Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review Course Series) [Paperback]

Mary Martin (Author), George Hero (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2000 | Series: Barron's Review Course Series

Books in this series have been completely revised and brought up to date to reflect recent large-scale changes in New York State's High School Regents exams. Let's Review books have been especially designed to prepare students for Regents finals in New York, but also make fine textbook supplements that can be used in high schools everywhere. In addition to subject reviews, each title contains either model exams or actual recent Regents exams with answers. Many teachers prefer to use Let's Review book as classroom companion texts to Barron's Regents Exams and Answers books. This review book, like the current Regents exam, reflects a new emphasis on basics of geography, now part of the high school curriculum. Formerly, this book's title was Global Studies.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

(back cover)
An ideal companion to high school Global History and Geography textbooks, this book reflects high school curriculum requirements specified by the New York State Board of Regents.

For Students:

In-depth review of global history and geography topics

Covers major events from the First Global Age (1450-1770) to the present day

Important terms printed in boldface and defined

Review questions with answers

For Teachers

A valuable supplementary class-planning aid

A helpful source of review questions with answers --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 664 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 3rd edition (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764112074
• ISBN-13: 978-0764112072
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #997,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review, August 31, 2002

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Josh - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review Course Series) (Paperback)

I am a 10th grade World History teacher in California. This book is the best resource I own. It not only helps the students, but allows me the chance to review prior to lectures and activities. It is must for any world history or global history student or teacher.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It depends what you want this book for, July 19, 2004

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Becky Kolacki (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review Course Series) (Paperback)

I got a 99 on the Global Regents, but it was thanks to my notes from class rather than this book. I had taken AP Euro the whole year and we just reviewed Global at the end of the year, about a month before the regents. At first I tried to use this book, but there was no way I could read the whole thing in a short amount of time with so many other regents I had to take, and frankly, I didn't need to. I was just hoping to get some good review questions to practice with. The questions themselves were all right, but the answer key had many, many mistakes. It was incredibly frustrating and I soon gave up using this book.

If you want this book for the whole year, for the actual information, then it would be a good book to have. However, if you want it as a quick review before the regents I'd probably go with something else. Also, if you want practice questions while preparing for the regents, get the red Barrons book, with all the old regents- you'll be better off that way.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best way to go..., September 17, 2006

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A New Yorker (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review Course Series) (Paperback)

I don't know why some reviewers said this book was accurate. It was filled with obvious errors in the answer key. The information was poorly organized, and many times the exact same page appeared repeatedly in different places. The actual review is pretty informative and all the information you need is there. As long as you really pay attention to what you're reading and are able to pick up on the errors, you should be alright. If you don't though, and blindly accept their answers (despite the fact they they plainly contradict the text) you'll end up very confused and very mistaken. My friends ordered the Prentice Hall review book (straight from their website, I don't think Amazon sells it) and they seemed to like that better.