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WorksheetsAP European History Document-Based Question Scoring Guidelines
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
According to the scoring guidelines, what is the role of clarity in the evaluation of essays?
Essays must be free of all grammatical errors to earn points
Essays should demonstrate content knowledge even if they contain minor grammatical errors
Essays with any errors will automatically lose points
Essays are graded solely based on their grammatical structure
What is the central question students are asked to evaluate in the AP European History Document-Based Question about the English Civil War?
Whether the English Civil War was caused by economic factors
Whether the English Civil War was motivated primarily by religious or political reasons
Whether the English Civil War was influenced by foreign powers
Whether the English Civil War was a result of social inequality
What is the significance of the 'timed nature of the exam' as mentioned in the scoring guidelines?
It allows students to write longer essays
It ensures that students focus on memorizing facts
It acknowledges that minor errors in essays do not detract from the overall quality of the argument
It requires students to write essays without any errors
What is required to earn 1 point in the 'Thesis/Claim' category according to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines?
Restating or rephrasing the prompt.
Establishing a historically defensible thesis/claim with a line of reasoning.
Providing overgeneralized responses.
Focusing solely on religious conflicts without reasoning.
Which of the following is an example of a historically defensible claim that evaluates the topic of the prompt with analytic categories?
The English Civil War was primarily a religious conflict that aimed to create hardship for anyone who dared to oppose the Gordon Lightfoot.
Puritans like Cromwell were the strongest opponents of the king and wanted to stop Gomer Pyle from leaving Mayberry to join the United States Marines.”
The rebellion against King Charles was driven by religious concerns over the threat of Catholicism and the King’s attempts to suppress Puritanism.
The leaders of the rebellion in the English Civil War were mostly interested in defending the powers of Parliament against the king and thus they were politically motivated.
Which of the following responses does NOT earn a point in the 'Thesis/Claim' category?
Responses that are historically defensible and establish a line of reasoning.
Responses that only restate or rephrase the prompt.
Responses that provide analytic categories to evaluate the topic of the prompt.
Responses that establish categories of the argument.
What is an example of a minimally acceptable thesis/claim according to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines?
The English Civil War brought together groups opposing Charles’ political policies of ruling as an absolute monarch and his religious policies of dictating to the Church, so the motives were highly mixed.
The leaders of the rebellion in the English Civil War were mostly interested in defending the powers of Parliament against the king and thus they were politically motivated.
Puritans like Cromwell were the strongest opponents of the king.
The English Civil War was primarily a religious conflict.
According to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines, where must the thesis or claim be located in an essay?
Anywhere in the essay.
In the introduction or conclusion.
Only in the body paragraphs.
In the footnotes or references section.
Which of the following accurately describes a context relevant to whether the English Civil War was motivated primarily by religious or political reasons?
England was an expanding power in Europe and the world until the English began to fight among themselves.
Europe was experiencing massive religious conflict in the 1600s and England was no exception.
Protestant Reformation in England—creation of the Anglican Church.
At the time of the Civil War, England was ruled by a king and Parliament.
Which of the following is an example of acceptable contextualization for earning a point in the AP European History scoring guidelines?
England had a long-standing tradition of requiring the king to work with Parliament when making important decisions and raising new taxes.
Europe was experiencing massive religious conflict in the 1600s and England was no exception.
England was an expanding power in Europe and the world until the English began to fight among themselves.
At the time of the Civil War, England was ruled by a king and Parliament.
What is required for a response to earn a point for contextualization in the AP European History scoring guidelines?
Provide a passing phrase or brief reference that claims contextualization simply means mentioning any random event from history, even if it is not actually connected to the topic, because as long as something happened in the past it automatically counts as context.
Relate the topic of the prompt to broader historical events, developments, or processes that occur before, during, or continue after the time frame of the question.
Provide an overgeneralized statement about the time period mentioned in the prompt, and continue the distractor to remind students that longer answer choices are often used as decoys, so they should read all options carefully and choose the best answer—not simply the longest.
