The Exam
The amount of MCQs (multiple-choice questions) given on the AP World History exam.
What is 55 questions?
A quick-ripening and drought-resistant food that helped grow the population of China's Song Dynasty.
What is Champa rice?
The nickname of Islamic land-based empires like Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal.
What are the Gunpowder Empires?
An intellectual movement that emphasized reason, science, and individual liberty over traditional religious and societal beliefs.
What was The Enlightenment?
Global tensions from the rise of militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism released with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What are the causes of World War I?
The amount of time given to answer the MCQs on the AP World History exam.
What is 55 minutes?
A warlord from Central Asia who started the process of creating the worlds largest land-based empire in history. His birthname was Temujin.
Who is Genghis Khan?
A religious movement that challenged the corruption and authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
A period of profound social and economic transformation, characterized by the shift from agrarian and handicraft economies to those dominated by machine manufacturing.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A series of domestic programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
What was the New Deal?
The amount of sentences used to answer one section of an SAQ (short-answer question)? Hint: ACE.
What is 3 sentences?
This belief system shaped societies in Asia and included a variety of branches, schools, and practices.
What is Buddhism?
Built by King Louis XIV, he frequently forced his political rivals to reside at this location. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
An economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries.
What is Mercantilism?
A period of geopolitical tension and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, lasting from 1947 to 1991.
What was the Cold War?
The amount of time give to complete three SAQs. Also, the same amount of time is give to complete one LEQ (long essay question).
What is 40 minutes?
The increased demand for luxury goods and improved commercial practices helped expand this network of exchange.
What are the Silk Roads?
A recruitment method used by the Ottoman Empire. Christian boys were forcibly taken from their families, converted to Islam, and trained for service.
What is devshirme?
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto who believed that the capitalist system forces everyone to put economic interests at the heart of their lives.
Who was Karl Marx?
The process by which a territory gains independence from a colonizing power and establishes self-governance.
What is Decolonization?
The amount of time give to complete a DBQ (document-based question)?
What is 1 hour or 60 minutes?
Much like, Marco Polo, this traveler captured the imagination of readers about his journeys across Dar al-Islam.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
Two branches of Islam that frequently caused friction among political powers.
What are Sunni and Shi'a?
A revolutionary leader of indigenous descent who led a major uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Peru.
Who was Tupac Amaru II?
The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of economies, societies, and cultures worldwide.
What is Globalization?