Barron's AP World History with CD-ROM

by John McCannon Ph.D.

Overview

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. The included CD-ROM 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.

System Requirements:

This CD is intended to run on systems meeting the minimum requirements below.
(Flash Player 10.2 or higher is recommended)

Microsoft® Windows®:

2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom® 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks

Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit), Windows Server® 2003 (32-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32-bit), Windows Vista® (32-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)

512MB of RAM (1GB of RAM recommended for netbooks); 128MB of graphics memory

CD-ROM drive

1024 X 768 color display

MAC OS:

Intel Core® Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor

Mac OS X 10.6 or higher

512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory

CD-ROM drive

1024 X 768 color display

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438073835
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Series
Publication date:	02/01/2014
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	1,137,917
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.00(d)

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.

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, 1450-1750




UNIT 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