Get ready for your AP World History exam with this straightforward, easy-to-follow study guide-updated to match the latest test changes
The wildly popular test prep guide― updated and enhanced for smartphone users―5 Steps to a 5: AP World History 2017 provides a proven strategy to achieving high scores on this demanding Advanced Placement exam.
This logical and easy-to-follow instructional guide introduces an effective 5-step study plan to help students build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence they need to reach their full potential. The book helps students master multiple-choice, free-response and essay questions and offers comprehensive answer explanations and sample responses. Written by an AP World History teacher, this insider’s guide reflects the latest course syllabus and includes 3 full-length practice exams, plus the most up-to-date scoring information.
The 5 Steps to a 5: AP World History 2017 effective 5-step plan breaks down test preparation into stages: 1. Set Up Your Study Program 2. Determine Your Test Readiness 3. Develop Strategies for Success 4. Develop the Knowledge You Need to Score High 5. Build Your Test-Taking Confidence.
Introduction: The 5-Step Program
Chapter 1. What You Need to Know About the AP World History Exam
Chapter 2. How to Plan Your Time
Chapter 3. Take a Diagnostic Exam
Chapter 4. Tips for Taking the Exam
Chapter 5. The World History Environment and Periodization
Chapter 6. Development of Agriculture and Technology
Chapter 7. Structure of Early Civilizations
Chapter 8. Rise of Classical Civilizations
Chapter 9. Origins of World Belief Systems
Chapter 10. Interactions in the Late Classical Period
Chapter 11. Rise and Spread of Islam
Chapter 12. Expansion of China
Chapter 13. Changes in European Institutions
Chapter 14. Interregional Trade and Exchange
Chapter 15. Empires in the Americas
Chapter 16. Empires and Other Political Systems
Chapter 17. Hemispheric Exchange
Chapter 18. Systems of Slavery
Chapter 19. Cultural and Intellectual Changes
Chapter 20. Industrial Revolution and Social Changes
Chapter 21. Demographic and Environmental Developments
Chapter 23. Political Revolutions
Chapter 24. Western Imperialism
Chapter 25. Revolution, World Wars, and Depression
Chapter 26. Cold War and the Postwar Balance of Power
Chapter 27. End of the Cold War and Nationalist Movements
Chapter 29. Technological Developments
Chapter 31. Demographic and Environmental Developments