Themes

Themes

  • The six themes of AP World are the SPICE-T categories
  • The College Board pulls all their prompts from these six themes, so know them in advance!

SPICE-T

πŸ‘₯ Social Interactions and Organization
  • Includes stuff like class structures, gender roles, race and ethnicity, urbanization, freedom and rights
βš–οΈ Political Systems and Government
  • Includes stuff like government, nations and nationalism, revolts, conflicts, war, legal systems
🌱 Interactions with Environment and other Humans
  • Demographics, disease, migration, natural resources, settlement patterns and barriers, plants and food crops
πŸ™ Cultural Developments and Interactions
  • Religions, belief systems, language, writing, art, architecture, education, science and tech, nationalist sentiments
πŸ’ΈΒ Economic Systems
  • Commonly traded goods, production (agricultural, industrial), trade, commerce, labor systems, industrialization, wealth distribution
πŸ’Ύ Technology and Innovation

Themes You Should Know per Unit

This info was pulled directly from College Board!
γ…€
Unit 1 The Global Tapestry
Unit 2 Networks of Exchange
Unit 3 Land-Based Empires
Unit 4 Transoceanic Interconnections
Unit 5 Revolutions
Unit 6 Consequences of Industrialization
Unit 7 Global Conflict
Unit 8 Cold War & Decolonization
Unit 9 Globalization
πŸ‘₯ Social
Β  βœ…
γ…€
γ…€
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βš–οΈ Political
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
🌱 Interactions w/ Environment
γ…€
Β  βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
γ…€
γ…€
βœ…
πŸ™ Cultural
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
βœ…
πŸ’ΈΒ Economic
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
βœ…
πŸ’Ύ Technology
Β  βœ…
Β  βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
γ…€
βœ…
Β