Barron's AP world history / John McCannon, Ph. D., Department of History, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Provides chapter reviews of world history from prehistoric to modern times, test-taking strategies, study tips, and full-length practice tests with answers explanations.
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- ISBN: 9781438011097
- ISBN: 1438011091
- Physical Description: vii, 502 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: Eighth edition.
- Publisher: Hauppauge, New York : Barron's, [2018]
- Copyright: ℗♭2018.
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AP World History : With Online Tests
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Table of Contents
AP World History : With Online Tests
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Barron's Essential 5 | p. ix | |
Introduction | ||
How to Use This Book | p. 3 | |
The AP Exam in World History: An Overview | p. 6 | |
Disciplinary Practices and Reasoning Skills in History | p. 8 | |
Multiple-Choice Question Strategies | p. 9 | |
Short-Answer Question Strategies | p. 18 | |
Free-Response (Essay) Questions: General Tips | p. 22 | |
Document-Based Question (DBQ) Strategies | p. 26 | |
Long Essay Question (LEQ) Strategies | p. 39 | |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Online Resources | p. 45 | |
Unit 1 | Technological and Environmental Transformations (to 600 B.C.E.) | |
Short Cut | p. 49 | |
Scenic Route | p. 57 | |
1 | Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth | p. 59 |
Geographic Orientation | p. 59 | |
Human Origins and the First Migrations | p. 60 | |
Hunter-Forager Societies during the Early Stone Age (Paleolithic) | p. 61 | |
2 | The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies | p. 63 |
Pastoralism and Herding Societies | p. 63 | |
Agriculture | p. 64 | |
From Stone Age to Ages of Metal: Transitions to Civilization | p. 65 | |
3 | The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies | p. 67 |
Core/Foundational Civilizations and the First States | p. 67 | |
Society, Trade, and Economics | p. 74 | |
Culture, Thought, and Religion | p. 75 | |
Unit 2 | Organization and Reorganization Of Human Societies (600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.) | |
Short Cut | p. 81 | |
Scenic Route | p. 89 | |
4 | The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions | p. 91 |
The Persistence of Older Forms of Worship | p. 91 | |
Reformed Faiths and New Religions | p. 92 | |
Thought and Culture | p. 97 | |
5 | The Development of State and Empires | p. 101 |
Key States | p. 101 | |
Methods of Rule | p. 109 | |
Social Structures | p. m | |
Imperial and Political Overreach | p. 112 | |
6 | Emerging Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange | p. 113 |
Transregional Trade Routes | p. 113 | |
Innovations in Transport | p. 116 | |
Transmissions: The Effects of Communication and Exchange | p. 117 | |
Unit 3 | Regional and Interregioanl Interactions (600-1450) | |
Short Cut | p. 121 | |
Scenic Route | p. 137 | |
7 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 600-1450 | p. 139 |
State Building in Afro-Eurasia: Tradition and innovation | p. 140 | |
Afro-Eurasia: Interregional Contacts and Conflicts | p. 150 | |
State Formation in the Pre-Columbian Americas | p. 153 | |
8 | Culture, Science, and Technology, 600-1450 | p. 157 |
Cross-Cultural Exchange and Cultural Growth | p. 158 | |
Far from Home: Interregional Travelers | p. 160 | |
Old and New Traditions: Cultural Developments by Region | p. 161 | |
9 | Economic Systems, 600-1450 | p. 169 |
Trade Networks | p. 169 | |
Making Trade Easier: Technology, Banking, and Infrastructure | p. 173 | |
10 | Social Structures, 600-1450 | p. 175 |
Cities | p. 175 | |
Social Structures and Labor Management | p. 176 | |
Gender Roles | p. 180 | |
11 | Humans and the Environment, 600-1450 | p. 183 |
