Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
About the Authors xii
Introduction: The 5-Step Program xiii
Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program
1 What You Need to Know About the AP World History Exam 3
Background Information 3
Reasons for Taking the Advanced Placement Exam 4
What You Need to Know About the AP World History Exam 5
2 How to Plan Your Time 8
Three Approaches to Preparing for the AP World History Exam 8
Calendar for Each Plan 10
Setting Up a Study Group 12
Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness
3 Take a Diagnostic Exam 17
AP World History Diagnostic Test 21
Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success
4 Tips for Taking the Exam 57
Multiple-Choice Question 57
Short-Answer Questions 58
Document-Based Question 59
Long-Essay Question 60
Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High
Period 1 Technological and Environmental Transformation (to c. 600 BCE)
5 The World History Environment and Periodization 65
6 Development of Agricuture and Technology 70
7 Structure of Early Civilizations 76
Period 1 Summary 84
Timeline 84
Key Comparisons 84
Change/Continuity Chart 85
Period 2 Organization and Reorganizaion of Human Societies (c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE)
8 Rise of Clssical Civilizations 89
9 Origins of World Belief Systems 99
10 Interactions in the Late Classical Period 105
Period 2 Summary 111
Timeline 111
Key Comparisons 111
World Belief Systems Chart 112
Change/Continuity Chart 113
Period 3 Regional and Transregional Interactions (c. 600 CE to c. 1450)
11 Rise and Spread of Islam 117
12 Expansion of China 126
13 Changes in European Institutions 134
14 Interregional Trade and Exchange 141
15 Empires in the Americas 152
Period 3 Summary 157
Timeline 157
Key Comparisons 157
Change/Continuity Chart 158
Period 4 Global Interactions (c. 1450 to c. 1750)
16 Empires and Other Political Systems 163
17 Hemispheric Exchange 173
18 Systems of Slavery 178
19 Cultural and Intellectual Changes 183
Period 4 Summary 188
Timeline 188
Key Comparisons 188
Change/Continuity Chart 189
Period 5 Industrialization and Global Integration (c. 1750 to c. 1900)
20 Industrial Revolution and Social Changes 193
21 Demographic and Environmental Developments 199
22 World Trade 204
23 Political Revolutions 210
24 Western Imperialism 218
Period 5 Summary 225
Timeline 225
Key Comparisons 225
Change/Continuity Chart 226
Period 6 Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (c. 1900 to the present)
25 Revolution, World Wars, and Depression 231
26 Cold War and the Postwar Balance of Power 240
27 End of the Cold War and Nationalist Movements 250
28 Global Trade 256
29 Technological Developments 264
30 Social Changes 271
31 Demographic and Environmental Developments 278
Period 6 Summary 284
Timeline 284
Key Comparisons 285
Change/Continuity Chart 286
Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
Practice Test 291
Glossary 325
Bibliography 335
Websites 337
Appendix A Maps of the World 339
Appendix B Key Individuals 355