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History & Social Studies
AP European History
60 questions · 195 minutes on the real exam
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Exam structure
Total time: 3 hours 15 minutes
MCQSection I Part A: Multiple Choice
55 Qs·55 min·40%
4 answer choices. Stimulus-based sets (3–4 questions per stimulus: text, image, chart, map).
FRQSection I Part B: Short Answer
3 Qs·40 min·20%
3 SAQs (2 required + choose 1 of 2). Each has 3 parts (a, b, c).
FRQSection II: Long Essay
2 Qs·100 min·40%
1 DBQ (60 min, 7 documents) + 1 LEQ (40 min, choose 1 of 3 prompts).
Scoring
Scored 1–5. MCQ = 40%, SAQ = 20%, DBQ + LEQ = 40%.
Tips
- 1 minute per MCQ
- DBQ: use at least 4 of 7 documents
- LEQ: thesis + contextualization + evidence
- Periods: 1450–1648, 1648–1815, 1815–1914, 1914–present
What's on this exam
Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration (1450–1648)
11%- Renaissance
- Age of Exploration
Unit 2: Age of Reformation (1450–1648)
11%- Protestant and Catholic Reformations
- Wars of Religion
Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism (1648–1815)
11%- Absolutism
- Constitutionalism
Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments (1648–1815)
11%- Scientific Revolution
- Enlightenment
Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century (1648–1815)
11%- French Revolution
- Napoleonic Era
Unit 6: Industrialization and Its Effects (1815–1914)
11%- Industrial Revolution
- Urbanization and Social Change
Unit 7: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments (1815–1914)
12%- Nationalism and Unification
- New Imperialism
Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts (1914–present)
11%- World War I
- Totalitarianism
- World War II
Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe (1914–present)
11%- Cold War in Europe
- European Union and Integration
- Contemporary Issues