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CCOT 2002 Global Trade Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze how each
Patterns, area’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from 1750
1750-present to the present. Be sure to describe each area’s involvement in
global patterns around 1750 as your starting point.

Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa

East Asia The Middle East
Eastern Europe North America
South and Southeast Asia

CCOT 2003 Impact of Islam, Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political
1000-1750 impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000
and 1750 C.E. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as
changes.
West Africa South Asia Europe

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes that resulted from the spread
of Islam into ONE of the following regions in the period
between circa 800 C.E. and circa 1750:
• West Africa • South Asia • Europe

CCOT 2004 Labor Systems, Analyze the changes and continuities in labor systems between
1750-1914 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the following areas. In your analysis,
be sure to discuss the causes of the changes and the reasons for
the continuities.
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Russia
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in labor systems between
1750 and 1900 in ONE of the following regions.
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Oceania
• Sub-Saharan Africa

CCOT 2005 Atlantic World, Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred
1492-1750 as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and
the Americas from 1492 to 1750.
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CCOT 2006 Late Classical Era Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in
Civilizations ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of
the classical era
Chinese, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E.
Roman, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E.
Indian, 300 C.E. to 600 C.E.

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in the cultural and political
life of ONE of the following societies.
• Chinese, 100 CE to 600 CE
• Roman, 100 CE to 600 CE
• Indian, 300 CE to 600 CE

CCOT 2007 20th Century Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of
Development of national identities in ONE of the regions listed below from
National Identity 1914 to the present. Be sure to include evidence from specific
countries in the region selected.

Middle East Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in nationalist ideology and
practice in ONE of the following regions from the First World
War to the present:
• Middle East • Southeast Asia • Sub-Saharan Africa

CCOT 2008 Indian Ocean Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce in the
Commerce Indian Ocean region from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E.

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in the commercial life of the
Indian Ocean region from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E.

CCOT 2009 Silk Roads 200 BCE- Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions
1450 CE along the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes along the Silk Roads from
200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.
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CCOT 2010 Religious/Cultural Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious
Beliefs & Practices, beliefs and practices in ONE of the following regions from
1450-Present 1450 to the present.
Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America/Caribbean

Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in cultural beliefs and
practices in ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the
present.
• Sub-Saharan Africa • Latin America/Caribbean

CCOT 2011 Long Distance Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations
Migrations, in the period from 1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific
1700–1900 examples from at least TWO different world regions.

CCOT 2012 Afro-Eurasian Analyze continuities and changes in trade networks between
Trade Networks, Africa and Eurasia from circa 300 C.E. to 1450 C.E
300-1450

CCOT 2013 Mediterranean Analyze how political transformations contributed to

Culture 200-1000 continuities and changes in the cultures of the Mediterranean
region during the period circa 200 C.E. to 1000 C.E.

CCOT 2013 Rulers Use of Art Analyze continuities and changes in the ways rulers and
Int’l & Architecture religious authorities used art and architecture before 600 C.E.

CCOT 2014 Interregional Analyze continuities and changes in the ways ONE of the
Trade, 1500-1750 following regions participated in interregional trade during the
period circa 1500 to 1750.
Latin America, including the Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southeast Asia

Comp 2002 China & Japan’s Analyze and Compare the differing responses of China and
Responses to the Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century.
West
Revised Version:
Compare differing responses to industrialization in any TWO
of the following:
• Japan • Ottoman Empire • Russia
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Comp 2003 Roles of Women, Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the
1750-1914 following regions during the period 1750 to 1914.

East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

Latin America Western Europe

Comp 2004 Effects of WWI Compare and contrast how the First World War and its out-
Outside Europe comes affected TWO of the following regions in the period
from the war through the 1930s.

East Asia Middle East South Asia (Indian subcontinent)

Revised Version:
Compare the effects of the First World War in TWO of the
following regions:
• East Asia • Middle East • South Asia

Comp 2005 Effects of Mongols Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of
Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions:

China Middle East Russia

Revised Version:
Compare the process of state-building in TWO of the following
in the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.
• Islamic states • City-states • Mongol khanates

Comp 2006 20th Century Compare the goals and outcomes of the revolutionary process
Revolutions in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates
specified.

Mexico 1910 China 1911 Russia 1917

Revised Version:
Compare the outcomes of the movements to redistribute land in
TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates
specified.
• Mexico, 1910 • China, 1911 • Russia, 1917
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Comp 2007 Spanish vs. Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare the processes
Ottoman/Russian (e.g., political, social, economic) of empire building in the
Empire Building Spanish Empire with the empire-building processes in ONE of
Process the following.

