Pick up the AP World Exam Information

and Review Packet From the Front

**Please arrive for the exam

by 7:30 AM on May 16**

Period 1: Technological and

Environmental Transformations, to c.

600 B.C.E.

Key Concept 1.1. Big Geography and the

Peopling of the Earth

Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic

Revolution and Early Agricultural

Societies

Key Concept 1.3. The Development and

Interactions of Early Agricultural,

Pastoral, and Urban Societies

Period 2: Organization and

Reorganization of Human Societies, c.

600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E

Key Concept 2.1. The Development and

Codification of Religious and Cultural

Traditions

Key Concept 2.2. The Development of

States and Empires

Key Concept 2.3. Emergence of

Interregional Networks of

Communication and Exchange

Period 3: Regional and Interregional

Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450

Key Concept 3.1. Expansion and

Intensification of Communication and

Exchange Networks

Key Concept 3.2. Continuity and

Innovation of State Forms and Their

Interactions

Key Concept 3.3. Increased Economic

Productive Capacity and Its

Consequences

Period 4: Global Interactions, c. 1450

to c. 1750

Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing

Networks of Communication and

Exchange

Key Concept 4.2. New Forms of Social

Organization and Modes of

Production

Key Concept 4.3. State Consolidation

and Imperial Expansion

Period 5: Industrialization and Global

Integration, c. 1750 to c. 1900

Key Concept 5.1. Industrialization and

Global Capitalism

Key Concept 5.2. Imperialism and

Nation-State Formation

Key Concept 5.3. Nationalism,

Revolution, and Reform

Key Concept 5.4. Global Migration

Period 6: Accelerating Global Change

and Realignments, c. 1900 to the

Present

Key Concept 6.1 Science and the

Environment

Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and

Their Consequences

Key Concept 6.3 New

Conceptualizations of Global

Economy, Society, and Culture

Theme 1: Interaction Between

Humans and the Environment

Demography and disease

Migration

Patterns of settlement

Technology

Theme 2: Development and Interaction of

Cultures

Religions

Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies

Science and technology

The arts and architecture

Theme 3: State-Building,

Expansion, and Conflict

Political structures and forms of

governance

Empires

Nations and nationalism

Revolts and revolutions

Regional, trans-regional, and

global structures and organizations

Theme 4: Creation,

Expansion, and Interaction

of Economic Systems

Agricultural and pastoral

production

Trade and commerce

Labor systems

Industrialization

Capitalism and socialism

Theme 5: Development

and Transformation of

Social Structures

Gender roles and relations

Family and kinship

Racial and ethnic

constructions

Social and economic

classes

Section I: Part A

Multiple Choice — 55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam

Score

• Questions appear in sets of 2 to 5.

• Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and

evidence.

• Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are

included

Section I: Part B

Open Response (Short Answer) — 3 Questions | 40 Minutes |

20% of Exam Score

• Analyze historians' interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.

• Questions provide opportunities for students to explain the historical examples that they

know best.

• Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps.

• Students choose between two options for the final required short-answer question, each

one focusing on a different time period:

• Question 1 (required): periods 3-6

• Question 2 (required): periods 3-6

• Students choose between Question 3, periods 1-3, and Question 4, periods 4-6

Section II: Part A

Document Based Question — 1 Question | 60 Minutes (includes

15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score

• Assess written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical

evidence.

• Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical

evidence.

• The question focuses on topics from periods 3-6.

Section II: Part B

Long Essay — 1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score

• Explain and analyze significant issues in world history.

• Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

• The question choices focus on the same theme and skill, but students

choose from three options, each focusing on a different range of time

periods:• Option 1: periods 1-2

• Option 2: periods 3-4

• Option 3: periods 5-6

• Know what is expected of you on the written portion of the exam

• You will not have access to the rubrics…you must memorize them

• Do not leave questions blank -- at least try

• Especially on the DBQ – it is a research paper and the research is

done for you

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