Fully revised, students will receive an in-depth preparation for the AP World History exam with: Revised strategies for answering all question types - New unit short cut charts that help organize a better study plan - Two full-length model exams with answer explanations - A review of world history, from the foundations of civilization circa. 8000 B.C.E. to world cultures of the twenty-first century Reflects the 9 Historical Thinking Skills required by the College Board and key concepts at the beginning of each chapter serve as a study guide. This manual can be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM that presents two additional full-length practice tests with automatic scoring and fully explained answers. BONUS! An exclusive online exam included with the purchase of the book or the book with CD-ROM. Table of Contents: Barron's Essential 5 INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book The Advanced Placement Examination in World History: An Overview Historical Thinking Skills Multiple-Choice Question Strategies Free-Response (Essay) Questions: General Tips Document-Based Question Strategies Continuity and Change-Over-Time Essay Question Strategies Comparative Essay Question Strategies UNIT ONE: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS (8000 B.C.E.-600 B.C.E.) - 1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth - 2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies - 3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies UNIT TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS (600 B.C.E.-600 C.E.) - 4 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions - 5 The Development of States and Empires - 6 Emerging Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange UNIT THREE: REGIONAL AND TRANSREGIONAL INTERACTIONS (600-1450) - 7 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 600-1450 - 8 Culture, Science, and Technology, 600-1450 - 9 Economic Systems, 600-1450 - 10 Social Structures, 600-1450 - 11 Humans and the Environment, 600-1450 UNIT FOUR: GLOBAL INTERACTIONS (1450-1750) - 12 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1450-1750 - 13 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1450-1750 - 14 Economic Systems, 1450-1750 - 15 Social Structures, 1450-1750 - 16 Humans and the Environment, 1450-1750 UNIT FIVE: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION (1750-1900) - 17 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1750-1900 - 18 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1750-1900 - 19 Economic Systems, 1750-1900 - 20 Social Structures, 1750-1900 - 21 Humans and the Environment, 1750-1900 UNIT SIX: ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHANGE AND REALIGNMENTS (1900 to Present) - 22 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part I), 1900-1945 - 23 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Part II),1945 to Present - 24 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1900 to Present - 25 Economic Systems, 1900 to Present - 26 Social Structures, 1900 to Present - 27 Humans and the Environment, 1900 to Present MODEL TESTS Model Test 1 Model Test 2 Appendix: Map of Selected World Regions Index John McCannon earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1994. He has taught Russian, European, and world history at several universities in the United States and Canada and is a former editor of the Canadian Journal of History. He has worked as an Advanced Placement Reader for the College Board and is the author of Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union (1998) and A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation (2012). He is currently an associate professor of history at Southern New Hampshire University.