AP European History

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AP European History Exam

The AP European History course covers European history from c. 1450 to the present. The course is designed to help students develop historical-thinking skills and reasoning processes. Students must engage in historical reasoning and make comparisons among developments in different times and places.

The course is broken down into nine units, each with an approximate exam weighting of 10-15%:

Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
Unit 2: Age of Reformation
Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century
Unit 6: Industrialization and Its Effects
Unit 7: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe

The AP European History Exam format is:
Section I:
Part A: Multiple-choice — 55 questions, 55 minutes, 40% of exam score.
Part B: Short-answer — 3 questions, 40 minutes, 20% of exam score.
(The first two short-answer questions are required; for the third, you choose between two options.)

Section II:
Part A: Document-Based Question (DBQ) — recommended ~60 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period), worth 25% of exam score.
Part B: Long Essay Question (LEQ) — 40 minutes, worth 15% of exam score; you choose one of three provided essay prompts.

When is the exam?
For the 2025 school year, the regularly scheduled date for the AP European History Exam is Monday, May 5, 2025 at 12 p.m. (local time) in the afternoon slot.