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APWH Multiple Choice

APWH Multiple Choice. That's a Lot of History. The AP World History Exam divides all history into five major periods from Foundations to the present. Of course, these five periods cover a huge span of time.

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APWH Multiple Choice

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  1. APWH Multiple Choice

  2. That's a Lot of History • The AP World History Exam divides all history into five major periods from Foundations to the present. • Of course, these five periods cover a huge span of time. • On the Multiple-Choice section of the test, the distribution of questions is as follows:

  3. What is the AP World History Exam really testing? • In a nutshell: Can you make connections between different societies over different periods of time? • In other words, for any given period of history, can you explain who was doing what? How did what they were doing affect the rest of the world? What changed about the society during this period of time? • To show what you know about world history, keep this big-picture perspective in mind as you study and answer multiple-choice questions or construct essays. • To help you do this, keep an eye out for certain recurring themes throughout the different time periods. Specifically, be on the lookout for the following: WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM ME?

  4. Essential Questions • How did people interact with their environment? Why did they live where they did? How did they get there? What tools, technology, and resources were available to them? How was the landscape changed by humans? • What new ideas, thoughts, and styles came into existence? How did these cultural developments influence people and technology (for example: new religious beliefs or Renaissance thought)? • How did different societies get along—or not get along—within a time period? Who took over who? How did leaders justify their power? Who revolted or was likely to revolt? And were they successful? • How did economic systems develop and what did they depend on in terms of agriculture, trade, labor, industrialization, and the demands of consumers? • Who had power and who did not within a given culture and why? What was the status of women? What racial and ethnic constructions were present?

  5. Read the entire question • Clarify in your head what is being asked • Underline or rewrite when needed • Read EVERY answer carefully 1. Read

  6. Remember to think about time and place • Use what you know, even if it doesn’t directly apply to the question, to knock potential answers off the list • Try to knock out two choices using a process of elimination 2. Eliminate

  7. If you don’t know the answer, guess between your last two choices • Don’t leave any questions blank as you are not penalized for wrong answers 3. Guess!

  8. Complete the questions that are easier for you first • Go back and complete the more difficult ones • If you have time, check your work • Many times students miss questions due to simple mistakes 4. Check your work

  9. Guess andGo • Consider the following thought processes of two AP World History test takers on the following question: 1. Signed in 1215 C.E., England's Magna Cartawas a document that (A) increased the wealth of the European nobility (B) intensified the conflict between the church and state (C) established England as a monarchy under King Richard (D) guaranteed individual liberties to all men (E) contained articles that were the foundation for modern justice

  10. In the previous scenario, Student One continues to deliberate between (D) and (E) while Student Twogoes on to the next question. • What's the difference? • Student Two did all the work he could, considered the remaining options, then took a smart guess and moved on. • Student One did all the work he could, then got stuck trying to make a decision between the two remaining options. • As the test progresses, Student One will lag further and further behind Student Two, not because he knows lessworld history, but because he is less willing to take that guess and move on. • To do well on the AP World History Exam, you need to do what you can but then be willing to take your best guess and move on to the next question.

  11. Every time you read an AP World History Exam question, remember that three of the four answer choices you are reading are wrong. • Use the Process of Elimination (POE) to get rid of what you know is wrong as you go through the choices. • Then deal with any answer choices you have left. • For most questions you will be able to eliminate two answer choices relatively quickly. • That leaves you with two choices to consider and then take a smart guess between. Process of Elimination

  12. Take a look at a sample AP World History Exam question: When the Europeans arrived in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1400's and 1500's, the African slave trade was (A) just beginning (B) an institution the Europeans had to establish (C) well established and about 500 years old (D) still under the control of Muslim traders (E) not economically viable and did not interest the Europeans

  13. What is the question asking? • Consider what you know about the topic • Use process of elimination to drop potential answers • Guess and Go! • You won’t know all the answers-accept it and move on

  14. Which of the following was NOT a factor that facilitated the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads? a. Followers of the Zoroastrian faith embraced Buddhism in large numbers.b. Buddhist monks traveled along the Silk Roads spread their religion.c. Wealthy Buddhist merchants built monasteries in Silk Road towns in order to earn religious merit.d. Foreign merchants introduced Buddhism to northern China.

  15. Confucius believed that it was possible to restore social harmony in all EXCEPT which of the following ways? a. Superiors should provide a good moral example to their inferiors.b. People should meditate on nature as the key means to restore their sense of balance with the world.c. Elites should receive a broad liberal arts education as the key to moral improvement.d. Superiors should cultivate benevolence or nobility of heart as the essential ingredient of a peaceful society.

  16. 18. What lay at the core of the Japanese program of "defensive modernization"? a. Its state-guided industrializationb. Shintoc. Its educational systemd. Its constitution

  17. Why did white rule last almost 50 years longer in South Africa than it did in India (1994 versus 1947)? a. Blacks in South Africa were much better treated than Indians in British India.b. Blacks chose the path of violence, which was futile, as opposed to nonviolence, which the Indians used to great effect.c. A sizeable and powerful community of permanent white settlers in South Africa, but not in India, controlled the country.d. Gandhi never spent time in South Africa.

  18. How did Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, view the role of Islam in the state? a. He based his ideas of the state on Islamic principles.b. He saw the public or political role of Islam as an obstacle to modernizing Turkey.c. He disliked the influence of Islam, but knew he was powerless to diminish it.d. He was determined to use the state to wipe out all traces of Islam.

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