AP History (World / US / European)

Course Overview 课程介绍

AP 历史含世界史、美国史与欧洲史三门，结构相似，含 SAQ/DBQ/LEQ。

AP History, administered by the College Board, comprises three common exams: AP World History: Modern, AP United States History, and AP European History. All emphasize historical thinking skills—contextualization, continuity and change, causation, comparison, evidence analysis and argumentation—with a shared exam format of SAQ, DBQ and LEQ.

Key Facts 基本信息

Sub-Exam: World History — Modern AP World History: Modern 章节

世界史 9 单元，从 1200 年全球织锦到当代全球化。

• WorldUnit 1. The Global Tapestry (1200–1450)
  State of civilizations in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe
• WorldUnit 2. Networks of Exchange (1200–1450)
  Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade, trans-Saharan trade and cultural diffusion
• WorldUnit 3. Land-Based Empires (1450–1750)
  Expansion and rule of the Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal and Ming/Qing empires
• WorldUnit 4. Transoceanic Interconnections (1450–1750)
  Maritime exploration, Columbian Exchange, colonial empires and the slave trade
• WorldUnit 5. Revolutions (1750–1900)
  Enlightenment; American, French and Haitian revolutions; Industrial Revolution and nationalism
• WorldUnit 6. Consequences of Industrialization (1750–1900)
  Imperialism, new imperialism and migration patterns
• WorldUnit 7. Global Conflict (1900–present)
  World War I, World War II and the Holocaust, origins of the Cold War
• WorldUnit 8. Cold War and Decolonization (1900–present)
  Bipolar order, decolonization movements and emerging states
• WorldUnit 9. Globalization (1900–present)
  Technology, economic integration, cultural and environmental global interactions

Sub-Exam: US History AP United States History 章节

美国史按 9 个时段组织，从 1491 年原住民社会到 21 世纪当代美国。

• USHPeriod 1 (1491–1607)
  Native American societies; European exploration and pre-colonial Americas
• USHPeriod 2 (1607–1754)
  Founding and social development of British North American colonies; origins of slavery
• USHPeriod 3 (1754–1800)
  Revolutionary War and nation-building; Constitution and the early Republic
• USHPeriod 4 (1800–1848)
  Jefferson to Jackson era; westward expansion and reform movements
• USHPeriod 5 (1844–1877)
  Civil War and Reconstruction; slavery, secession and postwar rebuilding
• USHPeriod 6 (1865–1898)
  Gilded Age; industrialization, urbanization and the western frontier
• USHPeriod 7 (1890–1945)
  Progressivism through WWII; imperialism, world wars and the Great Depression
• USHPeriod 8 (1945–1980)
  Cold War era; civil rights movement, Vietnam and domestic social change
• USHPeriod 9 (1980–present)
  Contemporary America; conservatism, end of the Cold War and 21st-century challenges

Sub-Exam: European History AP European History 章节

欧洲史 9 单元，从文艺复兴与探索到冷战与当代欧洲。

• EuroUnit 1. Renaissance and Exploration (1450–1648)
  Humanism, Italian city-states and the Age of Discovery
• EuroUnit 2. Age of Reformation (c. 1450–c. 1648)
  Protestant Reformation, Catholic Reformation and wars of religion
• EuroUnit 3. Absolutism and Constitutionalism (c. 1648–c. 1815)
  Louis XIV, English constitutionalism and Eastern European absolutism
• EuroUnit 4. Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments (c. 1648–c. 1815)
  Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment; rationalism and political thought
• EuroUnit 5. Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century (c. 1648–c. 1815)
  Late-18th-century conflict and crisis; French Revolution and Napoleon
• EuroUnit 6. Industrialization and Its Effects (c. 1815–c. 1914)
  Industrial Revolution, social change and ideologies
• EuroUnit 7. 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments (c. 1815–c. 1914)
  Nationalism, liberalism, unification and imperialism
• EuroUnit 8. 20th-Century Global Conflicts (c. 1914–present)
  World War I, World War II, totalitarianism and the Holocaust
• EuroUnit 9. Cold War and Contemporary Europe (c. 1914–present)
  Bipolar order, EU integration and post-Cold War transition

Exam Structure 考试结构

Credit Transfer 学分转换与衔接

4/5 分常换算历史通识或人文选修，历史专业常要求 5 分换核心学分。

All three AP History exams use a 1–5 scale; most US colleges grant credit for 4 or 5, typically mapping to general education history or humanities electives. Some schools accept US History as the American-history requirement. Policies vary by institution; history majors often require a 5 for core credit.