<p>I find that I am having a lot of trouble being able to make generalizations about societies because I tend to focus on facts stated in my Princeton Review study guide. Although the guide does point out comparisons and such, they don’t go into enough sufficient detail needed for the essays, and if I don’t know the generalizations that well, then I probably won’t do well on the essays.</p>
<p>Basically, my question is as follows: What is a good way to absorb the (generalized) information needed to do well on both the MC questions that ask about two societies, etc. and the essay questions?</p>
<p>I do well on the questions that focus on specific facts, like “What did the Truman Doctrine do?” Anyways, I got a 39.5 on the MC portion of the Princeton Review Test #2 I took today if that helps… I also took notes over the study guide a few weeks back, but I’ve mostly been focusing on just reading the different sections of the study guide multiple times. (Not sure if that’s the best idea, so let me know please!)</p>
<p>I took the AP World Exam without studying and I got a 5 on it. Here are a few tips that I recommend:</p>
<p>It’s good to know facts and all the minor details. However, in your case, I think you should also focus on the relationships between the events of each time period. For example, you know what the Truman Doctrine focuses on which is good. But do you know why it was created? Do you know the events that triggered led to Truman adopting such policies? Do you know how Truman’s policies influenced later time periods? Do you know whether Truman’s policies reflected the general consensus of Americans?</p>
<p>Haha, I know that those are a lot of questions to think about. But if you know how each event is related to one another, then you’ll have a better understanding of the facts behind them.</p>
<p>I have the Barron’s book and one of the reasons I love it is because each unit has an overview in which general themes and comparisons are made in various aspects including governnment, culture, politics, economics, etc. If you know the specific details, the said overviews help put the information together and give you a broad idea of what’s going on as a whole, which is extremely helpful, as the above post discusses.</p>