550 AP World History Practice Questions

534 Pages·2014·3.85 MB·English

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– Poem by Ho Xuan Huong (1772–1822)
– “The Weaver of Designs” by Bernardino de Sahagun from Florentine Codex, 1577
– Excerpt from “The White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling, 1899
– Engraving from the Encyclopedie vol 18. Public domain eighteenth century French engraving.
– Excerpt from Nationalism by Sir Rabindrauth Tagore, 1918
– Excerpt from Sarojini Naidu, An Indian Nationalist Condemns the British Empire, 1920
– Justice, a print by Sir John Tenniel in an issue of Punch Magazine, September 1857
– Excerpt from letter written by Syed Ahmad Khan, 1900
– Excerpt from The Future of Culture in Egypt by Taha Husayn, 1938
– Excerpt from Ahmad Lutfi as-Sayyid, Memoirs, 1963
– Excerpt from the Rock and Pillar Edicts of Asoka Maurya (304-232 BC) – Excerpt from Edict of Expulsion of the Jews,
1492
– Excerpt The Peace of Westphalia, 1648
– Excerpt from The General Act of the Conference of Berlin, 1885
– Excerpt from Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, 1791
– Excerpt from the Balfour Declaration, 1917
– Excerpt from Nationalism by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, 1918.
– Excerpt from Women In Asia: Restoring Women to History by Barbara N. Ramusack and Sharon Sievers. Indiana
University Press, 1999
– Excerpt from Chinese Women Yesterday and Today by Florence Ayscough. Published by Jonathan Cape, London,
1938.
– Page from Ling Long women’s magazine, published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937.
– “The Examples” by Nguyen Quang Thieu from The Women Carry the River Water: Poems, 1997.
– Excerpt from ‘The New Vietnam” by Phan Boi Chau, 1907
– Statement by Le Duan at The Vietnamese Women’s Fourth Congress, 1974
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score
Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations
Your Guide to Using This Book
How to Begin
Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test Answers and Explanations
Part II: About the AP World History Exam
The Structure of the AP World History Exam
How the AP World History Exam Is Scored
Overview of Content Topics
How AP Exams Are Used
Other Resources
Designing Your Study Plan
Part III: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP World History
Exam
1  How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
2  How to Approach Essays
Part IV: Drills
3  Period 1 (C. 8000 B.C.E. to C. 600 B.C.E.)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
4  Period 1 (C. 8000 B.C.E. to C. 600 B.C.E.) Answers and Explanations
5  Period 2 (C. 600 B.C.E. to C. 600 C.E.)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
Drill 4
Drill 5
Drill 6
Drill 7
6  Period 2 (C. 600 B.C.E. to C. 600 C.E.) Answers and Explanations
7  Period 3 (600 C.E. to C. 1450)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
Drill 4
Drill 5
Drill 6
Drill 7
Drill 8
Drill 9
8  Period 3 (600 C.E. to C. 1450) Answers and Explanations
9  Period 4 (C. 1450 to C. 1750)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
Drill 4
Drill 5
Drill 6
Drill 7
Drill 8
Drill 9
10  Period 4 (C. 1450 to C. 1750) Answers and Explanations
11  Period 5 (C. 1750 to C. 1900)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
Drill 4
Drill 5
Drill 6
Drill 7
Drill 8
Drill 9
12  Period 5 (C. 1750 to C. 1900) Answers and Explanations
13  Period 6 (C. 1900 to Present)
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
Drill 4
Drill 5
Drill 6
Drill 7
Drill 8
Drill 9
14  Period 6 (C. 1900 to Present) Answers and Explanations
15  Essays
16  Essays Answers and Explanations
Part I
Using This Book
to Improve Your
AP Score
• Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations
• Your Guide to Using This Book
• How to Begin
• Diagnostic Test
• Diagnostic Test: Answers and Explanations