AP WORLD HISTORY COLLEGE BOARD EXAM

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AP WORLD HISTORYCOLLEGE BOARD EXAM

• Are you Ready????

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Section IMultiple Choice

• 70 questions
• 55 minutes
• 50 of total score
• Start with number correct, no points deducted for
  un-answered questions, ¼ point deducted for wrong
  answer
• educated guessing
• ignore obviously wrong answers
• discard choices in which part of response is
  incorrect
• reread remaining answers to see which seems most
  correct
• choose the answer that you feel is right trust
  yourself AND Dont Change Answers!!
• if you know nothing about the questions or
  distractors, dont take a chance

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Section IMultiple Choice

• Approximate Percentages in each Time Era
• Foundations 14 (9 questions)
• 1000-1450 22 (15 questions)
• 1450-1750 22 (15 questions)
• 17501914 20 (14 questions)
• 1914-Present 22 (15 questions)
• 30 to European History
• U.S. only as relates to the World

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Section IMultiple Choice

• 4 question types
• 1. Graphics (maps, cartoons, tables, graphs
  pictures)
• 2. Short quotations
• 3. Statements to complete
• 4. questions to answer
• Majority will be basic statement or question type
  (3 and 4)

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Section IMultiple Choice

• Questions at the beginning of test tend to be
  easier get more difficult as you progress
• Questions are clustered in groups that go from
  foundations to the present then questions will
  jump back to earlier periods
• Pace yourself, answer easy ones first, go back to
  harder ones
• Do not spend too much time on a difficult
  question
• Read all distractors first before choosing an
  answer

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Section IMultiple Choice

• REMEMBER THESE
• 1. Try to answer as many of the questions at the
  beginning of the test as possible
• 2. Use chronological order to help you answer
  questions
• 3. You do not have to answer all the questions

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Basic Essay Information

• aim for 5 paragraphs
• use evidence to support answer
• read directions!!! Tell you to discuss explain,
  analyze, assess or evaluate. Distinguish
  similarities differences or identify causes and
  effects
• write clearly neatly

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Basic Essay Information

• Basic Essay
• Introduction include THESIS STATEMENT
• Supporting Information
• Supporting Information
• Supporting Information
• Conclusion reminder of Thesis Statement,
  summary or final remarks

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Basic Essay InformationDonts

• Do not write an improbable, vague or unrelated
  thesis
• Do not be wordy in an effort to appear
  knowledgeable and impress the readers
• Do not make unsupported statements
• Do not include incorrect information
• Do not use your opinions, thoughts, feelings as
  fact. Express your opinion only when asked, and
  then support it with evidence

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Basic Essay InformationDos

• Address the question, even restate it in thesis
• Define your terms
• Thoroughly explain the issues
• Express yourself clearly logically
• Support your position with evidence
• Recognize other points of view

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Section IIDBQ

• 50 minutes
• first 10 minutes to read documents plan essay
• 33.3 of section II score, 16.6 of total exam
  score

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Section II - DBQ

• 1. Analyze the Question
• look for actions (explain, discuss, analyze, etc)
• 2. Take notes
• brainstorm what you already know about the
  subject
• 3. Read the Documents
• look for inconsistencies among documents
• 4. Organize your information
• create thesis statement
• 5. Write your essay
• include all documents
• do not summarize documents
• include references to historical information from
  outside documents
• add additional document
• at least 3 groups (chronologically, culturally,
  thematically)
• at least 3 points of view
• use present tense about what documents say
• identify documents by number everytime you
  mention them.

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Section IIChange over Time

• 40 minutes
• Use first 5 minutes to plan essay
• 33.3 of section II score, 16.6 of total exam
  score
• will ask you about change over time, remember to
  include what stayed the same
• will involve one or more of the 5 time periods
• will highlight broad issues in world history in
  one cultural area or in several you may be told
  which areas to write about or you may be given a
  list and told to choose a specific number of
  items to describe.
• always use at least 3 examples from beginning and
  3 from end of time period

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Section IIChange over Time

• 1. State condition or what situation was at the
  beginning of the time span
• 2. Show how the condition or circumstance changed
  from then until the end point of the time span
  you are writing about
• 3. If you have to write about more than one time
  period, note how the circumstance or condition
  was different or the same in each intervening
  time period.
• Creating a long cause effect chain while also
  keeping track of what didnt change

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Section IIChange over Time

• 1. Analyze the question to determine what is
  really being asked
• 2. Be sure you know if the question is asking you
  to do something in addition to describing the
  outcome of events over time (explain or interpret
  too)
• 3. Make a quick list of ideas that relate to the
  topic and how you will write about it
• 4. Create a table to list each time period,
  original circumstance, what changed, why how
  and what did not change, why how
• 5. Evaluate your notes and develop a thesis
• 6. Organize your information in a logical way
• 7. Write the essay, use examples

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Section IIChange over Time

• introduction is very important make sure you
  state the topic your opinion .
• do not start opening paragraph with I believe
  or In my Opinion
• you can argue many different thesis on a given
  question, choose the one you can defend the best.
• include as many historical facts evidence as
  you can to support essay
• answer all parts of the question
• write clearly, logically coherently

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Section IICompare Contrast

• 40 minutes
• Use first 5 minutes to plan essay
• 33.3 of section II score, 16.6 of total exam
  score
• will ask you about broad issues in world history
• in relation to at least 2 societies
• interacting with each other or with major themes
  or events
• no single correct answer
• always use at least 3 examples of continuities
  and 3 examples of changes.

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Section IICompare Contrast

• 1. analyze the question to determine what it is
  really asking. Underline to highlight the key
  words that describe what you are to compare
• 2. Be sure you know if question is asking you to
  do something in addition to comparing
  information, like explaining or interpreting what
  you are comparing
• 3. Make a quick list of differences
  similarities
• 4. Create a table to list those differences
  similarities. Try to list the same number for
  each culture region

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Section IICompare Contrast

• 5. Evaluate your notes, and develop a thesis
• 6. Organize information in logical way. Number
  the items in the order in which you expect to use
  them. Do not re-write them in an actual outline
  form
• 7. Write your essay be sure to use examples to
  illustrate differences and similarities.

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Section IICompare Contrast

• introduction is very important make sure you
  state the topic your opinion .
• do not start opening paragraph with I believe
  or In my Opinion
• you can argue many different thesis on a given
  question, choose the one you can defend the best.
• include as many historical facts evidence as
  you can to support essay
• answer all parts of the question
• write clearly, logically coherently