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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

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

Historical Reasoning (APUSH Edition)

By Claire B.

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

11.08.25 12:36 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

Secondary Sources (APUSH 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 US History.

10.24.25 02:42 PM

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

Tertiary Sources (APUSH 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.

08.16.25 04:50 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

Primary Sources (APUSH 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 US History.

08.14.25 06:38 PM

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