<CRACKING THE AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM(2012)>: If you need to know it, it's in this book. Cracking the AP World History, 2012 Edition, includes:

· 2 full-length practice tests, fully updated for the May 2012 Exam

· Comprehensive review of all topics from prehistoric times to the present

· Timelines, summaries, and key term lists in every chapter

· Helpful strategies for writing high-scoring DBQ and free-response essays

· Advice on how to use Process of Elimination to maximize your multiple-choice section score

· Updated strategies which reflect the AP test scoring change

· Detailed explanations for every practice question

Introduction ix

PART I: HOW TO CRACK THE SYSTEM 1

 Welcome to the World of AP World History 3

 Cracking the Multiple-Cholce Section 11

 Cracking the Essay Questions 37

 Cracking the Document-Based Question (DBQ) 45

 Cracking the Free-Response Questions 65

PART II: THE AP WORLD HJSTORY REVIEW 83

6 Ancient Stuff: Around 8000 B.C.E. to Around 600 C.E. 89

 History Review through 600 C.E. 91

Nomads: Follow the Food 91

Settling Down: The Neolithic Revolution 92

The Big, Early Civilizations: The Rivers Deliver 94

Early Mesoamerica and Andean South America: For Every Rule There's an Exception 102

The Classical Civilizations: Mesoamerica 103

The Classical Civilizations: India and China 104

The Classical Civilizations: Mediterranean 106

Late Classical Period: Empires Collapse, and People on the Move 113

 Major Belief Systems through 600 C.E. 117

 Technology and Innovations through 600 C.E. 124

 Changes and Continuities in the Role of Women 125

 Pulling It All Together 126

 Timeline of Major Developments 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. 130

7 Really Old Stuff: Around 600 C.E. to Around 1450 131

 Review of History Within Civilizations 600 C.E.-1450 133

The Rise of Islam 134

Developments in Europe and the Byzantine Empire 138

Developments in Asia 148

The Rise and Fall of the Mongols 154

Developments in Africa 157

Developments in the Americas 160

 Review of Interactions Among Cultures 600 C.E.-1450 162

Trade Networks and Cultural Diffusion 162

Expansion of Religion and Empire: Culture Clash 164

Other Reasons People Were on the Move 166

 Technology and Innovations 600 C.E.-1450 167

 Changes and Continuities in the Role of Women 167

 Pulling It All Together 169

 Timeline of Major Developments 600 c.E.-1450 172

 Old Stuff: Approximately 1450 to Around 1750 173

 Major European Developments 1450-1750 176

Revolutions in European Thought and Expression 176

Renaissance: Classical Civilization Part II 176

The Protestant Reformation: Streamlining Salvation 179

The Scientific Revolution: Prove It or Lose It 182

The Enlightenment: Out of Darkness, Into the Light 184

European Exploration and Expansion: Empires of the Wind 185

 Developments in Specific Countries and Empires 1450-1750 192

The European Rivals 193

Russia Out of Isolation 199

Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ohoman, Safavid, and Mughal 201

Africa 202

Isolated Asia 203

 Technology and Innovations 1450-1750 205

 Changes and Continuities in the Role of Women 206

 PuLling It All Together 207

 Timeline of Major Developments 1450-1750 210

9 Not So Old Stuff: Sometime Around 1750 to About 1914 211

 Industry and Imperialism 213

The Industrial Revolution 21,4

European Imperialism in India 221

European Imperialism in China 222

Japanese Imperialism 224

European Imperialism in Africa 225

 Political Developments in the Americas and Europe 228

Two Revolutions: American and French 228

Lots of Independence Movements: Latin America 233

Two Unifications: Italy and Germany 235

Other Political Developments 238

 Technology and Intellectual Developments 1750 to About 1914 239

 Changes and Continuities in the Role of Women 240

 Pulling It All Together 240

 Timeline of Major Developments 1750-1914 245

10 Recent Stuff: Around 1914 to the Present 247

 The Twentieth Century in Chunks 249

The World War I Era 249

The World War II Era 253

Communism and the Cold War 262

Independence Movements and Developments in Asia and Africa 273

Globalization and the World Since 1980 283

 Changes and Continuities in the Role of Women 287

 Pulling It All Together 288

 Timeline of Major Developments Since 1914 292

PART III: THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP WORLD HISTORY

PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS 293

11 Practice Test 1 297

12 Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations 321

13 Practice Test2 339

14 Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations 361

Index 379

About the Authors 397