AP World History Exam 2011 Prep

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<p>Hey everyone! So, as I'm sure all of you guys know, the APWH exam is in less than two weeks. Like everyone else taking the test this year, I'm trying to finish up my studying and get through all of the reviews and practice tests and all that fun stuff. </p>

<p>Anyways, I thought here we could help each other out with our individual studies in preparing for the exam. I've been trying to think of possible essay topics (which is the portion of the exam I'm most worried about) as well as organizing all of the major themes from the course and being able to apply them properly in order to do well on the exam. I'm leaving it pretty open, so feel free to post anything that you think would be helpful to everyone. Also, if you happen to have already taken the exam, it'd be incredibly nice of you to post any "techniques" in tackling the exam or any other suggestions. Thanks! </p>

<p>What I'd LOVE to see as a compare/contrast essay topic is comparing different revolutions, like the Russian, American, Latin American, or French Revolutions. I happen to have completed two different projects on the Russian and French Revolutions, so I feel like I know these two historical developments pretty well. What are ya'll's predictions?</p>

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<p>Hey there! I am taking AP World History too. Now, as i recently learned, some schools make it a 2 year course. My school makes it a one year course, and is a Sophomore course while it is a course for seniors in many other high schools. </p>

<p>But anyway, if being over-prepared was possible, thats my class. Our teacher makes us work as much as he can. Over spring break, we did every essay that was on the AP exam from 2003-2009, so 3 a day basically. And since September we come in from 5-7 every Wednesday and practice our writing skills. But it all pays off though. He said the national mean is around 40% right, ours is around 70%. And the average for our essays is an 8.4, from all the classes he has taught. </p>

<p>But personally, i study the Princeton Review, or as i like to call it, the Bible of World History. Though the practice tests are made to be harder than the actual AP test, it isn’t that bad. And all this week we will be after school from 3-7 reviewing.</p>

<p>And I agree, im also most worried about the essays. Not so much the DBQ, but the free responses. I don’t want to get a topic i am weak on, and have nothing to work with. I wouldn’t mind getting an essay about WW1, or nationalism in somewhere like Sub-Saharan Africa (even though there was one similar to that). Maybe the Atlantic slave trade too. </p>

<p>But as for tips, i have a few when it comes to multiple choice. There are usually 2 answers that could be right, but one you can argue, and the other is fact. Also, try to stay away from the ones that say “always”, or “never”, because that makes them bold statements, so unless you know for sure its right, it most likely won’t be.</p>

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<p>Two years, wow! My AP World was just a semester, and I am taking it as a freshman. I hope that we get a religion essay, so I can get a nine on one of them. I am afraid of the new curve though. MC is definitely my weakness ( I am getting like 60% correct). I am sure that I could have had an eight on all APWH previous essays, so that may help. Unless there is something like "Explain the changes and continuity in the status and role of Mesti</p>

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<p>What new curve? The only change i am aware of is that getting a question wrong doesn’t count against you.</p>

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<p>From what I have seen, there is a decent increase in the raw score needed for a five.</p>

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<p>Yeah, you need between a 77-120 to get a 5. That isn’t too bad though. Get straight 7s on the essays with a 70% on the multiple choice and you’ll get a 5.</p>

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<p>Yeah I feel pretty confident about the multiple choice, and the questions that we’ve practiced with in my class are supposedly more difficult than the ones on the actual AP exam. I feel (slightly) less nervous than I did last year when I took my first AP exam (Human Geography-scored a 5, whoo!), but I know that the World History exam is much more difficult than Human Geo. I’m just paranoid that I’m going to get an essay question that I don’t know how to approach! eek!</p>