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3rd Edition
John McCannon, Ph.D. - All books by this author
This newly updated manual presents two full-length model AP World History exams with answer keys, plus detailed advice on answering the comparative essay question, and helpful strategies for answering the test’s multiple-choice and document-based questions. An extensive subject review covers the following general areas:
- Foundations of World Civilization (4000 B.C.–1000 A.D.)
- World Cultures Maturing (1000–1450)
- World Cultures Interacting (1450–1750)
- World Cultures in the Modern Era (1750–1914)
- The 20th Century and Contemporary World Cultures (1914–2007)
An optional CD-ROM presents the review material and two additional full-length computerized model exams with automatic scoring.
Table of Contents:
- UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTION
How to Use This Book
- UNIT TWO: FOUNDATIONS OF
WORLD CIVILIZATION
(ca. 8000 B.C.E.–600 C.E.)
Unit Overview
Geography, Environment, and Humanity
Building Blocks of Civilization
Major Societies, Kingdoms, and Empires to 600 C.E
Social Structure and Cross-Cultural Connections
Religious Traditions and Belief Systems
Unit Two: Review Questions
South and Southeast Asia
The Mongol Empires
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Americas
Unit Three: Review Questions
- UNIT THREE: WORLD CULTURES
MATURING (600–1450)
Unit Overview
Europe During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Islam in the Middle East and Africa
China, Japan, and East Asia
- UNIT FOUR: WORLD CULTURES
INTERACTING (1450–1750)
Unit Overview
Europe: Reformation, Absolutism, and Enlightenment
Age of Discovery, Age of Imperialism: The Western
Campaign of Exploration and Colonization
Islamic Empires in the Middle East and North Africa
China, Japan, and East Asia
South and Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Americas as “New World”
Unit Four: Review Questions
- UNIT FIVE: WORLD CULTURES IN
THE MODERN ERA (1750–1914)
Unit Overview
The Europeans at Home: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform
Industrialization and Worldwide Economic Trends
The Europeans Abroad: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Foreign Policy
The Middle East
China and Japan
India and Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Revolution and Consolidation in North and South America
Unit Five: Review Questions
- UNIT SIX: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD
CULTURES (1914–PRESENT)
Unit Overview
World War I
The Twenty Years’ Crisis: The World During the Interwar Period
World War II and the Holocaust
The Cold War
Divergent Forms of Development in the Postwar World,
1945–1991
Social Developments, Cultural Changes, and Intellectual Trends
Integration or Fragmentation?—Globalism in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries
Unit Six: Review Questions
- UNIT SEVEN: MODEL ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY EXAMINATIONS
Model Test
Model Test
Appendix: Map of Selected World Regions
Index
(0764138227)
Paperback / 552 Pages / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / 2008
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