Barron's AP World History - Softcover

McCannon Ph.D., John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438002726 ISBN 13: 9781438002729

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2014

Synopsis

Fully revised, students will receive an in-depth preparation for the AP World History exam with:

Revised strategies for answering all question types

New unit short cut charts that help organize a better study plan

Two full-length model exams with answer explanations

A review of world history, from the foundations of civilization circa. 8000 B.C.E. to world cultures of the twenty-first century

Reflects the 9 Historical Thinking Skills required by the College Board and key concepts at the beginning of each chapter serve as a study guide. This manual can be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM that presents two additional full-length practice tests with automatic scoring and fully explained answers. BONUS! An exclusive online exam included with the purchase of the book or the book with CD-ROM.

About this title

About the Author

John McCannon earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1994. He has taught Russian, European, and world history at several universities in the United States and Canada and is a former editor of the Canadian Journal of History. He has worked as an Advanced Placement Reader for the College Board and is the author of Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union (1998) and A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation (2012). He is currently an associate professor of history at Southern New Hampshire University.

From the Inside Flap

Table of Contents:
Barron's Essential 5
INTRODUCTION

How to Use This Book
The Advanced Placement Examination in World History: An Overview
Historical Thinking Skills
Multiple-Choice Question Strategies
Free-Response (Essay) Questions: General Tips
Document-Based Question Strategies
Continuity and Change-Over-Time Essay Question Strategies
Comparative Essay Question Strategies
UNIT ONE: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS (8000 B.C.E.-600 B.C.E.)

1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth

2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies

3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies
UNIT TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS (600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.)

4 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions

5 The Development of States and Empires

6 Emerging Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange
UNIT THREE: REGIONAL AND TRANSREGIONAL INTERACTIONS (600-1450)

7 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 600-1450

8 Culture, Science, and Technology, 600-1450

9 Economic Systems, 600-1450

10 Social Structures, 600-1450

11 Humans and the Environment, 600-1450
UNIT FOUR: GLOBAL INTERACTIONS (1450-1750)

12 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1450-1750

13 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1450-1750

14 Economic Systems, 1450-1750

15 Social Structures, 1450-1750

16 Humans and the Environment, 1450-1750UNIT FIVE: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION (1750-1900)

17 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1750-1900

18 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1750-1900

19 Economic Systems, 1750-1900

20 Social Structures, 1750-1900

21 Humans and the Environment, 1750-1900
UNIT SIX: ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHANGE AND REALIGNMENTS (1900 to Present)

22 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part I), 1900-1945

23 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part II),1945 to Present

24 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1900 to Present

25 Economic Systems, 1900 to Present

26 Social Structures, 1900 to Present

27 Humans and the Environment, 1900 to Present
MODEL TESTS
Model Test 1
Model Test 2
Appendix: Map of Selected World Regions
Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438002726
• ISBN 13: 9781438002729
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 512