- 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
π₯ Social Interactions and Organization
- Includes stuff like class structures, gender roles, race and ethnicity, urbanization, freedom and rights
βοΈ Political Systems and Government
- Includes stuff like government, nations and nationalism, revolts, conflicts, war, legal systems
π± Interactions with Environment and other Humans
- Demographics, disease, migration, natural resources, settlement patterns and barriers, plants and food crops
π Cultural Developments and Interactions
- Religions, belief systems, language, writing, art, architecture, education, science and tech, nationalist sentiments
πΈΒ Economic Systems
- Commonly traded goods, production (agricultural, industrial), trade, commerce, labor systems, industrialization, wealth distribution
πΎ Technology and Innovation
Themes You Should Know per Unit
This info was pulled directly from College Board!
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€ | 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 |
π₯ Social | Β β
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€ | β
| β
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| β
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βοΈ Political | Β β
| Β β
| Β β
| β
| β
| β
| β
| β
| β
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π± Interactions w/ Environment | γ
€ | Β β
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€ | β
| β
| β
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€ | γ
€ | β
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π Cultural | Β β
| Β β
| Β β
| β
| β
| β
| γ
€ | β
| β
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πΈΒ Economic | Β β
| Β β
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€ | β
| β
| β
| β
| β
| β
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πΎ Technology | Β β
| Β β
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€ | β
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€ | β
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€ | β
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