AP Q&A World History: With 600 Questions and Answers

by Christina Giangrandi M.A.

Overview

Barron’s brand new AP Q&A World History features 600 questions and explanations covering all AP World History concepts. Practice includes all exam question types so students can apply the skills they learned in class, and answer explanations help students review and understand the content.

AP Q&A World History doesn’t just explain why an answer is correct—students will learn the rationale behind why each other answer choice is incorrect, helping them understand the key concepts and how to apply them on exam day.

Practice questions and comprehensive explanations help students review history from the foundations of civilization circa. 600 B.C.E. to world cultures of the twenty-first century. AP Q&A World History is specifically created to help students hone critical thinking skills and practice with all AP-style question types, such as multiple-choice, numeric response, and short and long free-response questions.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438011257
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Services
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Series:	Barron's AP
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	641,906
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Christina holds a BA in HIstory and Secondary Ed from Hofstra University and an MA from Stony Brook University. She has taught AP World HIstory sine 2004, in addition to the NY State Education Dept. Global History course including the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights. She has served as an AP Reader for the College Board and attended numerous professional development courses and study tours in order to further her knowledge of World History.

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Multiple-Choice Questions
Short-Answer Questions
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Questions
Format of the AP Exam
Scoring of the AP Exam
Period 1 (up to c. 600 b.c.e.): The Period of Technological and Environmental Transformations
Chapter 1: The Peopling of the Earth and the Paleolithic Age (Key Concept 1.1)
Chapter 2: The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies (Key Concept 1.2)
Chapter 3: The Rise and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies (Key Concept 1.3)
Answers for Period 1: Questions 1-48
Period 2 (c. 600 b.c.e.-600 c.e.): Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
Chapter 4: The Development and Codification of Religious Traditions (Key Concept 2.1)
Chapter 5: The Development of States and Empires (Key Concept 2.2)
Chapter 6: Emergence of Interregional Networks of Communication and Exchange (Key Concept 2.3)
Answers for Period 2: Questions 49-150
Period 3 (c. 600-1450 c.e.): Regional and Transregional Interactions
Chapter 7: Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks (Key Concept 3.1)
Chapter 8: Interactions Among New and Reconstituted States (Key Concept 3.2)
Chapter 9: Increased Economic Productivity and Its Consequences (Key Concept 3.3)
Period 4 (c. 1450-1750 c.e.): Global Interactions
Chapter 10: Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange (Key Concept 4.1)
Chapter 11: New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production (Key Concept 4.2)
Chapter 12: State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion (Key Concept 4.3)
Answers for Period 4: Questions 255-359
Period 5 (c. 1750-1900 c.e.): Industrialization and Global Integration
Chapter 13: Industrialization and Global Capitalism (Key Concept 5.1)
Chapter 14: Imperialism and Nation-State Formation (Key Concept 5.2)
Chapter 15: Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform (Key Concept 5.3)
Chapter 16: Global Migration (Key Concept 5.4)
Answers for Period 5: Questions 360-498
Period 6 (c. 1900 to the Present): Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
Chapter 17: Science and the Environment (Key Concept 6.1)
Chapter 18: Global Conflicts and Their Consequences (Key Concept 6.2)
Chapter 19: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture (Key Concept 6.3)
Answers for Period 6: Questions 499-600
ANSWERS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS