AP Government National exam Test Prep Materials and Resources

Test Prep Books- available at various bookstores and/or amazon.com , all contain (to varying degrees)
preparation strategies and test-taking techniques to raise your score, discussion of topics most likely to
appear on the test, and review questions for government and politics topic covered in a typical AP
Government and Politics Course

1. Cracking the AP US Government dnd Politics Exam. 2008 Edition by Princeton Review- includes 2
fuU-Iength practice AP U.S. Government & Politics tests
2. Master the AP Government and Politics (Peterson's AP U. S. Government & Politics, 2007) by
Peterson's- includes 4 full-length practice AP U.S. Government & Politics tests
3. Barron's AP u.s. Government and Politics-2aos (Barron's How to Prepare for the AP us
Gavernment and Politics AdvanCed Placement Examination) by Curt lader - includes 2 full-length
practice AP U.S. Government & Politics tests
4. Kaplan AP U.s. Government & Politics. 2008 Edition by UlrIch Kleinschmidt and Bill Brown-
. includes 2 full-length practice AP U.S. Government & Politics tests
S. AP Government & Politics w/CD-ROM {REA} -The Best Test Prep: 8th Edition by R. F. Gorman, J.
Hamilton, S. J. Hammond, E. kainer, W. Phelan, G. G. Watson, and Keith Mitchell- includes 5
full-length practice AP U.S. Government & Politics tests
6. 5 Steps to aSAP U.S. Government and Politics, 2007-2008 Edition by Pamela K.J..amb~McGr.aw
HiII)- choice of three customized study schedules
7. U.S. Government and Politics {Cliffs AP} bv Paul Soifer - includes 2 full-length practice AP U.s.
Government & Politics tests

AP Text Books online w/review materlal- good way to quickly assess your knowledge of topics to
determine what your focus of preparation should be

1. http://college.hmco.com/polisci/janda/chall_dem/9e/student_home.html- The Challenge of

DemocracY by_Ken Janda, Jerry Goldman, and Jeff Berry
2. http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_berman_democracy_open_S/61/1S770/4037193.cw/index.html-
Approaching DemocracY by larry Berman and Bruce Allen Murphv
3. http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/dye4/ - Politics in America, 4" Edition by Thomas
Dye
4. http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_magleby...government_21/- Government by the People Twenty-
First edition by David B. Magfeby and David O'Brien
5. http://wps.ablongman.com/longJongman_lagss_O/- Longman American Government Study
Site to accompany Government in America; People, Politics. and Policy 1~ Edition by George C.
Edwards, Martin P. WattenbeflL and Robert L Lineberry, The New American DemocracY Sh
Edition by Morris P. Fiorina, The Struggle for Democracy 7" Edition by Edward S. Greenberg. and
American Government: Continuity and Change by Karen O'Connor and larry J. Sabato
6. ' http://college.hmco.com/polisci/wilson/amJov/9e!students! - American Government, gJr
Edition by James Q. Wilson

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