World History: Modern
World History: Modern
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2027 EXAM: Thursday, May 6 @ 8am
2027 EXAM: Thursday, May 6 @ 8am
EXAM FORMAT
EXAM FORMAT
Section I, Part A: Multiple Choice
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.
Section I, Part B: Short Answer
3 Questions
40 Minutes
20% of Exam Score
Students are presented with 3 short-answer questions and are required to answer all 3 questions.
Short-answer question 1 includes a secondary text source, short-answer question 2 includes a primary text source, and short-answer question 3 includes a primary or secondary non-text source.
The 3 questions cover historical developments and processes between the years of 1200 and 2001, and each of the questions focuses on a different historical period.
Students analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.
Questions provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know best.
10-minute break REQUIRED
10-minute break REQUIRED
NO ELECTRONICS -- > eat, drink, sleep, walk, restroom
Section II: Document-Based Question and Long Essay
2 questions | 1 Hour, 40 minutes | 40% of Exam Score
Document-Based Question (DBQ)
Recommended time: 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.
Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question focuses on topics from 1200 to 2001.
Long Essay
Recommended time: 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score
The long essay question is required and presents a broad prompt, allowing students to draw evidence from across approximately half of the time periods covered in the course. Students may choose to focus on 1 (or more) historical development(s) referenced in the prompt. Students are not expected to address the entire time period in their response.
Students explain and analyze significant issues in world history.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
Late Date Exam @ Ballard Center in Old Town:
Late Date Exam @ Ballard Center in Old Town:
Tuesday, May 18 @ 12pm
Tuesday, May 18 @ 12pm
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