AP World History Modern Course Framework and Components
Before you dive into the units and topics, it helps to understand how the AP World History: Modern course is structured. According to the official College Board Course and Exam Description (CED), the course framework is built around 2 main components:
- Historical Thinking Skills and Reasoning Processes
- Course Content
The course content is organized into 9 chronological units that explore global history from c. 1200 CE to the present. As you move through these units, you won’t just learn what happened. You’ll practice the historical thinking skills and reasoning processes historians use to analyze sources, identify patterns, and explain historical change.
These components work together to give you a strong foundation for understanding how societies, economies, empires, and cultures evolved and interacted across the world. To make the course structure easier to understand, this guide walks you through the key parts of the framework:
- AP World History Units and Topics - the 9 units you’ll study in the course
- Historical Thinking Skills - the skills you use to analyze sources and build historical arguments
- AP World History Themes - the big ideas that connect developments across regions and time periods
- Key Concepts - the essential understandings highlighted in the AP framework
The course overview covers a 2-semester introductory college World History course, but few colleges offer credit for both semesters. Once you understand how these pieces fit together, the structure of AP World History becomes much easier to navigate as you prepare for the exam.
AP World History Modern Units and Topics
Now that you understand how the AP World History framework is organized, let’s look at the 9 units that make up the course content. Each unit focuses on a specific historical period and highlights the major developments, interactions, and transformations that shaped the modern world.
As you move through these units, you’ll explore how societies changed over time and how different regions influenced one another through trade, conflict, migration, and cultural exchange.
UNIT 1: The Global Tapestry
(c.1200 to 1450 | 8%-10% | class periods 10-13)
The sections in Unit 1 are broken down by geography, so each covers what happened politically in a region from c.1200 to 1450. You will learn how tightly connected these regions are and how distinct empires and societies interact — an important aspect of Unit 1 and AP World History: Modern as a whole. The most frequently applied historical skill in Unit 1 is comparison. You will research and compare a variety of empires and states using the SPICE (Social, Political, human-environmental Interactions, Cultural, Economic) framework.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
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| 1.1 | Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 |
Continuity and Change | 4A. Describe the historical context of a historical event or process |
| 1.2 | Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450 |
Causation | 1A. Recognize a historical concept, development, or process |
| 1.3 | Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 |
Comparison | 3A. Identify a claim or argument in a text or non-text source |
| 1.4 | State Building in the Americas |
Continuity and Change | 3B. Identify the source's supporting evidence |
| 1.5 | State Building in Africa | Continuity and Change | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 1.6 | Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450 |
Causation | 1A. Recognize a historical concept, development, or process |
| 1.7 | Comparison in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450 |
Comparison | 6A. Make a historical argument |
UNIT 2: Networks of Exchange
(c.1200 to 1450 | 8%-10% | class periods 10-13)
This unit will teach you about how the economy has changed from c.1200 to 1450 and how global trade networks define the post-classical era from 600 CE to 1450 CE. During the classical and post-classical periods, trade networks made it easier for people to trade goods and ideas. Unit 2 covers important networks of economic exchange such as the Silk Road, Indian Ocean trade routes, and Trans-Saharan trade routes and their effects on culture, the environment, technology, and the global economy.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | The Silk Roads | Causation | 4A. Describe the historical context of a historical event or process |
| 2.2 | The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World | Causation | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 2.3 | Exchange in the Indian Ocean | Causation | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 2.4 | Trans-Saharan Trade Routes | Causation | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 2.5 | Cultural Consequences of Connectivity | Causation | 2A. Determine a source's viewpoint, purpose, historical context, and/or audience |
| 2.6 | Environmental Consequences of Connectivity | Causation | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 2.7 | Comparison of Economic Exchange | Comparison | 6B. Evidence should be specific and relevant |
UNIT 3: Land-Based Empires
(c.1450 to 1750 | 12%-15% | class periods 8-11)
This unit's takeaway is that rulemaking is complicated. Large territory, diverse population, and external factors result in many ruling styles, strategies, and methodologies.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
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| 3.1 | Empires Expand | Causation | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 3.2 | Empires: Administration | Comparison | 4A. Describe the historical context of a historical event or process |
| 3.3 | Empires: Belief Systems | Continuity and Change | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context. |
| 3.4 | Comparison in Land-Based Empires | Comparison | 6B. Evidence should be specific and relevant |
UNIT 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
(c. 1450 to 1750 | 12%-15% | class periods 22-25)
This unit examines the connection between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia and how this interaction translated into colonization. God, Gold, and Glory are the "three Gs" of colonial expansion. Europeans went on the road to spread Christianity, amass wealth, and gain personal glory. The purpose of this unit is to look at how these motivations led to global expansion and connections.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
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| 4.1 | Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750 | Causation | 4A. Describe the historical context of a historical event or process |
| 4.2 | Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750 |
