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AP World History Seeing the Big Picture

AP World History Seeing the Big Picture. The AP Exam Is Not A Vocab Test!. It is virtually impossible to pass the AP by just trying to memorize every name, date, and event that you read about. In the past 15 years 2 students have passed by studying this way Both had nervous breakdowns.

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AP World History Seeing the Big Picture

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  1. AP World HistorySeeing the Big Picture

  2. The AP Exam Is Not A Vocab Test! • It is virtually impossible to pass the AP by just trying to memorize every name, date, and event that you read about. • In the past 15 years 2 students have passed by studying this way • Both had nervous breakdowns

  3. You can’t memorize information randomly • When learning a new piece of information, you have to connect it to other pieces of similar information • People don’t memorize telephone numbers as 7 digits, they memorize them as 2 numbers • Not as 7-5-4-8-2-8-1 • But as 754-8281

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  6. Put the information you learn in order • Ancient Greeks make advances in math, science, government, and art • Roman culture is heavily influenced by the ancient Greeks • After the Roman Empire collapses, Europe falls into a state of chaos for a 1000 years called the Middle Ages • Knowledge of Greeks and Romans passes to Muslims in the East • Muslims experience a Golden Age • With no strong central government in Europe, the church becomes the dominate power • Looking to take back the Holy Land, the Church calls on Europeans to fight in the Crusades • Although losing the crusades, Europeans take back from the Middle East preserved Greek and Roman knowledge and a taste for exotic goods (pepper, silk, etc…) • Rediscovering Greek and Roman knowledge starts Europe on a course of learning called the Renaissance • The taste for exotic goods and the questioning ideas of the Renaissance lead to the Age of Exploration

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