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AP World History (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the AP World History (Advanced Placement (AP) Test Preparation)

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I was completely disappointed with the content of the book. The book takes the usual Euro-centric view without discussing other cultures as in depth. This is not surprising considering that the author is an European history professor. The book discusses WWII in Europe quite in depth, but it hardly discusses WWII in Asia. The only mention of WWII in Asia is in reference to the US. THere are pages devoted to the suffering of people under German aggression while there is not one single sentence mentioning the suffering that was occurring in Asia at the same time in Korea and in Nanjing. It would be better to purchase another AP World History book. I ended up returning this back to the store.

Unfortunately, this book does not nearly compare to REA's APUSH book. The writing is very dry, probably since this book is written by only one person. and why does she insist on praising ancient civilizations for being "very tolerant"? this book is, however, pretty comprehensive, and if you like reading dry writing and share her love of tolerance, then this book is for you.

REA's AP World History is in no way comparable to the well made Princeton Review's books. Many questions are incorrect as well as the scoring guide printed in the book.

Unless you enjoy review books that are extremely dry, do not purchase this book. I returned this book the day I recieved it.

This is by far the best review book because it gives such excellent summaries about relevant material for the AP Exam. I would recommend this to all students preparing for the AP Exam.

Material covered in 600 pgs; VII Units (38 Chapters), organized by either theme (Classical Civilizations) or chronology (500-1500 CE). 8-10 Multiple choice questions included at the end of each Chapter, with two full-lenth AP exams (70 multiple choice + (1) DBQ & (2) contructive essays) that have answer sheets with annotated explanantions for the multiple choice questions, and extended essay suggestions for essays.
CD-ROM is exact replica of two sample exams in text.