WRITTEN SECTIONS OF AP WORLD HISTORY TEST In the free-response section of the AP World History Exam‚ all students are asked to answer three constructed-response (essay) questions: Part A — An essay that requires comparison and analysis of up to ten “documents” which can include texts‚ pictures‚ graphs‚ maps‚ etc.—DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION (DBQ) Part B — An essay question that deals specifically with continuity and change over time (covering at least one of the periods in the concept outline)
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Free-Response Questions from Past AP Exams 1999: 1. Is Congress effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy? Support your answer by doing ONE of the following: a. Explain two specific methods Congress uses to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. OR b. Give two specific explanations for the failure of Congress to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. 2000: 1. The Constitution was an attempt to address problems of decentralization
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Group The part of the potential group consisting of members who actually join. Most potential members do not feel the need to become part of the actual group (and pay the dues associated with membership) when they can reap the benefits of the group for free. In an attempt to curb this‚ a group might have selective benefits for due-paying members.
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A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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Free Response Question 1 AP US History Exam QUESTION: How did TWO of the following contribute to the reemergence of a two party system in the period 1820 to 1840? Major political personalities States’ Rights Economic issues In the period of 1820 -1840 a two party system began to form for several reasons including major political personalities as well as economic issues. Conflicts began to surface during this time period‚ which contributed to the reemergence of a two party system
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Unit ONE Late Middle Ages‚ Renaissance‚ Reformation Essay Outline #1 kk Introduction The Catholic Reformation was developed to rebuild Roman Catholicism and put an end to the spread of Protestantism. Appealed to the community by reviving catholic ideas and getting rid of corruption restored the Catholic Church. As a counter attack to the Protestant Reformation‚ Catholic teachings were reinforced in an effort to oppress Protestant beliefs. Luther’s Main Beliefs Humans can reach salvation
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Bacteria and Archaea. This separation was unusual as it was previously thought that Bacteria and Archaea were closely related‚ as they were both prokaryotic. It is now thought that Archaea is more closely related to Eukarya than it is to Bacteria. B. Recommendations to adopt this new three-domain taxonomic system were based on evidence more detailed and reliable than that of the five-kingdom system. New advances in genetic and molecular sciences have allowed for classification based on information
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AP European History 2011 – 2012 Mr. Porter pporter@montville.net Room 307 Course Description: This course examines the political‚ social‚ economic‚ intellectual and cultural history of Europe from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance to the turn of the 21st century. AP European History is a challenging course designed to be the equivalent of a freshman college Western Civilization course and can earn students college credit. Students are expected to do a considerable amount of reading in both
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AP® BIOLOGY 2009 SCORING GUIDELINES (Form B) Question 3 Water is essential to all living things. (a) Discuss THREE properties of water. (b) Explain each of the following in terms of the properties of water. You are not limited to the three properties discussed in part (a): • • • the role of water as a medium for the metabolic processes of cells the ability of water to moderate temperature within living organisms and in organisms’ environments the movement of water from the roots to
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Miguel Raymond European History Essay Final Exam Was Germany to blame for World War 1? Germany was in fact to blame for World War 1. Although there were other countries that were partially to blame for there actions. But it was clear that they played the minor role and Germany played the major one. In 1904 there was a rivalry between nations that increased to a certain extent that caused armies to expand. Certain nations also tried to build alliances. Germany was an imperialistic country
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