Free AP World History practice questions

These free questions are grouped by topic, and each one comes with its answer and a full explanation.

Source-based multiple choice

  1. Q1 · CausationThe circumstances described in the source were most directly facilitated by which development in Eurasia during the…
  2. Q2 · ContextualizationWhich broader claim about Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 is best supported by Bar Sauma's background and…
  3. Q3 · Sourcing and situationWhich additional evidence would be most useful for determining whether Bar Sauma's journey reflected a broader…
  4. Q4 · CausationThe commercial pattern described by Morga most directly resulted from which development of the sixteenth century?
  5. Q5 · CausationWhich development within Ming China most directly helped sustain the strong demand for silver reflected in the source?
  6. Q6 · ContextualizationWhich interpretation of early modern maritime expansion is best supported by Morga's description?
  7. Q7 · Sourcing and situationA historian argues that by 1830 British industrialization had already made the United Kingdom the dominant…
  8. Q8 · CausationWhich development most directly helps explain the change in the United Kingdom's share shown in the table?
  9. Q9 · Sourcing and situationWhich additional evidence would be most necessary to determine whether China's declining share from 1830 to 1900…
  10. Q10 · CausationWhich development most directly explains the composition of Sukarno's audience at Bandung?
  11. Q11 · Continuity and changeSukarno's warning that colonialism could persist through economic control most directly anticipated later debates…
  12. Q12 · Continuity and changeWhich development after 1980 most directly renewed debates resembling Sukarno's concern that political independence…

Source-based short-answer question

  1. Q13 · ComparisonAnswer parts A, B, and C. A thesis statement is not required. Each part should directly address the task and use…