Short Answer Question (SAQ)

3 Questions | 40 Minutes | 20% of Exam Score

• Students analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.

• Questions provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know best.

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

• Students choose between 2 options for the final required short-answer question, each one focusing on a different time period:

  • Question 1 is required, includes 1 secondary source, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1200 and 2001.

  • Question 2 is required, includes 1 primary source, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1200 and 2001.

  • Students choose between Question 3 (which focuses on historical developments or between the years 1200 and 1750) and Question 4 (which focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1750 and 2001) for the last question. No sources are included for either Question 3 or Question 4.