General Audio/Visual Resources

*** Audios from Giles Hill 

Audio and video. Very short but full of the most important information about topics from the Causes of World War I to the Cold War and Vietnam. Not all topics are useful for AP World History so choose carefully.

*** Videos from the Bridging World History series are scholarly and focused.

          To watch the videos use the link captioned "VOD" (video on demand) that is found in the bottom left of each unit page.  Each video is approximately 25 minutes and focuses on three examples related to a particular topic.
          The script of the video is available for viewing.  Alternatively this script can be displayed on the computer screen and read by the computer using one of several script reading tools such as Read-Write for chrome or one of the readers on Microsoft or Macintosh platforms.

*** Crash Course World History

Listen to units 1-20 before the mid-term.  Listening is a good as watching for many of his videos, though sometimes listening to a video twice or thrice will be helpful!

Listen to units 21-42 after the mid-term and before the AP test.

***Get A Five  

This is a quiz site, but there are videos for each section.  Watch/listen to the videos for each section and then quiz yourself.  It looks like a site that requires payment, but it is free! 

Quizzes and Study Guides

Use these quizzes and study guides as review -- and as an introduction to a topic.

If reading is a challenge ask someone to read the questions and answers.

New quizzes will be added from time to time! Check back periodically!

Development of Regional and World Trade

The Vikings: Professor Freedman, Yale University.
Focus particularly on the sections from 25 minutes onward that address Viking trading in the east.

Connections across Water  from Bridging World History series.  Summary of water-borne trade developing to c 1500.  The focus is on the Vikings, East African Trading States, and the Mississippian regions. 25 min.

Connections across Land. from Bridging World History series.  Summary of land trade developing to c 1500. Focus is on silk, gold and turquoise traded in Asia, across Africa, and in meso-America. 25 min.

Early Economies. from Bridging World History. This provides background to the development of regional economic and labor systems.

Rise of Islam

Rise of Islam: Abbasids

Professor Freedman, Yale University. Rise of the Abbasids   
Focus on the the first 20 minutes which explain reasons for the success of the Abbasids and their success