Meticulously aligned to the new 2019 course exam description framework. The revised book aligns with the new organization of the course, including the 2019 College Board revisions to the course and exam description. The four periods consist of a total of nine units. Includes a new Prologue that prepares students for the study of history beginning ca. 1200. It surveys key developments in world history prior to 1200, such as the emergence of major world religions, the interactions between cultures through trade networks and migration, and the growth of and shifts in centers of population and innovation. Unit Summary Sections: Ensuring students better grasp the larger trends in world history and practice history reasoning skills, each unit in the new edition concludes with an expanded summary that reviews the content of the unit by placing it in historical context. Additional high-quality long essay and document-based questions have been added to better prepare students for the toughest parts of the exam. Guided instruction and practice is provided for each of the historical disciplinary practices or reasoning skills identified by the College Board. Exercises throughout the text help prepare students to answer free-response questions on the exam. Within text Test Prep tasks build comprehension and critical analysis skills through extended practice in evaluating author’s perspectives, analyzing sources, citing textual evidence to support arguments, and developing cohesive written arguments. Includes a complete practice exam with a revised exam format based on the most current curriculum framework. Provides recommendations for what could be included in good responses and correlates each question to the curriculum framework.