1450 - 1750 • European vs. Asian rulers • Empires in Africa, Europe, & Asia • European vs. Asian economic systems • Reactions of Japan vs. China to West • Slavery vs. serfdom • Trade in Mughal India vs. Ming China • Russian vs. Ottoman interactions with West • Gender roles in Ming vs. western Europe • Transatlantic vs. Indian Ocean trade • Western European vs. Asian & Ottoman technology

5. 1750 - 1914 • The Industrial Revolutions in Europe, Russia, & Japan • Revolutions: American, French, Haitian, Mexican(19100), & Chinese • Responses to Western influence in China, Japan, India, & Ottoman Empire • Nationalism in Italy & Germany • Nationalism in Austrian Empire & Russia • Imperialism in India & Africa • Forms of imperialism in Africa & Latin America • Roles of women in upper & middle classes vs. lower class • Trade in Atlantic & Indian Ocean basins • Trade in Western Europe & Ottoman Empire

6. 1914 - Present • Postwar governments of Western nations vs. Soviet bloc • Decolonization in Africa vs. India • Effects of WW I vs. WW II • Russian Revolution vs. Chinese revolution • Reactions of Western vs. non-Western nations to U.S. consumer society • Female roles in China and West • Patterns of immigration in eastern vs. western hemispheres • Patterns of economic development in Africa vs. Latin America • Global trade in the Pacific Rim vs. the West • Political & economic conditions in Russia before & after communism