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The AP exam for European History is composed of two sections comprised of eighty multiple-choice questions and three essay responses. Section I, the multiple-choice portion, is to be completed in 55 minutes. Section II, the written response portion, is to be completed in 120 minutes and includes three essays, two of them thematic Free Response Questions (FRQ) and one a Document Based Question (DBQ). The DBQ is provided a mandated 15-minute reading period prior to beginning the response. Each essay is graded on a scale of nine possible points. Each May, participating Canadian, American, and some international educational institutions offer the Advanced Placement examinations, the natural focal point of the Advanced Placement program. ... A Document-Based Question (DBQ) is an essay that is constructed from an interpretation of primary history sources. ...

The exam grade is weighted evenly between the multiple-choice and free-response sections. The DBQ is weighted 45 percent of the Free Response Question score, leaving the thematic essays weighted 55 percent.

Themes covered

Intellectual and Cultural History

• Changes in religious thought and institutions
• Secularization of learning and culture
• Scientific and technological developments and their consequences
• Major trends in literature and the arts
• Intellectual and cultural developments and their relationship to social values and political events
• Developments in social, economic, and political thought
• Developments in literacy, education, and communication
• The diffusion of new intellectual concepts among different social groups
• Changes in elite and popular culture, such as the development of new attitudes toward religion, the family, work, and ritual
• Impact of global expansion on European culture

Political and Diplomatic History

• The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms
• Relations between Europe and other parts of the world: colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, and global interdependence
• The evolution of political elites and the development of political parties, ideologies, and other forms of mass politics
• The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political); majority and minority political persecutions
• The growth and changing forms of nationalism
• Forms of political protest, reform, and revolution
• Relationships between domestic and foreign policies
• Efforts to restrain conflict: treaties, balance-of-power diplomacy, and international organizations
• War and civil conflict: origins, developments, technology, and their consequences

Social and Economic History

• The character of and changes in agricultural production and organization
• The role of urbanization in transforming cultural values and social relationships
• The shift in social structures from hierarchical orders to modern social classes: the changing distribution of wealth and poverty
• The influence of sanitation and health care practices on society; food supply, diet, famine, disease, and their impact
• The development of commercial practices, patterns of mass production and consumption, and their economic and social impact
• Changing definitions of and attitudes toward mainstream groups and groups characterized as the "other"
• The origins, development, and consequences of industrialization
• Changes in the demographic structure and reproductive patterns of Europeans: causes and consequences
• Gender roles and their influence on work, social structure, family structure, and interest group formation
• The growth of competition and interdependence in national and world markets
• Private and state roles in economic activity
• Development and transformation of racial and ethnic group identities

Grade distributions

In the 2006 administration, 91,040 students took the exam from 4,194 schools. The mean score was 3.00.

The grade distribution for 2006 was:

External links

• AP European History at CollegeBoard.com