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APWH Exam Format

What to expect on the AP exam!

Poll

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Open Ended

What do you know (or have heard) about the AP World History exam?

APWH Exam Format

Here's what to expect on the AP exam!

Two parts:

• Multiple choice: 40%

• Free response: 60%

Multiple Choice (MC): 40%

• 55 questions in 55 minutes

• 1 min per question!

• No penalty for guessing

Open Ended

How many minutes do you get PER multiple choice question?

Free Response: 60%

• SAQs: 3 Short-Answer Questions - 20%

• DBQ: Document-Based Question Essay- 25%

• LEQ: Long-Essay Question - 15%

Multiple Choice

What percentage of your exam grade is free response?

• 15%

• 25%

• 40%

• 60%

Open Ended

Name at LEAST one type of free response on the exam

Format of DBQ Essay: 7 Total Points

• 1 point: Thesis

• 1 point: Contextualization (what events led up to the prompt?)

• 2 points: Evidence from the documents

• 1 point: Outside evidence (not from the docs)

• 1 point: Sourcing (analyzing the POV of a doc)

• 1 point: Complexity (analyzing both sides of the prompt)

Format of DBQ Essay

• Thesis

• Contextualization paragraph

• 2-3 Body Paragraphs

• Conclusion

Multiple Select

Which are parts of the DBQ essay? Select all that apply.

• Thesis

• Contextualization

• Evidence from the docs

• Outside evidence

• Sourcing