CliffsTestPrep Regents Global History and Geography Workbook

About This Book.

Organization of the Test.

The Multiple-Choice Format.

Scoring.

World History.

Multiple Choice.

Geography.

Multiple Choice.

Economics.

Multiple Choice.

Civics, Citizenship, and Government.

Multiple Choice.

Self-Evaluation Test with Answer Explanations.

Answer Sheet.

Self-Evaluation Test.

Part I: Multiple Choice.

Part II.

Thematic Essay Question.

Part III.

Document-Based Questions.

Part III A.

Short-Answer Questions.

Part III B.

Answer Key.

Part I: Answer Explanations.

Part II: Key Points to Include.

Part III A: Document Short Answers.

Part III B: Key Points to Include.

How to Write an Essay.

Prewriting: How to Begin a Writing Assignment.

The Steps in Writing.

Types of Writing.

Understanding Your Assignment.

Understanding Your Audience.

Guidelines for Choosing a Topic.

Topic versus Thesis.

Writing a Thesis Statement.

Avoiding Fallacies.

The Main Idea in Narratives and Personal Essays.

Prewriting: How to Research and Organize.

Finding Examples and Evidence.

Brainstorming, Taking Notes, and Outlining.

Using the Computer for Research.

The Importance of Specific Details.

Plagiarism.

Quoting and Paraphrasing.

The Writing Assignment.

The Research Paper.

Essays Arguing a Position from a Single Text.

Essays Analyzing a Literary Work.

Narrative, Descriptive, and Autobiographical Essays.

Writing.

Working from a Thesis Statement.

Spatial or Chronological Organization.

Dividing a Subject into Categories.

Organizing Essays of Comparison.

Inductive or Deductive Patterns of Organization.

Order of Examples and Evidence.

Outlining.

Informal Outlines.

Formal Outlines.

Sentence Outlines and Topic Outlines.

Getting Started.

Suggestions for Introductions.

The Paragraph.

Paragraph Length.

Paragraph Unity.

Paragraph Coherence.

Connecting Paragraphs in an Essay.

Conclusions.

What to Avoid.

Suggestions for Conclusions.

Revising and Editing.

Titles.

Reviewing the First Draft.

Preparing the Final Draft.

Writing and Editing a Draft.

Spell-Checking, Grammar-Checking, and Search-and-Replace Functions.

Layout of the Final Draft.

Sample Thematic Essay Questions.Essay I.

Essay II.

Essay III.

Essay IV.

Essay V.

Essay VI.

Essay VII.

Essay VIII.

Essay IX.

Essay X.

Essay XI.