Causation | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 4.3 | Columbian Exchange | Causation | 3B. Identify the source's supporting evidence |
| 4.4 | Maritime Empires Established | Continuity and Change |
2A. Determine a source's viewpoint, purpose, historical context, and/or audience |
| 4.5 | Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed | Continuity and Change |
3A. Identify a claim or argument in a text or non-text source |
| 4.6 | Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750 |
Causation | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 4.7 | Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750 | Continuity and Change |
3D. Explain how arguments are supported, modified, or refuted by evidence |
| 4.8 | Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750 |
Continuity and Change |
6C. Explain historical evidence using historical reasoning |
UNIT 5: Revolutions
(c.1750 to 1900 | 12%-15% | class periods 20-23)
This unit covers numerous revolutions and global movements that occurred from c.1750 to1900 including the Atlantic Revolutions, the Enlightenment, and Industrialization. It examines these events, their origins, and their global impact.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
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| 5.1 | The Enlightenment | Continuity and Change | 3A. Identify a claim or argument in a text or non-text source |
| 5.2 | Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 3C. Compare 2 sources' arguments or main ideas |
| 5.3 | Industrial Revolution Begins |
Causation | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 5.4 | Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900 |
Continuity and Change | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 5.5 | Technology of the Industrial Age |
Causation | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 5.6 | Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 5.7 | Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age |
Continuity and Change | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 5.8 | Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context. |
| 5.9 | Society and the Industrial Age |
Continuity and Change | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 5.10 | Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age |
Continuity and Change | 6C. Explain historical evidence using historical reasoning |
UNIT 6: Consequences of Industrialization
(c.1750 to 1900 | 12%-15% | class periods 12-15)
This unit talks about how the industrialized countries of Europe, along with the U.S. and Japan, governed more land overseas than before. It also explores the impact of the imperialist economy and colonialism on early capitalists and colonies.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 6.2 | State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 |
Comparison | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 6.3 | Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 6.4 | Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900 |
Continuity and Change | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context |
| 6.5 | Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 |
Causation | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 6.6 | Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World |
Causation | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 6.7 | Effects of Migration | Causation | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 6.8 | Causation in the Imperial Age |
Causation | 6D. Develop an argument using diverse and alternative evidence |
UNIT 7: Global Conflict
(c.1900 to the present | 8%-10% | class periods 9-12)
Global conflict created power shifts, and power shifts altered the status quo of nation states from 1900 onward. This unit covers how industrialization, nationalism, and the World Wars posed greater challenges to dominant nations and resulted in imperialism and interregional conflicts.
The themes explored in this unit are
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | Shifting Power After 1900 | Continuity and Change | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context. |
| 7.2 | Causes of World War I | Causation | 1B. Describe a historical concept, development, or process |
| 7.3 | Conducting World War I | Continuity and Change | 3B. Identify the source's supporting evidence. |
| 7.4 | Economy in the Interwar Period | Comparison | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 7.5 | Unresolved Tensions After World War I |
Continuity and Change | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 7.6 | Causes of World War II | Causation | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 7.7 | Conducting World War II | Comparison | 3D. Explain how arguments are supported, modified, or refuted by evidence |
| 7.8 | Mass Atrocities After 1900 | Causation | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 7.9 | Causation in Global Conflict | Causation | 6D. Develop a skills argument using diverse and alternative evidence |
UNIT 8: Cold War and Decolonization
(c.1900 to the present | 8%-10% | class periods 14-17)
This unit covers the large-scale effects of World War II on the balance of global politics and the global stage. It also explores how World War II ushered in new powers and trends that eventually gave rise to the modern world. The post-war independence movements in Africa and Asia served as the impetus for the decolonization trend, which later gave rise to the Cold War.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization | Continuity and Change | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 8.2 | The Cold War | Causation | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context |
| 8.3 | Effects of the Cold War | Comparison | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 8.4 | Spread of Communism After 1900 | Causation | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 8.5 | Decolonization After 1900 | Comparison | 5B. Compare two historical events or processes |
| 8.6 | Newly Independent States | Continuity and Change | 3D. Explain how arguments are supported, modified, or refuted by evidence |
| 8.7 | Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900 | Causation | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context |
| 8.8 | End of the Cold War | Causation | 3D. Explain how arguments are supported, modified, or refuted by evidence |
| 8.9 | Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization | Causation | 2B. Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context |
UNIT 9: Globalization
(c.1900 to the present | 8%-10% | class periods 8-11)
This unit covers 1900 to the present. It looks at globalization and the way it has transformed political and economic institutions across the world.
