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Format of Assessment
Section I: Multiple Choice: 70 Questions | 55 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score
- Discrete items with an occasional set of two items
- Historical source material, such as images, charts, maps, and text-based passages, may be included in some items.
Section II: Free Response: 3 Questions | 130 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score
- Document-Based Question (DBQ) (50 minutes, including a 10-minute reading period)
- Change-over-time question (40 minutes)
- Comparative essay (40 minutes)
- Each question in this section is weighted equally
Practice Exams
College Board Practice Exam:
Questions | Scoring | Samples and Commentary | Score Distributions |
Free-Response Questions | Scoring Guidelines | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Score Distributions |
Questions | Scoring | Samples and Commentary | Score Distributions |
Free-Response Questions | Scoring Guidelines | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Score Distributions |
Questions | Scoring | Samples and Commentary | Score Distributions |
Free-Response Questions | Scoring Guidelines | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Score Distributions |
Questions | Scoring | Samples and Commentary | Score Distributions |
Free-Response Questions | Scoring Guidelines | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Score Distributions |
Other Resources:
Learnerator Practice. 1,000 AP World History practice questions, organized by topic and difficulty level.
ACE Practice Tests. 30 practice questions for each of the 34 textbook chapters in The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History textbook.
McGraw Hill Test. Multiple choice quizzes from McGraw Hill’s “5 Steps to a 5” review book.
Full Practice Test. 70 challenging multiple choice questions along with answers and thorough explanations. It also has free response practice questions.
Global Studies Review Quizzes. Multiple choice quizzes categorized by region and topic.
World History Textbook. Quizzes from World History by Duiker and Spielvogel.
More Textbook Resources. Multiple choice questions and chapter outlines for AP World History from The student center for Traditions & Encounters.
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