DBQ

Part II of the AP World History: Modern Exam is the Free Response Section. 

The Document-based question (DBQ) is worth 25% of the exam score. You have 60 minutes to complete it and there is a lot to do. 

Example of the directions for the DBQ: 

DBQ - DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION - RUBRIC

Example from the CED (Course/Exam Description)

VIDEO: HEIMLER'S HISTORY - TOP 5 DBQ MISTAKES
This was at the 2019 AP US History "Reading" - but all apply well to the World exam also.

2010: INDIA & JAPAN MECHANIZATION COMPARISON DBQ

2010 DBQ - AP Scoring Guidelines & Student Samples

2018 DBQ - Railroads & Empire

2018 DBQ - Railroads & Empire - Student Samples & Scoring Rubric

2009 DBQ - SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

DBQ Poster: Attitudes Towards Mongols

DBQ Poster - Instructions/Help

2015 - DBQ - Flu

2014 - DBQ - COMMUNIST CHINA & PEASANTS

STUDENT RESPONSE TO 2014 DBQ - CCP & PEASANTS

Point 2: Analysis & Reasoning - How to Score

DBQ: Historical Thinking Skill - Contextualization

2017 - Course Description DBQ - Japan/Russia Industry


2011 - DBQ - Green Revolution - Revised for New Test


Videos from Tom Richey  help you understand the rubric and how to write the DBQ:

TOM-RICHEY-DBQ-GUIDE

How to Write a DBQ Essay ("Karate Kid" Parody)

HOW-TO-WHAP-THE-DBQ

UNDERSTANDING POINT-OF-VIEW

POINT-OF-VIEW-INTRO-FISH

DBQ - 2013 - SEVEN YEARS WAR BREAKDOWN

DUEZ VIDEO: DBQ 2013 - Seven Years War Breakdown