The themes explored in this unit are:
- Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
- Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions (CDI)
- Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
- Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
- Theme 5: Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)
- Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
| Topic | Reasoning Process | Historical Thinking Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900 | Continuity and Change | 5A. Identify historical patterns and connections |
| 9.2 | Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease | Continuity and Change | 5B. Compare 2 historical events or processes |
| 9.3 | Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900 | Causation | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 9.4 | Economics in the Global Age | Continuity and Change | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 9.5 | Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900 | Continuity and Change | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 9.6 | Globalized Culture After 1900 | Continuity and Change | 4B. Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context |
| 9.7 | Resistance to Globalization After 1900 | Causation | 2C. Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s) |
| 9.8 | Institutions Developing in a Globalized World | Causation | 3C. Compare 2 sources' arguments or main ideas |
| 9.9 | Continuity and Change in a Globalized World | Continuity and Change | 6D. Develop a skills argument using diverse and alternative evidence |
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Historical Thinking Skills in AP World History Modern
Success on the AP World History exam depends on more than knowing historical events and dates. You also need to apply the skills historians use to analyze sources, interpret evidence, and explain historical developments. Throughout the course, these skills help you examine historical events, compare developments across regions, and build clear arguments supported by evidence.
The AP World History framework highlights 6 historical thinking skills, along with 3 reasoning processes that help you analyze patterns and relationships in history. The sections below explain each of them.
Developments and Processes
To perform historical analysis and argumentation, you must know historical events, processes, people, and their actions. This skill gives you empirical knowledge that you can apply using more advanced skills.
- Skills you will learn:
- Recognize a historical concept, development, or process
- Describe a historical concept, development, or process
Sourcing and Situation
Sources must be carefully evaluated to support, refute, or modify an argument to create a historical argument. You can use these skills to analyze sources and develop historical arguments.
- Skills you will learn:
- Determine a source's viewpoint, purpose, historical context, and/or audience
- Explain a source's purpose, audience, and/or historical context
- Explain how a source's point of view, purpose, historical context, or audience may limit its use(s)
Claims and Evidence in Sources
You will learn to analyze primary and secondary sources to support your claims. This analysis determines a source's argument and evidence.
- Skills you will learn:
- Identify a claim or argument in a text or nontextual source
- Identify the source's supporting evidence
- Compare 2 sources' arguments or main ideas
- Explain how arguments are supported, modified, or refuted by evidence
Contextualization
History is not static, and it is incomprehensible without context. Historical context is important for comparison, causality, and continuity and change over time. This skill helps you analyze a historical context and enables you to develop thoughtful arguments.
- Skills you will learn:
- Describe the historical context of a historic event or process
- Explain how a historical development or process fits into a larger context
Making Connections
Historical thinking involves analyzing patterns and making connections. This skill teaches you to find patterns between historical events and processes and explain historical connections.
- Skills you will learn:
- Identify historical patterns and connections
- Compare 2 historical events or processes
Argumentation
You should be able to evaluate a proposition or scenario and must know historical evidence. As in the long essay question, you can practice writing claims with evidence. Writing claims with documents will help you with document-based questions.
- Skills you will learn:
- Make a historical argument with specific and relevant evidence
- Explain historical evidence using historical reasoning
- Develop a complex argument using diverse and alternative evidence
Reasoning Processes
Along with historical thinking skills, the AP World History framework also emphasizes historical reasoning processes. These describe the ways historians analyze relationships between events and explain why historical changes happen. You’ll use these reasoning methods throughout the course when examining sources, comparing developments, and explaining historical patterns across different regions and time periods.
The 3 main historical reasoning processes are:
- Comparison: Identifying similarities and differences between historical developments, societies, or events
- Causation: Explaining the causes of historical events and the effects that followed
- Continuity and Change Over Time (CCOT): Analyzing what changed and what stayed the same during a specific historical period
These reasoning processes help you move beyond describing events and instead explain how and why historical developments unfolded over time.
