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SAMPLE QUESTIONS for the Redesigned AP World History Course (as of August 2017) IMPORTANT NOTE: IMPORTANT NOTE: These exams are written for teacher use in the classroom only and will NOT be sold to anyone who is not an AP History teacher. For the benefit of all teachers in the AP World History
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- Question 1—Document-Based Question
- B. Contextualization (0–1 points): 1
- Demonstrating Complex Understanding
- Document Sourcing
- Demonstrating Complex Understanding
- B. Contextualization (0–1 points): 0
- Evidence Beyond the Documents
Note: Student samples are quoted verbatim and may contain spelling and grammatical errors.
The response earned 1 point for contextualization in the first paragraph for a wide-ranging discussion of imperial, colonial, and economic developments relevant to Asia, Africa, and Europe. Multiple specific examples (such as the Industrial Revolution, the American wars of independence, the reference to a “second wave of imperialism,” etc.) show a ...
The response earned 1 point for complexity. Already in the introductory paragraph, the response demonstrates a complex understanding of the causes and consequences of European imperialism, as well as the interconnections between imperialism and economic activity. Throughout the response, evidence from the documents as well as additional evidence is...
The response did not earn the point for sourcing the documents because it does not attempt sourcing analysis of any documents.
The response did not earn the point for complexity. There is no attempt to demonstrate a complex understanding of the extent to which European imperialism affected economies in Africa and/or Asia.
The response did not earn the point for contextualization. The second sentence of the first paragraph contains an attempt to situate imperialism historically, but it is too vague and overgeneralized to.
The response did not earn the point for evidence beyond the documents because it provides no additional pieces of specific historical evidence relevant to the prompt.
another example for a different part of the argument, but the total number of examples must still be at least two. (For example, changes in commercial practices affected trade more significantly in some regions than others; changes in commercial practices significantly affected trade across all of Afro-Eurasia.)
AP World History Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary from the 2018 Exam Administration: Short Answer Question 3 Keywords: teacher resources; exam resources; exam information; scoring information; score rationale; AP World History Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary from the 2018 Exam Administration: Short Answer Question 3
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Short Answer Question 2. Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows. “First and most important in the early modern era [1450–1750 C.E.] is the intensified human land use in every world region. Rising human numbers put increasing pressure on the land. Almost invariably [human] expansion caused a reduction in the ...
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