1st Question

Based on this, the skills being assessed in this type of question are:

• Critical thinking

• Memorization

• Calculation

• Drawing

What will the 2nd question ask you to do? Fill in the blank:

What does the 'T' in TEA stand for and what does it require you to do?

• Topic sentence - directly answers the question and introduces your example

• Thesis statement - summarizes the entire essay

• Transition - connects two paragraphs smoothly

• Theme - identifies the main idea of the text

What does the 'E' in TEA stand for and what does it require you to do?

What does the 'A' in TEA stand for and what does it require you to do?

• Analysis - tie it back to the prompt or explain overall significance

• Argument - state your opinion clearly

• Answer - restate the question

• Application - use real-world examples

What does the 'A' in APE stand for and what does it require you to do?

What does the 'P' in APE stand for and what does it require you to do?

• Provide proof and cite a specific piece of historical evidence

• Present your opinion and elaborate on it

• Predict possible outcomes and explain them

• Propose a new theory and justify it

What does the 'E' in APE stand for and what does it require you to do?

• Expand on your response with further analysis or context

• Explain your answer using only evidence

• Elaborate by providing examples only

• Estimate the possible outcomes

Identify ONE historical example of mass violence that was committed by a totalitarian state in the twentieth century that would support Rummel’s argument in the passage.

• The Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany

• The American Civil War

• The French Revolution

• The Vietnam War

Which of the following is a historical example of a democratic state committing mass violence that would challenge Rummel’s argument regarding democracies and mass violence?

• The United States' internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

• The Soviet Union's Great Purge under Stalin

• Nazi Germany's Holocaust

• Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime