<p>I really want to take the AP World History test next spring but the course isnt offered at my school. Are there any resources that you guys recommend that I use or any advice for areas to focus on? Thanks.</p>
<p>The essays cover pretty broad subjects and time periods, so make sure you have a good general sense of the progression of history - who was in control when, where developments were made, etc. There is even a Change and Continuity Over Time essay that will test your ability to see how a specific area underwent transformations while remaining the same in many ways, in addition to a Compare/Contrast essay that will see what you know about two particular areas during a certain period. Finally, if you’ve taken AP US History, the DBQ on WHAP is quite different - you have to explicitly group the documents and talk about their points of view, in addition to requesting an additional document that would help you in your research/analyzation. </p>
<p>In short: don’t go in unprepared, though specific facts are not as important as general trends for the exam.</p>
<p>my school uses The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History 4/e AP edition.
Princeton Review for me was too general. It did not help me much on the FRQ.
I think Barron would be a better study guide.</p>
<p>I agree with jerry. We also used The Earth and Its Peoples, which was a GREAT textbook. And I used Barron’s for the AP exam, which was really good.</p>
<p>I disagree. We used Stearns AP Edition Global Civilizations. For review our class used Barron’s but I studied Princeton Review. It gives you a nice understandable review and I found it easier to go through than Barron’s.</p>
<p>I agree with manu on both. We used Stearns and I personally used Princeton. They both seemed pretty good. Barrons’ practice tests are always whack anyway.</p>
<p>I self studied WHAP this year. And got a 5. heres what I did:
since I already was in a WH class i didn’t realy get a textbook, but if you aren’t in a class definitely get a textbook. I used both the PR and the Barrons, although I dropped Barrons half way through because it was really dull, boring and very excessive. I recommend PR because first, it covers the history in the review in an interesting and engaging fashion. Seconldy, they have excellent advice on the frqs----- I dont know what jerrry is talking about. PR frq advice was very helpful. PR tests are also very accuarate, so that should help. Also try to get your hands on past WHAP tests, cuz I used them and they were really helpful.
hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to PM me. 
good luck next year</p>
<p>Barrons is the ideal study guide for this course. I read the whole thing once 2 years ago, did the practice MC in there, looked at a few past essays and got a 5. And my teacher didn’t know the difference between Rome and Greece by the way.</p>
<p>motivated_101 how did you get a hold of past exams? I tried to but the task seemed impossible.</p>
<p>the princeton book was my bible the night before the test(:
it helped ridiculously much.
and we had an amazing teacher as well! slightly hard, but great explanations, etc.
we used the earth and its peoples too, and i thought that was a great book. </p>
<p>and i got a 5! im suprised but happy! (:</p>