<p>Our class used World Civilizations: The Global Experience by Stearns</p>
<p>We took our last test yesterday... Now we have a big review project to do.</p>
<p>andreaaaaaa: i really have no idea what my teacher is planning. no idea whatsoever. grrrrrrrrrrrr</p>
<p>A: Thomas Aquineas was a famous scholastic thinker.</p>
<p>Q: Why did the Industrial Revolution take place in Britain?</p>
<p>A:
England became the epicenter for the Industrial Revolution because...
1) Heavily Urbanized
2) Relied on coal for fuel (due to the depletion of timber)
3) Supplies of copper, tin, lead, and iron were abundant
4) Profited off colonies and slave trade
5) After Napoleonic Wars, only European state that continued to thrive,</p>
<p>Q: Who were the Anasazi?</p>
<p>WAIT</p>
<p>I have a question.</p>
<p>I have this essay topic (about the early periods of world history [Roman Empire]):
"Understand how and why the collapse of empire was more sever in western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China"</p>
<p>What is the "eastern Mediterranean" collapse? The Byzantine empire did not even collapse. So what empire did collapse? Is it talking about turkey?</p>
<p>WAIT..QUESTION TOO! You know the example Barron's essay, is anybody's even CLOSE to how long and informative theirs is? Cuase there's NO WAY i can write even close to that length in the time limit. and they include some crazy details that I wouldn't even know if I like...had my practice books, etc. Just wondering. How long apporximately is a good essay? Thankss! One more: PR is a lot less detailed than Barrons? So which should I read?</p>
<p>I would say read PR because it is soo much better... And no one is able to get essays like Barron's essays... And my teacher say a good essay should be how long you want it to be... There is no standard</p>
<p>A: the anasazi were a native american tribe who lived in the four corners.</p>
<p>Q: Pick two revolutions (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Iranian) and compare their effects on the roles of women.</p>
<p>And also, does anyone know what percent of the questions you need to get a 5?</p>
<p>Surge, I had the same essay question on a test. It is talking about the Roman Empire I think.</p>
<p>surge, i agree with murrah...it's probably referring to the Eastern Roman empire and how it broke into smaller sections, becoming the Byzantine, Turks, Muslims, etc...wow, I remembered that from last year!</p>
<p>Getting about 75% of MC questions correct would put you in the five range, although it will vary depending upon essays.
<a href="http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/3.1/strickland.html%5B/url%5D">http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/3.1/strickland.html</a>
this is an interesting statistics site dealing with AP World scores</p>
<p>thanks ziggy that was a helpful website.</p>
<p>no problem. happy to help. I got a 5 last year so if you or anyone else have questions, feel free to ask away.</p>
<p>Wow, I had PR as my review book last year, it was the only thing I actually read as I didn't bother to read our boring book, scored only 50-60% on the MC Practice, and I still got a 5. I think what really helped me was a lot of MC practice at the end (our teacher gave us another practice book but I forget what it was called) and cramming the night before and the morning of. I completely reread both review books during that time and it helped immensely. Seriously, regurgitating information is the way to go on this exam. And my essays I think were what really helped me, as long as you know what you're talking about on all 3 of them, you're good to go.</p>
<p>were your essays really long, erhswimming? or kinda shortish, or mediumish? to be honest, i havent done any essay prep, save for one DBQ at the beginning of the school year, which we never reviewed. all the essays i have done have gone into neverneverland. so uhh..yeah.</p>
<p>mine took up almost all of the alloted space, but most of it, like swimming said, was just restating info...basically just a 3 sentence intro, bunch of facts listed, 2 sentence conclusion</p>
<p>ya...i love writing short essays. I dont think my essays on this test last year were that long at all. They cant be, you don't have much time or space to write your typically longer and better essay. What you need to do is practice getting your point across very quickly. Then I think you're set.</p>
<p>Q: Pick two revolutions (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Iranian) and compare their effects on the roles of women.</p>
<p>Q: The Iranian revolution had an almost instant effect on women. Previously, women had just been given an enormous amount of rights, from being able to seek higher education, to wearing western clothing. However, after the Iranian revolution, women had their rights taken away, and the state went back to basing the law strictly off the Koran with none of the reforms that had finally been established under the previous ruler. After the Chinese revolution, the Chinese became communists, and everyone was put on an equal level as a member of the communist society. Women were encouraged to go to work, same as men, and were given the wages necessary to do so. The contrast is clear--after the Iranian revolution, women were worse off, and after the Chinese revolution, women were better off. However, during both revolutions, the change in women's status was quick, having happened in about the course of one lifetime.</p>
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<p>Q: Tell me about the first Chinese dynasty.</p>
<p>My essays I think were medium to long. I probably wrote the most on the DBQ, and I spent the most time on that one too, even after the allotted reading time. And it's not just restating info, if you can connect themes of that time period and situation to your essays, readers will begin drooling over them and give them high scores. Make sure you analyze all the information and explain what the causes and effects each thing had and how each affected each society. If you were asked to write on the Mongols rule over the Asian continent, definitely make sure to include that they spread culture to several different places and were very influencing, even after they left. Same for Alexander the Great spreading Greek culture to the Indian subcontinent and Persia.</p>
<p>Also, my teacher gave us some weird guidelines for the DBQ. There were certain requirements to get to the 6 level such as citing at least all but one document in your answer, and grouping the documents into at least two categories. Then there were extra "bonus" options that got you into the 7,8,9 range such as citing ALL documents and grouping the documents into at least THREE ways. I'm not sure if that was actually true, but it kept me on track on making sure my essay would score well.</p>
<p>As for essay prep, I did write a few essays last year, but nothing too major. As long as you know the material and have written a couple and know you can write, even if you only do it in other classes, you will be really surprised at how much adrenaline will be rushing through your body that will get your essays the score they deserve. Though by the end my hand was cramping BAD, and I had to switch hands for a little to finish my last essay. It shook for awhile lol. But yea, I'm in the same boat as you for US History as I only have written one essay this year, though it did score an 8...</p>
<p>lol not a good sign, the hand cramping. </p>
<p>Well, you've had some experience with AP exams, whereas I have not. So you can see how it might be somewhat overpowering, in a way. </p>
<p>The thing I didnt understand about DBQ's was the grouping. And I've read about it in the review books, but it's still somewhat fuzzy. If you group in just one way, and not THREE, do you still get points for that? or no?</p>
<p>any grouping should do.</p>
<p>also, i don't know if this has been said, but don't forget to discuss additional documents that would be useful for the dbq. this is a necessity, and not doing so will hurt your score (i know many a test-takers who have forgotten).</p>