AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS Period 2 Short-Answer Question Suggested time: 12 minutes Directions: Read each question carefully and write your responses in the Short-Answer booklet on the lined pages provided for that question. Answer all parts of every question. Use complete sentences: an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable. You may plan your answers in this exam booklet, but no credit will be given for notes written in this booklet. Only your responses on the designated pages of the Short-Answer booklet will be scored. Sources have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. Use your knowledge of European history to answer all parts of the question that follows. Historians have debated the role of ideas in bringing about the French Revolution. a) Identify and explain ONE cause of the French Revolution that would support the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the Revolution. b) Identify and explain ONE effect of the French Revolution that would support the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the Revolution. c) Identify and explain ONE cause of the French Revolution that would undermine the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the French Revolution. SAMPLE QUESTIONS © 2015 College Board 1 AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS Scoring Guidelines and Notes Curriculum Framework Alignment Learning Objective Historical Thinking Skill Key Concepts in the Curriculum Framework SP-1: Explain the emergence of civic humanism and new conceptions of political authority during the Renaissance as well as subsequent theories and practices that stressed the political importance and rights of the individual. Causation 2.1 IV; 2.3 I SP-4: Analyze how new political and economic theories from the 17th century and the Enlightenment challenged absolutism and shaped the development of constitutional states, parliamentary governments, and the concept of individual rights. Scoring Guidelines 0–3 points Score 3 Response accomplishes all three tasks set by the question. Score 2 Response accomplishes two of the tasks set by the question. Score 1 Response accomplishes one of the tasks set by the question. Score 0 Response accomplishes none of the tasks set by the question. Scoring Notes a) Identify and explain ONE cause of the French Revolution that would support the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the Revolution. SAMPLE QUESTIONS © 2015 College Board 2 AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS Students may employ a wide variety of evidence drawn from the particular content of their AP European History course and materials. What follows is a brief list of possible answers: i The Enlightenment spread new ideas about citizenship and/or politics. i The American and English revolutions made it possible to think about how the monarchical regime could be reformed. i One of the first acts that the National Assembly took was to write “The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.” b) Identify and explain ONE effect of the French Revolution that would support the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the Revolution. Students may employ a wide variety of evidence drawn from the particular content of their AP European History course and materials. What follows is a possible answer: i While the social reforms of the Revolution didn’t all last, some of the ideas that were important, such as citizenship, human rights, the right to political representation, remained central to French political life. c) Identify and explain ONE cause of the French Revolution that would undermine the argument that ideas were a significant factor in the French Revolution. Students may employ a wide variety of evidence drawn from the particular content of their AP European History course and materials. What follows is a brief list of possible answers: i The financial bankruptcy of the crown was a primary cause of the French Revolution. i Food shortages in winter leading up to Revolution was a primary cause of the French Revolution. i Abolition of privileges and even Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen were more about allowing upward social mobility for the middle class than about any grand principles. SAMPLE QUESTIONS © 2015 College Board 3
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