John McCannon - AP World History: Modern Premium: With 5 Practice Tests

BARRONS

AP
World History: Modern

PREMIUM

WITH 5 PRACTICE TESTS

NINTH EDITION

John McCannon, Ph.D.

Department of History

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

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About the Author

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.

About the Contributor

Pamela Jordan received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto in 1997. In addition to her academic background, she has worked as a news writer for Facts on File News Services, Inc., and as executive director of a nongovernmental organization affiliated with the United Nations. Dr. Jordan is the author of Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era and Stalins Singing Spy: The Life and Exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya, and is also an assistant professor of political science at Southern New Hampshire University.

Acknowledgments

Both the author and contributor would like to thank Jennifer Giammusso, whose editorial supervision has made the preparation of this manuscripts various editions a smooth and successful process. We are also grateful to those assisting with art direction and production assistance and to the anonymous reviewers who have commented insightfully on this manuscript as it has evolved over the years. The author and contributor would also like to dedicate this book to their daughter Miranda, their favorite AP World History student.

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This book can be used in one of two ways. For those taking (or teaching) a course in world history, or for those who have recently taken such a course, it can serve as a helpful supplement to coursework. For readers who are not taking, or have never taken, a course in world history, this book can serve as an independent study aid.

This introductory unit offers strategies for the various question types encountered on the AP World History: Modern exam. These will include multiple-choice questions and several questions requiring written answers: short-answer questions, a document-based question (DBQ), and a long essay question.

, is included to acquaint readers with concepts and context from earlier eras that will help make sense of the core material. Each of the main units is divided into Short Cut and Scenic Route sections. The Short Cut sections should suffice for those readers who need (or only have time for!) a quick review. The Scenic Route sections allow readers to explore topics in more detail, should they so desire.

The final section of the book contains two full-length practice tests. In addition, you can get even more practice, see the inside front cover of this book.

This books review chapters can be used to summarize or reinforce particular classroom or homework assignments. The Short Cut sections, with their unit overviews, allow students to examine historical events from a broad perspective. They are based on the course frameworks major themes, and they also place events and developments in the comparative context that the AP curriculum emphasizes.