Period I-8,000 BCE to 600 CE
Question #2 (2006): CCOT Essay
Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in 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.

Period II-600 CE to 1450 CE
Question #3 (2005): C&C Essay
Compare and contrast the effects of Mongol rule on two if the following regions:
China
Middle East
Russia

Period III-1450 CE to 1750 CE
Question 2 (2003): CCOT Essay
Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 C.E. and 1750 C.E. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes.
West Africa
South Asia
Europe

Question #2 (2005): CCOT Essay
Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750.

Period IV-1750 CE to 1914 CE
Question #3 (2002): C&C Essay
Analyze and compare the differing responses of China and Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century. Question 3 (2003): C&C Essay
Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750 to 1914.
East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America Western Europe Question 2 (2004): CCOT Essay
Analyze the changes and continuities in labor systems between 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

Question #3 (2007): C&C Essay
Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare the processes (e.g., political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with the empire building processes in ONE of the following:
The Ottoman Empire
OR
The Russian Empire

Period V- 1914 to the Present
Question #2 (2002); CCOT Essay
Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze