AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS



AP WORLD EXAM QUESTIONS – By Question Type

DBQ

|2002 |Using the documents, compare and contrast the attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins|

|Unit 3: |until about 1500. Are there indications of change over time in either case, or both? What kinds of additional documents would you need|

|600-1450 |to assess the consequences of these attitudes on merchant activities? |

|2003 |Using the documents, analyze the main features, including causes and consequences, of the system of indentured servitude that developed |

|Unit 5: |as part of global economic changes in the nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. What additional kind of document(s) would help |

|1750 – 1900 |assess the historical significance of indentured servitude in this period? |

|2004 |Based on the following documents, analyze the responses to the spread of Buddhism in China. What additional kind of documents would you|

|Unit 3: |need to evaluate the extent of Buddhism’s appeal in China? |

|600-1450 | |

|2005 |Analyze the issues that twentieth-century Muslim leaders in South Asia and North Africa confronted in defining their nationalism. What |

|Unit 6: |additional kind of document(s) would be most helpful in furthering your analysis? |

|1900 - Present | |

|2006 |Using the documents, analyze the social and economic effects of the global flow of silver from the mid-sixteenth century to the early |

|Unit 4: |eighteenth century. Explain how another type of document would help you analyze the effects of the flow of silver bullion in this |

|1450 - 1750 |period. |

|2007 |Using the documents, analyze Han and Roman attitudes toward technology. Identify one additional type of document and explain briefly |

|Unit 2: |how it would help your analysis. |

|600 BCE – 600 CE | |

|2008 |Based on the following documents, analyze factors that shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. Identify and explain what |

|Unit 6: |additional type of document(s) or sources would help you assess these factors. |

|1900 - Present | |

|2009 |Using the documents, analyze African actions and reactions in response to the |

|Unit 4: |European Scramble for Africa. Identify an additional type of document and explain |

|1750-1914 |how it would help in assessing African actions and reactions. |

|2010 |Using the following documents, analyze similarities and differences in the |

|Unit 5/6: |mechanization of the cotton industry in Japan and India in the period from the |

|1750 - Present |1880s to the 1930s. Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would |

| |help your analysis of the mechanization of the cotton industry. |

Change and Continuity

|2002 |Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze how each area’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from 1750 to the present.|

|Units 5 & 6: |Be sure to describe each area’s involvement in global patterns around 1750 as your starting point. |

|1750 – Present |- Latin America - Sub-Saharan Africa |

| |- East Asia - The Middle East |

| |- Eastern Europe - North America |

| |- South and Southeast Asia |

|2003 |Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 C.E. and 1750 |

|Units 3 & 4: |C.E. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes. |

|600 - 1750 |West Africa |

| |South Asia |

| |Europe |

|2004 |Analyze the changes and continuities in labor systems between 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the following areas. In your analysis, be sure to|

|Unit 5: |discuss the causes of the changes and the reasons for the continuities: |

|1750-1900 |Latin America and the Caribbean |

| |Russia |

| |Sub-Saharan Africa |

|2005 |Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, |

|Unit 4: |Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. |

|1450 – 1750 | |

|2006 |Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the |

|Unit 2: |classical era. |

|600 BCE – 600 CE |Chinese, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

| |Roman, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

| |Indian, 300 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

|2007 |Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions below from 1914 to the present. Be|

|Unit 6: |sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region selected. |

|1900 – Present |Middle East |

| |Southeast Asia |

| |Sub-Saharan Africa |

|2008 |Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian Ocean region from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. |

|Units 3 & 4: | |

|600 – 1750 | |

|2009 |Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads |

|Units 2 & 3: |from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. |

|600 BCE – 1450 CE | |

|2010 |Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs and practices in |

|Units 4 – 6: |ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the present. |

|1450 – present |- Sub-Saharan Africa |

| |- Latin America/Caribbean |

Compare and Contrast

|2002 |Analyze and compare the differing responses of China and Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century. |

|Unit 5: | |

|1750-1900 | |

|2003 |Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750 to 1914. |

|Unit 5: |- East Asia - Sub-Saharan Africa |

|1750-1900 |- Latin America - Western Europe |

|2004 |Compare and contrast how the First World War and its outcomes affected TWO of the following regions in the period from the war though |

|Unit 6: |the 1930s. |

|1900 – Present |East Asia |

| |Middle East |

| |South Asia (Indian subcontinent) |

|2005 |Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions: |

|Unit 3: |China |

|600-1450 |Middle East |

| |Russia |

|2006 |Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the revolutionary process in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates |

|Units 5 & 6: |specified. |

|1750 – Present |Mexico 1910 |

| |China 1911 |

| |Russia 1917 |

|2007 |Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare the process (e.g. political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire |

|Unit 4: |with the empire-building process in ONE of the following. |

|1450 – 1750 |The Ottoman Empire |

| |OR |

| |The Russian Empire |

|2008 |Compare the emergence of nation-states in nineteenth-century Latin America with the emergence of nation-states in ONE of the following |

|Units 5 & 6: |regions in the twentieth century. |

|1750 – Present |Sub-Saharan Africa |

| |The Middle East |

|2009 |For the period from 1500 to 1830, compare North American racial ideologies and their |

|Units 4 & 5: |effects on society with Latin American/Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on |

|1450 - 1900 |society. |

|2010 |Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the |

|Unit 2: |following empires in the Classical period. |

|600 BCE – 600 CE |- Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) |

| |- Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.) |

| |- Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.) |

AP WORLD EXAM QUESTIONS – By Era

|Unit 1 |8000 BCE to 600 BCE – Neolithic Rev and Ancient Era |

|None |None |

|Unit 2 |600 BCE to 600 CE – Classical Era |

|2007 |Using the documents, analyze Han and Roman attitudes toward technology. Identify one additional type of document and explain briefly |

|DBQ |how it would help your analysis. |

|2006 |Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the |

|Change & Continuity |classical era. |

|Over-Time |Chinese, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

| |Roman, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

| |Indian, 300 C.E. to 600 C.E. |

|2010 |Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the |

|Compare |following empires in the Classical period. |

|and |- Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) |

|Contrast |- Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.) |

| |- Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.) |

|Unit 3 |600 to 1450 CE – Post Classical |

|2002 |Using the documents, compare and contrast the attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins|

|DBQ |until about 1500. Are there indications of change over time in either case, or both? What kinds of additional documents would you need|

| |to assess the consequences of these attitudes on merchant activities? |

|2004 |Based on the following documents, analyze the responses to the spread of Buddhism in China. What additional kind of documents would you|

|DBQ |need to evaluate the extent of Buddhism’s appeal in China? |

|2009 |Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads |

|Change & Continuity |from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. |

|2005 |Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions: |

|Compare and Contrast |China |

| |Middle East |

| |Russia |

|Unit 4 |1450 to 1750 – Age of Global Interaction |

|2003 |Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 C.E. and 1750 |

|Change & Continuity |C.E. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes. |

| |- West Africa - South Asia - Europe |

|2005 |Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, |

|Change & Continuity |Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. |

|2008 |Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian Ocean region from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. |

|Change & Continuity | |

|2007 |Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare the process (e.g. political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire |

|Compare and |with the empire-building process in ONE of the following. |

|Contrast |The Ottoman Empire |

| |OR |

| |The Russian Empire |

|2011 |Analyze similarities and differences in the rise of TWO of the following empires. |

|Compare and |- A West African Sudanic empire (Mali OR Ghana OR Songhay) |

|Contrast |- The Aztec Empire |

| |- The Mongol Empire |

|Unit 5 |1750 to 1900 – Age of Revolutions and Industry |

|2003 |Using the documents, analyze the main features, including causes and consequences, of the system of indentured servitude that developed |

|DBQ |as part of global economic changes in the nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. What additional kind of document(s) would help |

| |assess the historical significance of indentured servitude in this period? |

|2009 |Using the documents, analyze African actions and reactions in response to the |

|DBQ |European Scramble for Africa. Identify an additional type of document and explain |

| |how it would help in assessing African actions and reactions. |

|2004 |Analyze the changes and continuities in labor systems between 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the following areas. In your analysis, be sure to|

|Change |discuss the causes of the changes and the reasons for the continuities: |

|And |Latin America and the Caribbean |

|Continuity |Russia |

| |Sub-Saharan Africa |

|2011 |Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations in the period from |

|Change and |1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific examples from at least TWO different |

|Continuity |world regions. |

|2002 |Analyze and compare the differing responses of China and Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century. |

|Compare | |

|and | |

|Contrast | |

|2003 |Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750 to 1914. |

|Compare |- East Asia - Sub-Saharan Africa |

|and |- Latin America - Western Europe |

|Contrast | |

|2009 |For the period from 1500 to 1830, compare North American racial ideologies and their |

|Compare |effects on society with Latin American/Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on |

|and |society. |

|Contrast | |

|Unit 6 |1900 to Present – The Modern Era |

|2005 |Analyze the issues that twentieth-century Muslim leaders in South Asia and North Africa confronted in defining their nationalism. What |

|DBQ |additional kind of document(s) would be most helpful in furthering your analysis? |

|2008 |Based on the following documents, analyze factors that shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. Identify and explain what |

|DBQ |additional type of document(s) or sources would help you assess these factors. |

|2010 |Using the following documents, analyze similarities and differences in the |

|DBQ |mechanization of the cotton industry in Japan and India in the period from the |

| |1880s to the 1930s. Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would |

| |help your analysis of the mechanization of the cotton industry. |

|2011 |Using the following documents, analyze the causes and consequences of the |

|DBQ |Green Revolution in the period from 1945 to the present. Identify and explain |

| |one additional type of document and explain how it would help your analysis of |

| |the Green Revolution. |

| | |

|2002 |Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze how each area’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from 1750 to the present.|

|Change |Be sure to describe each area’s involvement in global patterns around 1750 as your starting point. |

|and |- Latin America - Sub-Saharan Africa |

|Continuity |- East Asia - The Middle East |

| |- Eastern Europe - North America |

| |- South and Southeast Asia |

|2007 |Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions below from 1914 to the present. Be|

|Change |sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region selected. |

|and |Middle East |

|Continuity |Southeast Asia |

| |Sub-Saharan Africa |

|Unit 5 |1900 to Present – The Modern Era (continued) |

|2010 |Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs and practices in |

|Change |ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the present. |

|and |- Sub-Saharan Africa |

|Continuity |- Latin America/Caribbean |

|2004 |Compare and contrast how the First World War and its outcomes affected TWO of the following regions in the period from the war though |

|Compare |the 1930s. |

|and |East Asia |

|Contrast |Middle East |

| |- South Asia (Indian subcontinent) |

|2006 |Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the revolutionary process in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates |

|Compare |specified. |

|and |Mexico 1910 |

|Contrast |China 1911 |

| |Russia 1917 |

|2008 |Compare the emergence of nation-states in nineteenth-century Latin America with the emergence of nation-states in ONE of the following |

|Compare |regions in the twentieth century. |

|and |Sub-Saharan Africa |

|Contrast |The Middle East |

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