Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap World History

by McCannon, John

• ISBN13: 9780764178795
• ISBN10: 0764178792
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep

Summary

The just-published book-only version of this test preparation manual is now available with an optional CD-ROM, which presents virtually all of the book’s contents, including the two full-length model AP World History tests. All questions are answered, and the CD-ROM provides automatic scoring when students complete each test. The book-only version of this title (ISBN 0-7641-3271-7) remains available for students who don’t wish to use the CD-ROM.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
How to Use This Book	p. 2
The Advanced Placement Examination in World History: An Overview	p. 4
Multiple-Choice Question Strategies	p. 7
Free-Response (Essay) Questions: General Tips	p. 13
Document-Based Question Strategies	p. 17
Change-over-Time Essay Question Strategies	p. 25
Comparative Essay Question Strategies	p. 29
Foundations of World Civilization: (CA. 8000 B.C.E.-600 C.E.)	p. 35
Unit Overview	p. 36
Geography, Environment, and Humanity	p. 41
Geographic orientation
Humanity and the environment
Quick Review	p. 43
Building Blocks of Civilization	p. 45
Early humans and the Stone Age
Neolithic revolution: Pastoralism and agriculture
From Stone Age to civilization: Early cities, metallurgy, and writing
Quick Review	p. 51
Major Societies, Kingdoms, and Empires to 600 C.E.	p. 53
The river valley civilizations
The Celts
The ancient Middle East
Greece and Rome
China through the Han and Sui dynasties
Central Asia
Early Japan
Classical India
Byzantium
Early medieval Europe
Bantu Africa, Nubia, and Ghana
Early cultures in the Americas
Quick Review	p. 68
Social Structure and Cross-Cultural Connections	p. 70
Class structures
Forms of government
Slavery
War
Trade
Religious interaction
The migration of peoples
Quick Review	p. 76
Religious Traditions and Belief Systems	p. 78
Polytheism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Daoism (Taoism)
Confucianism
Christianity
Islam
Quick Review	p. 92
Unit Two: Review Questions	p. 94
World Cultures Maturing: (600-1450)	p. 99
Unit Overview	p. 100
Europe During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance	p. 104
Feudalism and the manor system
The ideal of Christendom
The western monarchies and the eastern frontier
The Crusades
Urbanization, trade, and society
Medieval culture
The Renaissance
Quick Review	p. 117
Islam in the Middle East and Africa	p. 120
The expansion of Islam and the first caliphates
Islam in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa
The rise of the Turks
Islamic culture
Quick Review	p. 125
China, Japan, and East Asia	p. 127
The Sui and Tang dynasties
Song (Sung) China
The Mongol conquest and Yuan China
The Early Ming dynasty
Heian Japan
Feudal Japan and the first shogunates
Korea and Vietnam
Quick Review	p. 133
South and Southeast Asia	p. 136
India and the Delhi Sultanate
Other Indian states
Southeast Asia
The Polynesian migrations
Quick Review	p. 140
The Mongol Empires	p. 142
Genghis Khan and the rise of the Mongols
The first wave of conquest
The second wave of conquest and the Pax Mongolica
Breakup of the Mongol Empire
Quick Review	p. 144
Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 147
Introduction to sub-Saharan Africa
West and Central Africa
The eastern coast
Quick Review	p. 150
The Americas	p. 153
North America
Mexico and Central America
South America
Quick Review	p. 157
Unit Three: Review Questions	p. 160
World Cultures Interacting: (1450-1750)	p. 167
Unit Overview	p. 168
Europe: Reformation, Absolutism, and Enlightenment	p. 173
The Protestant Reformation and its aftermath
Absolute and parliamentary monarchies
The printing press, the Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment philosophy
Society and economics
Quick Review	p. 182
Age of Discovery, Age of Imperialism: The Western Campaign of Exploration and Colonization	p. 185
Economic motivations and technological capabilities
The Iberian wave of exploration: Spain and Portugal
The northern wave: France, the Dutch Republic, and England
Quick Review	p. 191
Islamic Empires in the Middle East and Africa	p. 193
The Ottoman Empire
North Africa under the Ottoman Empire
