About the AP World History: Modern Course
In AP World History: Modern, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.
Historical Thinking Skills
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What's in the Test?
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Section 1A: Multiple Choice
55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score
55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score
- Questions usually appear in sets of 3–4 questions.
- Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence.
- Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.