The Ottoman Empire OR The Russian Empire

Revised Version:
Compare the historical processes of empire building in the
Spanish maritime empire during the period from 1450 through
1800 with the historical processes of empire building in ONE
of the following land-based empires.
• The Ottoman Empire OR • The Russian Empire

Comp 2008 Emergence of Compare the emergence of nation-states in nineteenth-century

Nation-States, 19th- Latin America with the emergence of nation-states in ONE of
20th Centuries the following regions in the twentieth century.

Sub-Saharan Africa The Middle East

Comp 2009 Racial Ideologies, For the period from 1500 to 1830, compare North American
North vs. Latin racial ideologies and their effects on society with Latin
America 1500-1830 American/Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on
society.

Revised Version:
Compare the effects of racial ideologies on North American
societies with those on Latin American/Carribean societies
during the period from 1500 to 1830.

Comp 2010 Classical Empires Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political
Political Control control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical
Methods period.
Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.)
Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)

Revised Version:
Analyze similarities and differences in techniques of imperial
administration in TWO of the following empires.
• Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
• Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.)
• Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)
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Comp 2011 Rise of Post- Analyze similarities and differences in the rise of TWO of the
Classical Empires following empires.
A West African Sudanic empire (Mali/Ghana/Songhay)
The Aztec Empire
The Mongol Empire

Comp 2012 Columbian Compare demographic and environmental effects of the

Exchange Columbian Exchange on the Americas with the Columbian
Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on ONE of
the following regions between 1492 and 1750.
Africa Asia Europe

Comp 2013 State’s role in Analyze similarities and differences between the role of the
Economic state in Japan’s economic development and the role of the state
Development in the economic development of ONE of the following during
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
China Ottoman Empire Russia

Comp 2013 Gender Roles & Analyze similarities and differences in gender roles and family
Int’l Family Relations, relations during the period circa 1850 to 2000 in TWO of the
1850-2000 following areas.
East Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe

Comp 2014 Empires Use of Analyze similarities and differences in how TWO of the
Religion to Govern following empires used religion to govern before 1450.
Byzantine Empire
Islamic Caliphates
Mauryan/Gupta Empires

DBQ 2002 Christian & Using the documents, compare and contrast the attitudes of
Muslim Attitudes Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the
Toward Merchants religions’ origins until about 1500. Are there indications of
& Trade change over time in either case, or both? What kinds of
additional documents would you need to assess the
consequences of these attitudes on merchant activities?

DBQ 2003 19th-20th century Analyze the main features, including causes and consequences,
Indentured of the system of indentured servitude that developed as part of
Servitude global economic changes in the nineteenth and into the
twentieth centuries. What additional kind of document(s)
would help assess the historical significance of indentured
servitude in this period?
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DBQ 2004 Chinese Responses Analyze the responses to the spread of Buddhism in China.
to Buddhism What additional kind of document(s) would you need to
evaluate the extent of Buddhism’s appeal in China?

DBQ 2005 20th century Muslim Analyze the issues that twentieth-century Muslim leaders in
Nationalism South Asia and North Africa confronted in defining their
nationalism. What additional kind of document(s) would be
most helpful in furthering your analysis?

DBQ 2006 Global Silver Trade Using the documents, analyze the social and economic effects
of the global flow of silver from the mid-sixteenth century to
the early eighteenth century. Explain how another type of
document would help you analyze the effects of the flow of
silver bullion in this period.

DBQ 2007 Han & Roman Using the documents, analyze Han and Roman attitudes toward
Attitudes toward technology. Identify one additional type of document and
Technology explain briefly how it would help your analysis.

DBQ 2008 Factors Shaping Based on the following documents, analyze factors that shaped
Modern Olympics the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. Identify
and explain what additional type of document(s) or sources
would help you assess these factors.

DBQ 2009 African reactions to Using the documents, analyze African actions and reactions in
Scramble for Africa response to the European Scramble for Africa. Identify an
additional type of document and explain how it would help in
assessing African actions and reactions.

DBQ 2010 Mechanization of Using the following documents, analyze similarities and differ-
Japanese & Indian ences in the mechanization of the cotton industry in Japan and
Cotton Industry India in the period from the 1880s to the 1930s. Identify an
additional type of document and explain how it would help
your analysis of the mechanization of the cotton industry.

DBQ 2011 Green Revolution Using the following documents, analyze the causes and conse-
quences of the Green Revolution in the period from 1945 to the
present. Identify and explain one additional type of document
and explain how it would help your analysis of the Green
Revolution.
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DBQ 2012 Cricket & Politics Using the following documents, analyze the relationship
in South Asia between cricket and politics in South Asia from 1880 to 2005.
Identify an additional type of document and briefly explain how
it would help analyze the relationship between cricket and
politics.

