AP World History Semester Exam Review 
AP WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER EXAM TEST REVIEW
Structure: The exam will consist of 40 multiple choice questions (20 questions on Unit 3, 15 questions on Unit 2, and 5 questions on Unit 1) and 2 free response essay questions (1 Comparative FRQ and 1 CCOT FRQ). The MCQ section will count for 50% of the grade and the FRQ section will count for 50%. The exam will be two hours. You have 35 minutes for the MCQ section and 85 minutes for the two FRQ questions.
The test will cover content from class and from chapters 1 through 11 of Ways of the World. Chapter.
You should know…
Answers to margin questions from the book
From Unit 1:
Basic political, social, and economic and cultural characteristics of gatherer and hunting societies, early agricultural societies, pastoral societies and River Valley Civilizations in general
Long-distance human migration and population of the globe. Be sure to know the Austronesian migration and its unique qualities such as when it was occurring (much of it occurred during the post-Classical period), how it occurred and what they were bringing with them (domesticated crops and animals). Also know the Bantu migrations of the Classical and post-Classical periods and the culture and technology they spread.
Causes and effects of the Neolithic Revolution - changes in social, economic and political structures, increasing complexity, patriarchy, technological developments, increasing population
Basics characteristic and locations of the following River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia (Sumerian city states and later Assyrian and Babylonian Empires) on the Tigris and Euphrates River
Egypt on the Nile River Valley
Harappan Civilization of the Indus River Valley
Shang China in the Yellow River Valley
Olmecs in Mesoamerica
Chavin in Andean South America State-building and roles of monumental architecture, promotion of arts and artisanship, writing, legal codes, religion, trade
From Unit 2:
From Chapter 4 and religion presentations
Structure: The exam will consist of 40 multiple choice questions (20 questions on Unit 3, 15 questions on Unit 2, and 5 questions on Unit 1) and 2 free response essay questions (1 Comparative FRQ and 1 CCOT FRQ). The MCQ section will count for 50% of the grade and the FRQ section will count for 50%. The exam will be two hours. You have 35 minutes for the MCQ section and 85 minutes for the two FRQ questions.
The test will cover content from class and from chapters 1 through 11 of Ways of the World. Chapter.
You should know…
Answers to margin questions from the book
From Unit 1:
Basic political, social, and economic and cultural characteristics of gatherer and hunting societies, early agricultural societies, pastoral societies and River Valley Civilizations in general
Long-distance human migration and population of the globe. Be sure to know the Austronesian migration and its unique qualities such as when it was occurring (much of it occurred during the post-Classical period), how it occurred and what they were bringing with them (domesticated crops and animals). Also know the Bantu migrations of the Classical and post-Classical periods and the culture and technology they spread.
Causes and effects of the Neolithic Revolution - changes in social, economic and political structures, increasing complexity, patriarchy, technological developments, increasing population
Basics characteristic and locations of the following River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia (Sumerian city states and later Assyrian and Babylonian Empires) on the Tigris and Euphrates River
Egypt on the Nile River Valley
Harappan Civilization of the Indus River Valley
Shang China in the Yellow River Valley
Olmecs in Mesoamerica
Chavin in Andean South America State-building and roles of monumental architecture, promotion of arts and artisanship, writing, legal codes, religion, trade
From Unit 2:
From Chapter 4 and religion presentations