I am taking AP World History this year, and we are using the traditions and encounters book. However, I also got the Barrons AP World History book to help me comprehend the material and understand the key points because the t&e book is very detailed. However, the order in which the information is given doesn’t correspond exactly. How would you compare the table of contents from Barrons to the one in traditions and encounters? Also on a side note we are on Ch 17 in Traditions and encounters. That is the mongol empires and saljuk turks part. Is this too far behind? Where are you guys? Also I feel like my world history teacher isn’t teaching properly. The tests are just a huge amount of detail oriented questions from the book like “what gift did charlegmane give the byzantine emperor?” answer: an elephant. The study guides she gives us are just a bunch of multiple choice questions which are the exact ones used on the test. </p>
<p>I can’t say about the textbook thing as my class uses Stearn’s World Civilizations, but I’m sure you can just look at the table of contents to find whatever you guys are learning in class that day.</p>
<p>My class just finished on Ch. 18 (Rise of Russia) of out txtbook, we did the Mongols at the end of last semester so I would say you guys are a little bit behind (atleast my class)</p>
<p>And yeah your tests are a little weird, collegeboard doesn’t focus on the details like that, more like trends and the “big picture”, but our reviews are like yours though (not the exact questions but pretty much reworded open ended questions)</p>
<p>I have Traditions & Encounters 3rd Edition and am also using Barron’s and PR. I think Barron’s is pretty good, but yeah, I don’t really like how Barron’s and the textbook don’t really correlate; PR correlates better. I think you guys are behind, unless my class is just very ahead. Today, we literally just finished Chapter 23 & 24, which is all about Columbus and exploration and The Protestant Reformation and a whole bunch of crap. My test are pretty detailed-oriented, too. My teacher gets some of the questions from the online textbook.</p>