AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different human societies.
The course advances understanding through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.
The College Board announced the development of AP World History: Ancient, which focuses exclusively on earlier periods, including prehistory.
Unit 9: Globalization The first section of the AP World History exam consists of 55 multiple choice questions with a 55-minute time limit.
The test underwent a major overhaul for the 2017 exam; however, due to the prodigious number of students that struggled with the free response section, the College Board decided to initiate yet another round of sweeping reform, to be put in effect in May 2018.
Students have forty minutes to answer these questions, and they count for twenty percent of the exam score.
Students are required to analyze and synthesize provided documents for the DBQ, but some outside information is still needed.