The course
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Start here
Section I Part A: 55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes, 40% of the score. Part B: 3 short-answer questions in 40 minutes, 20%. Section II: the document-based question (25%) and the long essay (15%).
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Historical thinking skills
Every multiple-choice set is built on a source: sourcing, claims and evidence, context and connections
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Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
c. 1200 to c. 1450; 8-10% of the multiple-choice section, about 5 of the 55 questions
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Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
c. 1200 to c. 1450; 8-10% of the multiple-choice section, about 5 of the 55 questions
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Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
c. 1450 to c. 1750; 12-15% of the multiple-choice section, about 7 of the 55 questions
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Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
c. 1450 to c. 1750; 12-15% of the multiple-choice section, about 8 of the 55 questions
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Unit 5: Revolutions
c. 1750 to c. 1900; 12-15% of the multiple-choice section, about 8 of the 55 questions
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Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
c. 1750 to c. 1900; 12-15% of the multiple-choice section, about 7 of the 55 questions
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Unit 7: Global Conflict
c. 1900 to the present; 8-10% of the multiple-choice section, about 5 of the 55 questions
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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
c. 1900 to the present; 8-10% of the multiple-choice section, about 5 of the 55 questions
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Unit 9: Globalization
c. 1900 to the present; 8-10% of the multiple-choice section, about 5 of the 55 questions
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Free response
Part B: three short-answer questions in 40 minutes. Section II: the document-based question (60 minutes, 7 points) and the long essay (40 minutes, 6 points)