The 6 AP World History Modern Themes
The APWH: Modern course consists of 6 overarching themes that help you make connections between concepts. These themes are designed to help you develop the historical thinking and analyzing skills that are required for the APWH: Modern exam. The College Board® defines these 6 themes, which can be found throughout the 9 AP World History units, as:
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Theme 1: Humans and the Environment (ENV)
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Human societies are shaped by the environment, and as populations grow and change, so do their environments.
This theme focuses on the relationship between human societies and the environment.
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Theme 2: Cultural Developments and Interactions
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Theme 3: Governance (GOV)
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Multiple internal and external factors contribute to the formation, growth, and decline of states. Governments
maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures. They also acquire,
retain, and exercise power in various ways and for multiple reasons. This theme explores the factors that
determine the formation of political structures and governments.
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Theme 4: Economic Systems (ECN)
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As societies develop, they influence and are influenced by the production, exchange, and consumption of goods
and services. This theme explores economic systems and describes how human societies shaped these systems as
they evolved.
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Political, economic, and cultural organizations are influenced by the process of forming groups in societies
and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and individuals.
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Theme 6: Technology and Innovation (TEC)
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These themes act as a lens for understanding world history. As you study each unit, you’ll see how developments connect to one or more of these themes, helping you recognize patterns and relationships across regions and time periods. If you want a structured way to review these ideas, a comprehensive AP World History study guide can help you organize themes, units, and key concepts more effectively as you prepare for the exam.
AP World History Modern Key Concepts
The AP World History: Modern course focuses on major historical developments and processes that shaped the world from c. 1200 to the present. The course highlights key concepts that help you understand how societies, economies, and political systems changed and interacted over time. These concepts help you connect themes across units, recognize global patterns, and focus on the historical ideas most relevant for the AP World History exam.
Some of the most important key concepts emphasized throughout the course include:
- State formation and expansion - how empires and governments developed, maintained power, and declined across different regions
- Trade networks and global exchange - the growth of economic connections through routes such as the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade, and trans-Atlantic networks
- Cultural and religious interactions - the spread of belief systems, ideas, and cultural traditions across societies
- Industrialization and economic transformation - how technological change and industrial growth reshaped economies and societies
- Global conflicts and modern globalization - the political, economic, and cultural changes that shaped the modern interconnected world
Understanding these key concepts helps you see the bigger picture of world history and how major developments connect across the 9 course units. As you study the course, recognizing these patterns can make it easier to organize information, analyze historical events, and practice exam questions with more confidence.
Reviewing the units, themes, and historical thinking skills together will give you a strong foundation for the AP World History exam. If you’re looking for additional ways to structure your review and reinforce these ideas, you can also explore comprehensive AP World History prep resources designed to support exam preparation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What college course is equivalent to AP World History: Modern?
The AP World History: Modern course is equivalent to an introductory World History course in college.
Have there been any changes to the AP World History: Modern course in recent years?
The College Board® updated the AP World History: Modern document-based question (DBQ) and long-essay question (LEQ) rubrics for the 2023-24 school year. The change affected the DBQ and LEQ scoring. The exam format, course framework, and skills assessed on the exam remain unchanged.
How do I begin preparing for the AP World History: Modern exam?
- Try UWorld’s AP World History QBank and take practice tests to determine your level of knowledge.
- Build a study plan (and stick to it) before your exam date.
- Use an online learning tool with exam-like practice questions and detailed answer explanations.
- Track your progress to see where you are doing well and where you can improve.
What is the hardest unit of AP World History Modern ?
Many students find Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization one of the most challenging units. It covers major economic, social, and political changes caused by industrialization, along with topics like imperialism, labor systems, and global economic shifts. The unit requires you to connect multiple developments across regions, which can make the concepts more complex to analyze.
References
- (2019). Unit Guides. AP World History. AP® World History Modern Course and Exam Description. College Board. Retrieved on December 30, 2024, from https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/ap-world-history-modern-course-and-exam-description_0.pdf.
- (2024). Rubrics Updated for 2023-24. AP World History: Modern. College Board. Retrieved on December 30, 2024, from https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-world-history.
- (2024). Past AP World History: Modern Score Distributions. Student Score Distributions AP exams. College Board. Retrieved on December 30, 2024, from https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions/ap-world-history
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