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AP World History Modern lessons

9 sections · 71 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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AP World History Modern

Practice 71 skills across this outline.

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Economic Developments and Innovations: Industrial Age
Revolutions (1750-1900)
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
9 categories
Revolutions (1750-1900)
11%
Cold War and Decolonization (1900-present)
11%
Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750)
11%
Global Conflict (1900-present)
11%
Consequences of Industrialization (1750-1900)
11%
Globalization (1900-present)
11%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap world history modern — drill into a card to work its skills.

Revolutions (1750-1900)

10 core skills11% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Economic Developments and Innovations: Industrial AgeRecommended
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2
Continuity and Change: Industrial AgeAvailable
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3
Industrialization: Government's RoleAvailable
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4
Industrialization SpreadsAvailable
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5
Industrial Revolution BeginsAvailable
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6
Nationalism and RevolutionsAvailable
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7
Reactions to the Industrial EconomyAvailable
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8
Society and the Industrial AgeAvailable
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9
Technology of the Industrial AgeAvailable
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10
The EnlightenmentAvailable
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Cold War and Decolonization (1900-present)

9 core skills11% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Causation: The Cold War and DecolonizationAvailable
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2
Decolonization After 1900Available
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3
Effects of the Cold WarAvailable
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4
End of the Cold WarAvailable
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5
Global Resistance to Established OrderAvailable
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6
Introduction: The Cold War and DecolonizationAvailable
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7
Newly Independent StatesAvailable
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8
Spread of Communism After 1900Available
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9
The Cold WarAvailable
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Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750)

8 core skills11% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Continuity and ChangeAvailable
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2
Changing Social HierarchiesAvailable
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3
Columbian ExchangeAvailable
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4
Exploration: Causes and EventsAvailable
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5
Internal/External Challenges to State PowerAvailable
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6
Maritime Empires Maintained and DevelopedAvailable
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7
Maritime Empires EstablishedAvailable
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8
Technological InnovationsAvailable
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Global Conflict (1900-present)

9 core skills11% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
The Economy in the Interwar PeriodAvailable
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2
Causation in Global ConflictAvailable
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3
Causes of World War IIAvailable
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4
Causes of World War IAvailable
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5
Conducting World War IAvailable
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6
Conducting World War IIAvailable
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7
Mass Atrocities After 1900Available
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8
Shifting Power After 1900Available
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9
Unresolved Tensions After World War IAvailable
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Consequences of Industrialization (1750-1900)

8 core skills11% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
State ExpansionAvailable
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2
Rationales for ImperialismAvailable
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3
Causes of MigrationAvailable
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4
Causation in the Imperial AgeAvailable
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5
Economic ImperialismAvailable
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6
Effects of MigrationAvailable
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7
Global Economic DevelopmentAvailable
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8
Indigenous Responses to State ExpansionAvailable
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Globalization (1900-present)

9 core skills11% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Advances in Technology/Exchange After 1900Available
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2
Continuity/Change in a Globalized WorldAvailable
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3
Economics in the Global AgeAvailable
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4
Globalized Culture After 1900Available
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5
Institutions Developing in a Globalized WorldAvailable
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6
Reform and Responses After 1900Available
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7
Resistance to Globalization After 1900Available
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8
Technological Advances/Limitations: Disease After 1900Available
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9
Technological Advances: Environmental Debates After 1900Available
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The Global Tapestry (1200-1450)

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Comparison in the Period 1200-1450Available
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2
Developments in East AsiaAvailable
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3
Developments in EuropeAvailable
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4
Developments in Dar al-IslamAvailable
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5
Developments in South and Southeast AsiaAvailable
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6
State Building in AfricaAvailable
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7
State Building in the AmericasAvailable
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Land-Based Empires (1450-1750)

4 core skills11% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Comparison in Land-Based EmpiresAvailable
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2
Empires: Belief SystemsAvailable
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3
Empires ExpandAvailable
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4
Empires: AdministrationAvailable
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Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Comparison of Economic ExchangeAvailable
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2
Cultural Consequences of ConnectivityAvailable
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3
Environmental Consequences of ConnectivityAvailable
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4
Exchange in the Indian OceanAvailable
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5
Mongol Empire: Making the Modern WorldAvailable
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6
The Silk RoadsAvailable
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7
Trans-Saharan Trade RoutesAvailable
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