DBQ 2013 Connections btwn Analyze connections between regional issues and European
Regional & Europe struggles for global power in the mid-eighteenth century.
Global Power Identify an additional type of document and explain how it
Struggles, mid-18th would help your analysis of these connections.
century

DBQ 2013 Caribbean Analyze the multiple causes of and various responses to
Int’l Smuggling smuggling activities in the Caribbean region during the late
Activities eighteenth century. Identify one additional kind of document
and explain briefly how it would help your analysis of the
causes and responses.

DBQ 2014 Relationship Using the following documents, analyze the relationship
between peasants & between Chinese peasants and the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Communist between circa 1925 and circa 1950. Identify one additional type
Party, 1925-1950 of document and explain how it would help you assess the
relationship between Chinese peasants and the Chinese
Communist Party.
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2002 Using the documents, compare and contrast Choose TWO of the areas listed below and Analyze and Compare the differing responses of
the attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward analyze how each area’s relationship to global China and Japan to western penetration in the
merchants and trade from the religions’ origins trade patterns changed from 1750 to the nineteenth century.
until about 1500. Are there indications of present. Be sure to describe each area’s
change over time in either case, or both? What involvement in global patterns around 1750 as Revised Version:
kinds of additional documents would you need your starting point.
Compare differing responses to industrialization
to assess the consequences of these attitudes
Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa in any TWO of the following:
on merchant activities?
East Asia The Middle East Japan
Eastern Europe North America Ottoman Empire
South and Southeast Asia Russia

2003 Analyze the main features, including causes Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, Compare and contrast the roles of women in
and consequences, of the system of indentured and political impact of Islam on ONE of the TWO of the following regions during the period
servitude that developed as part of global following regions between 1000 and 1750 C.E. 1750 to 1914.
economic changes in the nineteenth and into Be sure to discuss continuities as well as
East Asia
the twentieth centuries. What additional kind changes.
Sub-Saharan Africa
of document(s) would help assess the West Africa South Asia Europe
Latin America
historical significance of indentured servitude
Western Europe
in this period? Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes that resulted
from the spread of Islam into ONE of the
following regions in the period between circa
800 C.E. and circa 1750:
• West Africa • South Asia • Europe
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2004 Analyze the responses to the spread of Analyze the changes and continuities in labor Compare and contrast how the First World War
Buddhism in China. What additional kind of systems between 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the and its outcomes affected TWO of the following
document(s) would you need to evaluate the following areas. In your analysis, be sure to regions in the period from the war through the
extent of Buddhism’s appeal in China? discuss the causes of the changes and the 1930s.
reasons for the continuities. East Asia
• Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East
• Russia South Asia (Indian subcontinent)
• Sub-Saharan Africa
Revised Version:
Revised Version: Compare the effects of the First World War in
Analyze continuities and changes in labor TWO of the following regions:
systems between 1750 and 1900 in ONE of the • East Asia
following regions. • Middle East
• Latin America and the Caribbean • South Asia
• Oceania
• Sub-Saharan Africa

2005 Analyze the issues that twentieth-century Analyze the social and economic trans- Compare and contrast the political and
Muslim leaders in South Asia and North formations that occurred as a result of new economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the
Africa confronted in defining their nation- contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and following regions:
alism. What additional kind of document(s) the Americas from 1492 to 1750.
China Middle East Russia
would be most helpful in furthering your
analysis?
Revised Version:
Compare the process of state-building in TWO
of the following in the period 600 C.E. to
1450 C.E.
• Islamic states
• City-states
• Mongol khanates
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2006 Using the documents, analyze the social and Analyze the cultural and political changes and Compare the goals and outcomes of the revo-
economic effects of the global flow of silver continuities in ONE of the following lutionary process in TWO of the following
from the mid-sixteenth century to the early civilizations during the last centuries of the countries, beginning with the dates specified.
eighteenth century. Explain how another type classical era
Mexico 1910
of document would help you analyze the
Chinese, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. China 1911
effects of the flow of silver bullion in this
Roman, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. Russia 1917
period.
Indian, 300 C.E. to 600 C.E.
Revised Version:
Revised Version: Compare the outcomes of the movements to
Analyze continuities and changes in the redistribute land in TWO of the following
cultural and political life of ONE of the countries, beginning with the dates specified.
following societies. • Mexico, 1910
• Chinese, 100 CE to 600 CE • China, 1911
• Roman, 100 CE to 600 CE • Russia, 1917
• Indian, 300 CE to 600 CE

2007 Using the documents, analyze Han and Roman Analyze major changes and continuities in the Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare
attitudes toward technology. Identify one formation of national identities in ONE of the the processes (e.g., political, social, economic)
additional type of document and explain regions listed below from 1914 to the present. of empire building in the Spanish Empire with
briefly how it would help your analysis. Be sure to include evidence from specific the empire-building processes in ONE of the
countries in the region selected. following.
Middle East SE Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Ottoman Empire OR Russian Empire

Revised Version: Revised Version:

