WHAP Exam

WHAP ExamWHAP Exam

Thursday May 17 morning session

Cost: $87 ($57 for students with acute financial need)

Time: 7:30 AM

Place:

Bring: Pencils, Pens

Turn off ALL phones, ipods, etc. All must be given to proctor upon arrival

Get a good night’s rest

Eat a nutritional breakfast

Unit I-Foundations 8000 BCE-600 BCE

5 %

Unit II-600 BCE-600 CE

15%

Unit III 600 CE-1450 CE

20%

Unit IV 1450-1750

20%

Unit V 1750-1914 20%

Unit VI 1914-Present

20%

70 Multiple Choice Questions 55 min 50%

@ 47 sec p/ques

3 Essays: 120 min + 10 Min 50%

Comparative 3 hours

Continuities & Change Over Time

Document Based Question (DBQ)

10 minutes reading (DBQ)

40 min per essay

Comparative Essay

• Analyze the similarities and differences in the methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical period:– Han China (206BCE-220CE)– Mauryan/Gupta India (320 BCE-550CE)– Imperial Rome (31BCE-476CE)

• For the period from 1500-1830, compare North American racial ideologies & their effects on society with Latin American/Caribbean racial ideologies & their effects on society.

Comparative Essay• Compare the emergence of nation-states in

19th century Latin America with those of either:– Sub-Saharan Africa– The Middle East

• Within the period from 1450-1800, compare the processes (political, social, economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with that of ONE of the following:– The Ottoman Empire or– The Russian Empire

Comparative Essay

• Compare & contrast the goals & outcomes of the revolutionary process in TWO of the following countries, beginning with the dates specified:– Mexico 1910– China 1911– Russia 1917

• Compare & contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions:– China– Middle East– Russia

CCOT

• Describe & explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs & practices in ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the present:– Sub-Saharan Africa– Latin America/Caribbean

• Analyze C & C in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 BCE-1450 CE.

• Analyze the C & C in commerce in the Indian Ocean region from 650 CE-1750 CE

CCOT

• Analyze major C & C in the formation of national identities in One of the regions below from 1914-present.– Middle East– Southeast Asia– Sub-Saharan Africa

• Analyze the cultural and political C & C in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era:– Chinese 100CE-600CE– Roman 100CE-600CE– Indian 300CE-600CE

• Analyze the social & economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, & the Americas from 1492-1750.

• Individually– Read over Chapter Outlines– Read over RECIPES– Take Practice Exams..over & over & over– Read over Princeton Review, 5 Steps to a 5, Barron’s– Come to Teacher led Essay Reviews – Practice Vocabulary Words– Use Quizlet

• Join a Study Group– Make Comparisons– Create a CCOT– Practice Vocabulary Words