AP World History: Modern FRQ Practice

Practice FRQ 1 of 14

In your response you should do the following:

Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence.
Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change over time) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
Demonstrate a complex understanding of a historical development related to the prompt through sophisticated argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.

2. Evaluate the extent to which religious beliefs influenced political authority in Europe and/or Asia in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

3. Evaluate the extent to which state systems in the Americas were similar to state systems in Africa in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

4. Evaluate the extent to which innovation affected the economy of East Asia in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

Which question did you answer?

Practice FRQ 1 of 14

In your response you should do the following:

Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence.
Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change over time) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
Demonstrate a complex understanding of a historical development related to the prompt through sophisticated argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.

2. Evaluate the extent to which religious beliefs influenced political authority in Europe and/or Asia in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

3. Evaluate the extent to which state systems in the Americas were similar to state systems in Africa in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

4. Evaluate the extent to which innovation affected the economy of East Asia in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

Which question did you answer?