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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: The 5-Step Program | |
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| Set Up Your Study Program | |
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| What You Need to Know About the AP World History Exam | |
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| How to Plan Your Time | |
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| Determine Your Test Readiness | |
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| Take a Diagnostic Test | |
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| Develop Strategies for Success | |
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| Tips for Taking the Exam | |
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| Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High | |
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| Foundations (8000 B.C.E.-600 C.E.) | |
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| The World History Environment and Periodization | |
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| Development of Agriculture and Technology | |
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| Structure of Early Civilizations | |
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| Rise of Classical Civilizations | |
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| Origins of World Belief Systems | |
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| Interactions in the Late Classical Period | |
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| Summary (Timeline, Key Comparisons, Change/Continuity Chart) | |
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| Period Two (600-1450) | |
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| The Rise and Spread of Islam | |
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| The Expansion of China | |
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| Changes in European Institutions | |
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| Interregional Trade and Exchange | |
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| Empires in the Americas | |
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| Summary (Timeline, Key Comparisons, Change/Continuity Chart) | |
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| Period Three (1450-1750) | |
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| Empires and Other Political Systems | |
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| Hemispheric Exchange | |
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| Systems of Slavery | |
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| Cultural and Intellectual Changes | |
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| Summary (Timeline, Key Comparisons, Change/Continuity Chart) | |
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| Period Four (1750-1914) | |
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| The Industrial Revolution and Social Changes | |
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| Demographic and Environmental Developments | |
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| World Trade | |
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| Political Revolution | |
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| Western Imperialism | |
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| Summary (Timeline, Key Comparisons, Change/Continuity Chart) | |
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| Period Five (1914-Present) | |
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| World Wars and Depression | |
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| The Cold War and the Postwar Balance of Power | |
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| End of the Cold War and Nationalist Movements | |
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| Global Trade | |
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| Technological Developments | |
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| Social Changes | |
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| Demographic and Environmental Developments | |
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| Summary (Timeline, Key Comparisons, Change/Continuity Chart) | |
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| Build Your Test-Taking Confidence Practice Test One Answers and Explanations Practice Test Two Answers and Explanations | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Bibliography Web Sites | |