Migrations | p. 183 | |
The Impact of Industry and Agriculture | p. 184 | |
Environmental Forces: Disease and Climate | p. 185 | |
Unit 4 | Global Interactions (1450-1750) | |
Short Cut | p. 189 | |
Scenic Route | p. 201 | |
12 | State Building, Expansion, And Conflict, 1450-1750 | p. 203 |
Statecraft: Old and New Techniques of Governance | p. 204 | |
Empire-Building: The Age of Exploration and Colonization | p. 205 | |
Major States and Empires | p. 211 | |
13 | Culture, Science, and Technology, 1450-1750 | p. 219 |
Scientific and Technological Innovation | p. 220 | |
Religious Developments | p. 222 | |
Trends in Art, Literature, and Architecture | p. 226 | |
14 | Economic Systems, 1450-1750 | p. 231 |
The Early Globalization of Economics | p. 231 | |
From Mercantilism to Capitalism and Proto-Industrialization | p. 234 | |
15 | Social Structures, 1450-1750 | p. 237 |
Social Classes in Flux | p. 238 | |
Slavery and Coerced Labor | p. 240 | |
Gender and Ethnicity | p. 242 | |
16 | Humans and The Environment, 1450-1750 | p. 247 |
The Columbian Exchange | p. 247 | |
Monoculture and Resource Extraction: Ecological Effects | p. 249 | |
Unit 5 | Industrialization and Global Integration (1750-1900) | |
Short Cut | p. 253 | |
Scenic Route | p. 265 | |
17 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1750-1900 | p. 267 |
The Atlantic Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Politics | p. 268 | |
Western Imperialism and Global Conflict | p. 273 | |
Political Developments by Region | p. 276 | |
18 | Culture, Science, and Technology, 1750-1900 | p. 293 |
Art and Culture in the Modern Era | p. 293 | |
Political Thought: New Philosophies and Ideologies | p. 297 | |
Science and Secularism in the Industrial Era | p. 300 | |
19 | Economic Systems, 1750-1900 | p. 303 |
Industrial Revolutions in the West | p. 304 | |
Capitalism and Commerce | p. 306 | |
Industrialization and Capitalism in Global Perspective | p. 308 | |
20 | Social Structures, 1750-1900 | p. 311 |
The Transformation of Social Classes | p. 312 | |
Labor and Migration | p. 313 | |
Gender and Family Issues | p. 317 | |
21 | Humans and the Environment, 1750-1900 | p. 321 |
Industrialization and the Environment | p. 321 | |
Disease in the Modern Era | p. 323 | |
Unit 6 | Accelerating Global Chance and Realignments (1900 to Present) | |
Short Cut | p. 327 | |
Scenic Route | p. 343 | |
22 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part 1), 1900-1945 | p. 345 |
World War I and the Paris Peace Conference | p. 346 | |
Domestic Politics, 1900-1939 | p. 351 | |
World War II and the Holocaust | p. 359 | |
23 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part II), 1945 to Present | p. 365 |
Cold War and Decolonization: Foreign Policy Shifts, 1945-1991 | p. 366 | |
Divergent Forms of Domestic Development, 1945-1991 | p. 372 | |
Globalism in the 1990s and 2000s | p. 384 | |
24 | Culture, Science, and Technology, 1900 to Present | p. 389 |
High Art and Culture | p. 390 | |
Mass Culture and Multiculturalism | p. 392 | |
Religion in the Modern Era | p. 394 | |
Science and Technology | p. 395 | |
25 | Economic Systems, 1900 to Present | p. 397 |
Divergent Approaches to the Economy | p. 397 | |
Boom and Bust: Toward the Great Depression and Bretton Woods | p. 399 | |
Regionalization and Globalization After World War II | p. 400 | |
26 | Social Structures, 1900 to Present | p. 403 |
Labor and Lifestyles | p. 404 | |
Ethnicity and Race Relations | p. 405 | |
Gender Issues | p. 407 | |
27 | Humans and the Environment, 1900 to Present | p. 409 |
Disease, Health, and Population in the Contemporary Era | p. 410 | |
The Modern Environmental Movement | p. 411 | |
Pollution, Earth Shaping, and Global Warming | p. 412 | |
Practice Tests | ||
Practice Test 1 | p. 419 | |
Practice Test 2 | p. 457 | |
Appendix: Map of Selected World Regions | p. 495 | |
Index | p. 497 |