Describe Europe as experiencing massive religious conflict in the 1600s.
Which of the following is an example of describing evidence from documents relevant to the topic but not using that evidence to support an argument?
The banner has an image of the Magna Carta, a symbol of the political power of Parliament.
Jonathan Langley's letter states that he is reluctant to choose sides in the war.
Lucy Hutchinson claims her husband was concerned by both religious and political developments.
The banner indicates the political motivation for fighting against the king.
What is required to earn 2 points in the 'Row C Evidence' category according to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines?
Use evidence from less than three documents.
Accurately describe content from at least three documents to address the topic of the prompt.
Support an argument in response to the prompt using the content of at least six documents.
Misinterpret the content of the document.
Which of the following examples connects the contents of a document to an argument about political motives?
The court record describes in detail the religious convictions held by a community of Anabaptists, explaining how their commitment to their faith led them to reject and openly disobey the official religious laws imposed by the English government at the time.
Jonathan Langley's letter states that he is reluctant to choose sides in the war.
The banner has an image of the Magna Carta, a symbol of the religous power of congress.
Lucy Hutchinson claims her husband was concerned by both religious and political developments, but that he saw the political attempt to destroy the power of Parliament as the real reason to fight.
According to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines, what is an additional note regarding earning 2 points in the 'Row C Evidence' category?
The response must use all six documents in support of a single argument.
The response must address counterarguments using all six documents.
The response does not have to use the six documents in support of a single argument—they can be used across sub-arguments or to address counterarguments.
The response must misinterpret the content of the documents.
What is required to earn 1 point for "Evidence Beyond the Documents" in the AP European History scoring guidelines?
Provide evidence that is not relevant to the argument about the prompt.
Use at least one specific piece of historical evidence relevant to an argument about motivations for the English Civil War.
Repeat information specified in the prompt or in any of the documents.
Provide a passing phrase or reference.
Which of the following is an example of relevant evidence beyond the documents that earns the point if appropriate elaboration is provided?
Divine Right of Kings
Evidence outside the time period specified in the prompt
A passing phrase or reference
Repeating information from the documents
What is an example of evidence beyond the documents relevant to an argument about the prompt, as stated in the guidelines?
"Prior to calling Parliament in 1640, Charles had ruled for several years by issuing decrees and not calling Parliament."
Evidence that is outside the region specified in the prompt.
A general statement about the English Civil War.
Repeating the information already provided in the documents.
According to the guidelines, what must evidence provided to earn the point for "Evidence Beyond the Documents" NOT do?
Be more than a phrase or reference.
Be outside the time period or region specified in the prompt.
Be specific and relevant to the argument.
Include examples like the Divine Right of Kings or Stuart Absolutism.
What is a key requirement for evidence to be credited as "Evidence Beyond the Documents"?
It must be the same as the evidence used for contextualization.
It must be different from the evidence used to earn the point for contextualization.
It can be a general statement about the topic.
It can repeat information from the documents.
What is required to earn 1 point in the 'Row D Analysis and Reasoning' category for sourcing in the AP European History scoring guidelines?
Explain sourcing for less than three documents.
Identify the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience without explaining its relevance.
Explain how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historical situation, or audience is relevant to an argument for at least three documents.
Summarize the content of the document without explaining its relevance.
Which of the following is an example of an acceptable explanation of the significance of the document’s purpose?
Captain Hooker’s banner was intended to display his beliefs during battle.
The Catechism is intended to provide soldiers with a simple list of mostly religious reasons why the rebellion against the king is justified.
Peyton is writing to a family member about the king’s anger at some members of Parliament.
Langley is seeking protection from local officials as the civil war is intensifying.
What is an example of an acceptable explanation of the relevance of the audience of a source?
Lady Sydenham is writing privately to a friend about her husband’s political choice and so she is candid about the greater strength of the Parliamentary side even while she argues against it.
Captain Hooker’s banner was intended to display his beliefs during battle.
Peyton is writing to a family member about the king’s anger at some members of Parliament.
Langley is seeking protection from local officials as the civil war is intensifying.
