Blog tagged as AP World History: Big Picture

143 Words AP History Students Should Know

By Claire B.

Introduction

Background Information

What Is Academic Vocabulary?

Other Resources?

The Words

Agriculture and the Environment

Industry and Business

Emotions and Actions

Politi...

12.23.25 04:36 PM

Troubleshooting AP World and AP US History

By Claire B.

AP World History and AP US History can be challenging. With this guide, you can help your child succeed in their class by identifying a specific problem and how to fix it.

11.24.25 04:51 PM

Historical Reasoning (APWH Edition)

By Claire B.

Many questions in AP World History require using historical reasoning to answer correctly. Historical reasoning includes continuity and change (CCOT), causation, and comparison.

11.18.25 08:47 PM

What's Important in AP World History?

By Claire B.

Patterns help you understand what's important in AP World History. These patterns include causation, continuity and change over time (CCOT), and comparison. Some names and dates are also wroth memorizing.

11.07.25 12:16 PM

Secondary Sources (AP World Edition)

By Claire B.

Secondary sources are created by historians after they research a topic. You will use a variety of secondary sources in AP World History.

11.05.25 09:22 PM

Elected Leaders in AP World History

By Claire B.

Elected leaders are chosen by a group of people. There are several common titles for elected leaders, including president, prime minister, and chancellor.

08.20.25 11:15 AM

Tertiary Sources (AP World Edition)

By Claire B.

Primary sources are created at the same time as a historical event. You will use tertiary sources include encyclopedia articles, textbooks, and bibliographies in AP US History.

08.17.25 12:10 PM

Primary Sources (AP World Edition)

By Claire B.

Primary sources are created at the same time as a historical event. You will use primary sources like speeches, letters, photographs, recordings, and interviews in AP World History.

08.16.25 04:16 PM

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Oh My!

By Claire B.

Historians use different types of sources to make sense of the past. Variety is the spice of life, but it can be more than a little mind-boggling to keep them straight. You are in the right spot if you're not sure what sources are, let alone why there are soooo many of them in your AP hi...

08.14.25 07:42 PM

Learning the Lingo (AP World History)

By Claire B.

AP World History has a ton of abbreviations. Your life will be easier if you know what MCQ, SAQ, LEQ, DBQ, HIPPO, and SPICE-T mean.

07.20.25 02:48 PM

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