AP WORLD HISTORY – RELEASED EXAM QUESTIONS
Year
DBQ
2002
Compare Muslim vs. Christian
attitudes toward commerce over
time
2003
Analyze causes and
consequences of 19th century
indentured servitude
2004
Analyze responses to spread of
Buddhism in China
2005
Analyze issues twentieth-century
Muslim leaders in South Asia
and North Africa faced in
defining their nationalism
2006
Analyze social & economic
effects of global flow of silver
from mid-sixteenth through early
eighteenth century
2007
Analyze Han and Roman
attitudes toward technology
2008
Analyze factors that shaped the
modern Olympic movement
from 1892-2002
2009
Analyze African actions &
reactions in response to the
European scramble for Africa
2010
Similarities versus differences in
mechanization of cotton industry
in Japan and India, 1880-1930s.
2011
Causes & Consequences of
Green Revolution, 1945 –
present
2012
Relationship between cricket and
politics in South Asia, 18802005
CCOT
C&C
Relationship to global trade patterns,
1750-present. Choose any two: Latin
America, East Asia, Eastern Europe, S &
SE Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle
East, North America
Cultural and economic impact of Islam
1000-1750CE. Choice of West Africa,
South Asia, or Europe
Response of China & Japan to western
penetration in 19th century
Labor systems from 1750-1914. Choice
of Latin American & Caribbean, Russia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Effects/outcomes of WWI on any two of
East Asia, Middle East, South Asia
(Indian subcontinent)
Analyze social & economic
transformations in the Atlantic world
resulting from new contacts among
western Europe, Africa, and the
Americas 1492-1750
Political & economic effects of Mongol
rule on any two of China, Middle East,
Russia
Analyze cultural and political changes &
continuities. Choice of China (100CE600CE), Roman Empire (100CE –
600CE), India (300CE – 600CE)
Goals and outcomes of the revolutionary
process in any two for the dates specified:
Mexico (1910), China (1911), Russia
(1917)
Analyze major changes and continuities
in formation of national identities from
1914 – present. Choice of Middle East,
SE Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
1450-1800 processes (e.g. political, social,
economic) of empire building in the
Spanish Empire with:
Ottoman or Russian Empire
Analyze changes and continuities in
commerce in the Indian Ocean region
from 650CE – 1750CE.
Emergence of nation-states in 19th century
Latin America with one of the following:
Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East
Analyze continuities and changes in
patterns of interactions along Silk Roads
from 200-1450CE
North American racial ideologies and
their effects on society with Latin
American/Caribbean
Describe and explain continuities and
changes in religious beliefs and
practices, 1450 – present in one of the
following areas: Sub-Saharan Africa OR
Latin America/Caribbean
Analyze changes and continuities in long
distance migration, 1700-1900. Include
examples from at least two different
world regions
Methods of political control in TWO of
following empires in Classical period:
Han China (206 – BCE-220CE),
Mauryan/Gupta India (320BCE-550CE),
Imperial Rome (31BCE-476CE)
Analyze continuities and changes in
trade networks between Africa and
Eurasia from circa 300CE to 1450CE.
Demographic & environmental effects of
the Columbian exchange on the Americas
versus choice of Africa, Asia, or Europe.
Roles of women from 1750-1914 from
any two of East Asia, Latin America, SubSaharan Africa, Western Europe
Rise of two empires: West Africa, Aztec,
Mongol