Which of the following responses does NOT earn a point in the 'Row D Analysis and Reasoning' category?
Explain sourcing for less than three documents.
Summarize the content of the document without explaining its relevance to the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience.
Identify the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience but fail to explain how or why it is relevant to an argument.
All of the above.
What is an example of an acceptable explanation of the significance of the historical situation of a source?
Captain Hooker’s banner was intended to display his beliefs during battle.
Langley is seeking protection from local officials as the civil war is intensifying and he hopes to stay neutral by portraying himself as loyal to Protestantism.
Peyton is writing to a family member about the king’s anger at some members of Parliament.
Lady Sydenham is writing privately to a friend about her husband’s political choice.
What is required to earn 1 point in the 'Complexity' row of the AP European History scoring guidelines?
Demonstrating a complete understanding of the historical development using evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument.
Listing multiple historical events without analysis.
Providing a single perspective on the historical development.
Summarizing the historical development without evidence.
Which of the following is an example of demonstrating complex understanding in an AP European History essay?
Explaining both causes and effects of a historical development.
Listing events in chronological order without analysis.
Providing a single cause for a historical event.
Restating the prompt without elaboration.
What does the scoring guideline suggest about analyzing multiple variables in an essay?
It involves exploring how different perspectives contribute to a nuanced understanding of the issue.
It requires listing all possible variables without analysis.
It focuses only on the political aspects of the issue.
It avoids discussing religious or cultural factors.
How can an argument be qualified according to the scoring guidelines?
By considering diverse or alternative views or evidence.
By ignoring opposing perspectives.
By focusing solely on one theme.
By summarizing the argument without evidence.
What is an example of explaining insightful connections across periods, as mentioned in the scoring guidelines?
Constructing an argument that explains how the political and governmental issues of the English Civil War were only finally settled by the Glorious Revolution.
Listing events from the English Civil War without analysis.
Focusing only on the religious aspects of the English Civil War.
Ignoring connections between the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution.
What does Peyton describe as the reason for the King dissolving Parliament in the Peyton letter?
The King’s desire to avoid war
The King’s dissatisfaction with the House of Commons
The presence of “agitators” in the House of Commons
The King’s attempt to strengthen religious authority
What belief do the Anabaptists assert in the Report on Anabaptists?
The monarch has no religious authority
The monarch is the head of the Anglican Church
The monarch should enforce Anglican services
The monarch is a divine ruler
What does Lucy Hutchinson emphasize about her husband’s decision in her account?
He actively joined the rebellion against the King
He believed the King was a threat to Protestantism and political liberty but chose not to join the rebellion
He supported the King’s actions against Parliament
He remained neutral and did not express any political opinions
What is Sydenham’s purpose in writing to Lady Verney in her letter?
To support the Parliamentarians’ ideas and methods
To change Lady Verney’s mind by pointing out the adverse political consequences of the Parliamentarians’ actions
To encourage Lady Verney to join the rebellion
To criticize the King’s political decisions
What does Langley focus on as the biggest source of conflict in his letter?
Political differences
Religious accusations
Economic instability
Military threats
What is the purpose of Captain Hooker’s battle flag as described in the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines?
To convey a complex and detailed message about the king’s policies
To link the Parliamentary cause with the defense of traditional rights
To symbolize the king’s authority over England
To represent the economic struggles of the Parliamentary Army
What audience is the Soldier’s Catechism aimed at, according to the AP European History 2022 Scoring Guidelines?
Highly educated members of society
Less educated members of society familiar with religious instruction
Foreign diplomats and political leaders
Wealthy landowners and merchants
What reasons for fighting are stated in the Soldier’s Catechism?
To expand England’s territory and influence
To preserve Parliament and protect Protestantism
To overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic
To defend the economic interests of the Parliamentary Army
Why does the Soldier’s Catechism cover both religious and political reasons for fighting?
To appeal to foreign allies
To address the concerns of the king’s supporters
To present a unified message to the whole army
To emphasize the economic benefits of war
