Year Month Thematic Topic DBQ Topic 2017 January Needs and Wants (Economics) British Colonial Rule in India 2016 August Belief Systems Pollution: Urbanization & Industrialization 2016 June Geography/Technical Innovations Post-WWII Divisions: Germany, Palestine, British India 2016 January Imperialism Laws and Orders: Tokugawa Shogunate, Third Reich, Pass Books in South Africa 2015 August Movement of People and Goods Leaders: Louis XIV, Stalin, Pol Pot 2015 June Belief Systems Empire: Roman, Ottoman, British 2015 January Human & Physical Geography Individuals, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Robespierre, Gandhi 2014 August Political Leaders Armed Conflict, Diseases, Child Labor 2014 June Individuals: Challenge to Authority Turning Points: Bubonic Plague, Treaty of Nanjing, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 2014 January Human Rights Irrigation in Egypt, chinampos by Aztecs, coal in Industrial Revolution Britain 2013 August Armed Conflict Economic development in China, Mexico & Botswana 2013 June Change: Revolutions Technology: Mongol bow/stirrup, caravel by the Spanish, railroads in India 2013 January Change: Collapse of Government Salt, sugar & cotton 2012 August Technology Protest movements: suffragette movement in Britain, prodemocracy movement in China, antiapartheid movement in South Africa
2012 June Geography s Impact on Civilizations 2012 January Individuals Authoritarian Rulers: Emperor Shi Huangdi, Czar Peter the Great, King Louis XIV Transportation Systems: Roads, Canals, Railroads 2011 August Global Issues Since 1945 Conquests: Mongols, Spanish, Ottomans Human Rights Abuses: Ukrainian Holocaust, 2011 June Technology Cambodia, Rwanda 2011 January Geography Marxism 2010 August Nationalism Religion: Islam, Christianity, Buddhism 2010 June Change: Individuals and Ideas Geography: Deserts, Monsoons, Cold Climates 2010 January Culture & Intellectual Life Revolutions: Neolithic, Agrarian, Green 2009 August Belief Systems Waterways 2009 June Human Rights 2009 January 2008 August Geography: Development of Nations/Regions Geography: Humans Change Environment Economic Changes: Middle Ages, Industrial Revolution, Age of Globalization Individuals: da Vinci, L'Ouverture, Gandhi Migration: Africans, Jews, Hindus/Muslims 2008 June Belief Systems Problems: Genocide, Threats to Environment, Weapons of Mass Destruction
2008 January Change: Revolutions Government Control: Peter the Great, Hitler, Mao 2007 August Political Systems Natural Resources: Helped or Hindered Development 2007 June Political Change Economic Systems: Manorialism, Mercantilism, Communism 2007 January Human Rights Violations Turning Points: French Revolution 2006 August Movement of People and Goods: Trade Cold War: Europe, Asia, Latin America 2006 June Conflict Industrial Revolution 2006 January Philosophers & Leaders: Change Imperialism 2005 August Leaders: Change Technology: Printing Press, Steam-powered Machinery, Atomic Bomb 2005 June Global Problems: Cause & Effect War: Reasons & Outcomes 2005 January 20th Century Political Events 2004 August Economic Systems: Manorialism, Capitalism, Communism Groups: Mongols, Spanish, French Epidemics: Black Death & AIDS
2004 June Turning Points British Imperialism: Positive & Negative Consequences 2004 January Individuals: Positive & Negative Effects on Society Revolutions: Neolithic, Scientific, Green 2003 August Geography's Impact on Society Nationalism 2003 June Conflict: Differences Among Groups 2003 January Change: Political Revolutions Turning Points: Neolithic Revolution, Age of Exploration, Collapse of Communism in Soviet Union Geographic Factors: Great Britain & Japan 2002 August Individuals: Change Migration 2002 June Geography & Society Human Rights Abuses Post-1945 2002 January Geographic Factors & Economic Reform Historical Development 2001 August Turning Points Roles of Women 2001 June 2001 January Geography: Positive & Negative Impact Economic Change: Industrialization Industrialization: Environmental Impact Revolutions: France, China, Iran
2000 August Science & Technology 2000 June Justice & Human Rights Human Rights Abuses: Children Economic Systems: Capitalism & Communism