Analyze continuities and changes in nationalist Compare the historical processes of empire
ideology and practice in ONE of the following building in the Spanish maritime empire during
regions from the First World War to the the period from 1450 through 1800 with the
present: historical processes of empire building in ONE
• Middle East of the following land-based empires.
• Southeast Asia • The Ottoman Empire
• Sub-Saharan Africa OR
• The Russian Empire
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2008 Based on the following documents, analyze Analyze the changes and continuities in Compare the emergence of nation-states in
factors that shaped the modern Olympic commerce in the Indian Ocean region from nineteenth-century Latin America with the
movement from 1892 to 2002. Identify and 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. emergence of nation-states in ONE of the
explain what additional type of document(s) or following regions in the twentieth century.
sources would help you assess these factors. Revised Version: Sub-Saharan Africa
Analyze continuities and changes in the The Middle East
commercial life of the Indian Ocean region
from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E.

2009 Using the documents, analyze African actions Analyze continuities and changes in patterns For the period from 1500 to 1830, compare
and reactions in response to the European of interactions along the Silk Roads from North American racial ideologies and their
Scramble for Africa. Identify an additional 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. effects on society with Latin American/
type of document and explain how it would Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on
help in assessing African actions and Revised Version: society.
reactions.
Analyze continuities and changes along the
Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. Revised Version:
Compare the effects of racial ideologies on
North American societies with those on Latin
American/Carribean societies during the period
from 1500 to 1830.
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2010 Using the following documents, analyze Describe and explain continuities and changes Analyze similarities and differences in methods
similarities and differences in the mechan- in religious beliefs and practices in ONE of the of political control in TWO of the following
ization of the cotton industry in Japan and following regions from 1450 to the present. empires in the Classical period.
India in the period from the 1880s to the Sub-Saharan Africa Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
1930s. Identify an additional type of document Latin America/Caribbean Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.)
and explain how it would help your analysis of Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)
the mechanization of the cotton industry. Revised Version:
Analyze continuities and changes in cultural Revised Version:
beliefs and practices in ONE of the following Analyze similarities and differences in
regions from 1450 to the present. techniques of imperial administration in TWO
• Sub-Saharan Africa of the following empires.
• Latin America/Caribbean • Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
• Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.)
• Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)

2011 Using the following documents, analyze the Analyze changes and continuities in long- Analyze similarities and differences in the rise
causes and consequences of the Green distance migrations in the period from 1700 to of TWO of the following empires.
Revolution in the period from 1945 to the 1900. Be sure to include specific examples A West African Sudanic empire (Mali/
present. Identify and explain one additional from at least TWO different world regions. Ghana/Songhay)
type of document and explain how it would The Aztec Empire
help your analysis of the Green Revolution. The Mongol Empire

2012 Using the following documents, analyze the Analyze continuities and changes in trade Compare demographic and environmental
relationship between cricket and politics in networks between Africa and Eurasia from effects of the Columbian Exchange on the
South Asia from 1880 to 2005. Identify an circa 300 C.E. to 1450 C.E Americas with the Columbian Exchange’s
additional type of document and briefly demographic and environmental effects on ONE
explain how it would help analyze the of the following regions between 1492 and
relationship between cricket and politics. 1750.
Africa Asia Europe
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2013 Analyze connections between regional issues Analyze how political transformations Analyze similarities and differences between the
and European struggles for global power in the contributed to continuities and changes in the role of the state in Japan’s economic develop-
mid-eighteenth century. Identify an additional cultures of the Mediterranean region during the ment and the role of the state in the economic
type of document and explain how it would period circa 200 C.E. to 1000 C.E. development of ONE of the following during the
help your analysis of these connections. late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
China Ottoman Empire Russia

2013 Analyze the multiple causes of and various Analyze continuities and changes in the ways Analyze similarities and differences in gender
Int’l responses to smuggling activities in the rulers and religious authorities used art and roles and family relations during the period circa
Caribbean region during the late eighteenth architecture before 600 C.E. 1850 to 2000 in TWO of the following areas.
century. Identify one additional kind of docu-
East Asia
ment and explain briefly how it would help
Sub-Saharan Africa
your analysis of the causes and responses.
Western Europe

2014 Using the following documents, analyze the Analyze continuities and changes in the ways Analyze similarities and differences in how
relationship between Chinese peasants and the ONE of the following regions participated in TWO of the following empires used religion to
Chinese Communist Party between circa 1925 interregional trade during the period circa 1500 govern before 1450.
and circa 1950. Identify one additional type of to 1750. Byzantine Empire
document and explain how it would help you Latin America, including the Caribbean Islamic Caliphates
assess the relationship between Chinese Sub-Saharan Africa Mauryan/Gupta Empires
peasants and the Chinese Communist Party. Southeast Asia