AP World History Free Response Questions
2002:
1. Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze how each area’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from 1750 to the present. Be sure to describe each area’s involvement in global patterns around 1750 as your starting point.
Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa
East Asia The Middle East
Eastern Europe North America
South and Southeast Asia
2. Analyze and compare the differing responses of China and Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century.
2003:
1. Describe and analyze the cultural, economic and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 c.e. and 1750 c.e. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes.
West Africa
South Asia
Europe
2. Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750 to 1914.
East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America Western Europe
2004:
1. Analyze the continuities in labor systems between 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the following areas. In your analysis, be sure to discuss the causes of the changes and the reasons for the continuities.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
2. Compare and contrast how the First World War and its outcomes affected TWO of the following regions in the period from the war through the 1930’s.
East Asia
Middle East
South Asia (Indian subcontinent)
2005:
1. Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa and the Americas from 1492 to 1750.
2. Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions:
China
Middle East
Russia
2006:
1. Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era.
Chinese 100 c.e. to 600 c.e.
Roman 100 c.e. to 600 c.e.
India 300 c.e. to 600 c.e.
2. Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the revolutionary process in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates specified.
Mexico 1910
China 1911
Russia 1917
2007:
1. Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions listed below from 1914 – present. Be sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region listed.
Middle East
Souteast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
2. Within the period from 1450 – 1850, compare the processes (e.g., political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with empire building in ONE of the following.
The Ottoman Empire
The Russia Empire
2008:
2. Compare the emergence of nation-states in nineteenth century Latin America with the emergence of nation-states in ONE of the following regions in the twentieth century.
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Middle East
2009:
2. For the period from 1500 – 1830, compare North American racial ideologies and their effects on society with Latin American /Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on society.
2010:
Latin American / Caribbean
2. Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the classical period.
Han China (206 BCE – 200 CE)
Mauryan / Gupta India (320 BCE – 500 CE)
Imperial Rome (31 BCE – 476 CE)
2002:
1. Choose TWO of the areas listed below and analyze how each area’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from 1750 to the present. Be sure to describe each area’s involvement in global patterns around 1750 as your starting point.
Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa
East Asia The Middle East
Eastern Europe North America
South and Southeast Asia
2. Analyze and compare the differing responses of China and Japan to western penetration in the nineteenth century.
2003:
1. Describe and analyze the cultural, economic and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 c.e. and 1750 c.e. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes.
West Africa
South Asia
Europe
2. Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750 to 1914.
East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America Western Europe
2004:
1. Analyze the continuities in labor systems between 1750 and 1914 in ONE of the following areas. In your analysis, be sure to discuss the causes of the changes and the reasons for the continuities.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
2. Compare and contrast how the First World War and its outcomes affected TWO of the following regions in the period from the war through the 1930’s.
East Asia
Middle East
South Asia (Indian subcontinent)
2005:
1. Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa and the Americas from 1492 to 1750.
2. Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions:
China
Middle East
Russia
2006:
1. Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era.
Chinese 100 c.e. to 600 c.e.
Roman 100 c.e. to 600 c.e.
India 300 c.e. to 600 c.e.
2. Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the revolutionary process in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates specified.
Mexico 1910
China 1911
Russia 1917
2007:
1. Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions listed below from 1914 – present. Be sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region listed.
Middle East
Souteast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
2. Within the period from 1450 – 1850, compare the processes (e.g., political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with empire building in ONE of the following.
The Ottoman Empire
The Russia Empire
2008:
- Analyze changes and continuities in commerce in the India Ocean region from 650 CE to 1750 CE.
2. Compare the emergence of nation-states in nineteenth century Latin America with the emergence of nation-states in ONE of the following regions in the twentieth century.
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Middle East
2009:
- Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interaction along the Silk Roads from 200 BCE to 1450 CE.
2. For the period from 1500 – 1830, compare North American racial ideologies and their effects on society with Latin American /Caribbean racial ideologies and their effects on society.
2010:
- Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs and practices in ONE of the following regions from 1450 – the present.
Latin American / Caribbean
2. Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the classical period.
Han China (206 BCE – 200 CE)
Mauryan / Gupta India (320 BCE – 500 CE)
Imperial Rome (31 BCE – 476 CE)