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AP World History Free-Response Questions
WORLD HISTORY
SECTION II
Part B
(Suggested planning and writing time- 40 minutes)
Percent of Section II score- 33 1/3
Directions: You are to answer the following question. You should spend 5 minute organizing or outlining your
essay. Write an essay that:
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Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
Addresses all parts of the question
Makes direct, relevant comparisons
Analyzes relevant reasons for similarities and differences
1. Choose one of the following “classical” civilizations from the list below and compare its rise and fall with
either Greece OR Rome. Focus your discussion on political and cultural processes and structures
which supported the development of empire, but ones which also, perhaps, contributed to their
respective declines. For the purpose of AP World, the “classical” period is typically defined as the
period between 500 BCE and 500 CE, give or take a hundred or so years on either side.
Qin/Han China
Mauryan/Gupta India
AP World History Free-Response Questions
WORLD HISTORY
SECTION II
Part B
(Suggested planning and writing time- 40 minutes)
Percent of Section II score- 33 1/3
Directions: You are to answer the following question. You should spend 5 minute organizing or outlining your
essay. Write an essay that:
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•
•
•
Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
Addresses all parts of the question
Makes direct, relevant comparisons
Analyzes relevant reasons for similarities and differences
1. Choose one of the following “post classical” civilizations from the list below and compare its rise and fall
with either the Sui, Tang, and/or Song Dynasties (think of these three dynasties as a collective whole for
the purpose of this writing, or focus on the one or ones that help you advance your argument). Focus
your discussion on political and cultural processes and structures which supported the development of
empire, but ones which also, perhaps, contributed to their respective declines. For the purpose of AP
World, the “post-classical” period is typically defined as the period between 500 CE and 1500 CE, give
or take a hundred or so years on either side.
Islamic Dynasties (Umayyad and Abbasid)
Byzantine Empire