Kaplan Test Prep - AP World History Prep Plus 2018-2019

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Part 1

Chapter 1

Congratulations on your decision to take the Advanced Placement exam in world history! The exam is a big one: its content measures your knowledge of world history from 8000 B.C.E. to the present. In preparing for the AP exam, you certainly will have built a solid foundation of historical knowledge. While this historical knowledge is critical to your learning, keep in mind that rote memorization of facts, dates, and events alone does not ensure success! The AP exam asks you to apply what youve learned at a higher level in order to demonstrate college-level abilities.

Thats where this book comes in. This guide offers much more than a review of world history. Well show you how to marshal your knowledge of world history and put it to brilliant use on the AP exam. Well explain the ins and outs of the exam structure and question formats, so you wont experience any surprises. Well even give you reading and writing strategies that successful students use to score higher on the AP exam.

Are you ready for your adventure through the study and mastery of everything AP World History? Good luck!

Advanced Placement exams have been around for decades. While the format and content have changed over the years, the basic goal of the AP program remains the same: to give high school students a chance to earn college credit or advanced placement. To do this, a student needs to do two things:

• Find a college that accepts AP scores.
• Score well enough on the exam.

The first part is easy because most colleges accept AP scores in some form or another. The second part requires a little more effort. If you have worked diligently all year in your course work, youve laid the groundwork. The next step is familiarizing yourself with the exam.

The main goal of the College Board (the makers of the AP World History exam) is to help students think like a historian. To that end, some skills and methods you'll be expected to demonstrate are:

• analyzing primary and secondary sources
• making historical comparisons
• using reasoning about the context, causation, and continuity over time of major historical developments
• developing historical arguments

The AP World History exam is broken down into six historical periods:

The AP World History exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long. Section I is 1 hour and 35 minutes long and consists of 55 multiple-choice questions and 3 short-answer questions. Section II is 1 hour and 40 minutes long and consists of one document-based question (DBQ) and one long essay question (LEQ).

Let's take a brief look at what question types you'll see on the exam. In the following chapter, we'll go into even more detail about how to approach each question type in order to earn a high score.