Grand canal ap world history simple definition
👉The one thing you need to know about this theme:
Economics develop a society. Food production, economic exchange, and the consumption of goods and services impact all the characteristics of an economy.**
📘College Board Description
Society, as it develops, affects or is affected by what they produce, trade and consume.
🔍Organizing Question
How does exchanging goods, producing goods and consuming goods create or affect an economy for a society? How do people earn their food?
📝Key Vocabulary
| The Atlantic System | Encomienda System | Mercantilism | The Columbian Exchange |
| Trading Markets | Industrialization | Joint-Stock Companies | Market Economy |
| Capitalism | Communism | Great Depression | Globalization |
Historical Examples
Units 1 & 2 (1200-1450)
The formation of a society in Unit 1 and Unit 2 of AP World History Modern relied heavily on the creation of an economic system. Societies found new ways to increase production capacity, expand trade networks, and create new innovations in agriculture and manufacturing that would greatly benefit them in the long run. The creation of trade networks led to an increase in human interactions within and across reg
AP World Unit 1
they conquered much of mesoamerica, used a tribute system to rule
conquered people paid tribute, surrendered land, and gave military service
local rulers kept their positions and served as tribute collectors
the aztec had political dominance without direct administrative control
conquered people were protected
city-states were groups into provinces
the government was a theocracy - rule by religious leaders
social hierarchy - emperor (Great Speaker) political and divine ruler, land owning nobles, scribes/healers, craftspeople/traders, luxury merchants (pochteca), peasants/soldiers, and slaves (in debt, criminals - often religious sacrifices)
religion - central in aztec society with hundreds of deities, gods sacrificed themselves to make the world, sacrifice was repayment for human sin, human sacrifice may have been for political reasons and was prob exaggerated by spanish to justify their conquests
role of women - wove tributary cloth (!!), most women worked in the home, some had jobs as priestesses, healers, merchants, or scribes, some were literate
decline - the aztecs didn’t have advanced tech: agriculture was inefficient,
The Post Classical Era - AP World History Flashcards
East Asia from 1200 to 1450 CE was a time of great change and growth. The region saw powerful dynasties, the spread of cultural traditions, and amazing new inventions. China was at the center of many of these developments. Its government systems, cultural ideas, and economic innovations shaped not only China but also its neighbors like Japan and Korea. This guide will help you understand these important developments.
How Chinese Dynasties Governed
The Song Dynasty (960-1279) didn't invent China's government system, but they sure improved it:
They recruited officials through tough exams on Confucian texts Local governors collected taxes and kept order in the provinces The emperor stood at the top, making final decisions Court officials advised the emperor and ran government departments The military answered directly to the imperial court
The Song emperors faced challenges around 1127 when the Jin people (nomads from the north) invaded. The Song rulers had to pack up and move south, starting what historians call the Southern Song period.
Then came the Mongols. These fierce warriors from the steppes conquered pretty much everyone, including China. When they took over