The Safavid Empire in Persia
Quick Review	p. 197
China, Japan, and East Asia	p. 199
Ming China
The Qing (Manchu) conquest of China
Feudal war and reunification in Japan
The Tokugawa Shogunate and the consolidation of Japan
Quick Review	p. 203
South and Southeast Asia	p. 206
Mughal India
Southeast Asia
Quick Review	p. 209
Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 211
West and Central Africa
South Africa
East Africa
African culture
The Atlantic slave trade
Quick Review	p. 215
The Americas as "New World"	p. 217
New Spain
Portuguese Brazil
Dutch and English North America
French Canada and Louisiana
The Russian-American Company
The Columbian Exchange
Quick Review	p. 222
Unit Four: Review Questions	p. 224
World Cultures in the Modern Era: (1750-1914)	p. 231
Unit Overview	p. 232
The Europeans at Home: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform	p. 237
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
Reaction and reform: Politics in Europe, 1815-1914
Intellectual and cultural currents
Quick Review	p. 245
Industrialization and Worldwide Economic Trends	p. 248
The Industrial Revolution
Economic theories and movements
The global impact of industrialization
Quick Review	p. 253
The Europeans Abroad: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Foreign Policy	p. 256
Causes of imperialism
Europe's overseas empires
Aggression at home: Nationalism, warfare, and alliance systems
Quick Review	p. 262
The Middle East	p. 265
The decline of the Ottoman Empire
Egypt and North Africa
Persia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Quick Review	p. 270
China and Japan	p. 272
Qing (Manchu) China in decline
Isolation and partial modernization in Tokugawa Japan
The Meiji Restoration and Japanese ascendancy
Quick Review	p. 280
India and Southeast Asia	p. 283
From foothold to mastery: The British in late-eighteenth-century India
India under British rule: The 1800s
Southeast Asia
Quick Review	p. 288
Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 291
Freedom's twilight: African states from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s
The end of the Atlantic slave trade
European imperialism and the "Scramble for Africa"
Quick Review	p. 298
Revolution and Consolidation in North and South America	p. 301
The American Revolution and the birth of the United States
The Haitian Rebellion
The Latin American wars of independence
Political consolidation in Latin America
Quick Review	p. 308
Unit Five: Review Questions	p. 312
The Twentieth Century and Contemporary World Cultures: (1914-Present)	p. 319
Unit Overview	p. 320
World War I	p. 327
Background and beginning
Combat
The home front
The Paris Peace Conference
Long-term consequences
Quick Review	p. 335
The Twenty Years' Crisis: The World During the Interwar Period	p. 338
Political extremism and economic depression in Europe
Nationalism and modernization in the Middle East
Militarism and revolution in Asia
Dictatorship in Latin America
Quick Review	p. 348
World War II and the Holocaust	p. 351
The road to war
The Axis ascendant, 1939-1941
The Allied quest for victory, 1942-1945
The Holocaust and other war crimes
Quick Review	p. 360
The Cold War	p. 363
Wartime diplomacy
The Cold War begins, 1945-1949
The Cold War globalizes, 1949-1968
The late stages of the Cold War, 1968-1991
Quick Review	p. 371
Divergent Forms of Development in the Postwar World, 1945-1991	p. 374
Recovery in postwar Europe
Decolonization and the emergence of the developing world
The Middle East
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Quick Review	p. 390
Social Developments, Cultural Changes, and Intellectual Trends	p. 393
Economic globalization
Social trends and movements
Women and the shift in gender relations
Thought, culture, and science
Quick Review	p. 403
Integration or Fragmentation? Globalism in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries	p. 407
Diplomacy after the Cold War
Security concerns
Nationalist extremism, ethnic tensions, and religious fundamentalism
Environmental issues
Regionalism, globalization, and multiculturalism
Quick Review	p. 414
Unit Six: Review Questions	p. 417
Model Advanced Placement World History Examinations	p. 423
Model Examination I	p. 427
Model Examination II	p. 451
Index	p. 477
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