Chapter III: Answers to the

2007 AP World History Exam

Section I: Multiple Choice Section I: Multiple Choice
Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Listed below are the correct answers to the multiple-choice
Correctly questions, the percent of AP students who answered each
Analyzing Your Students Performance on the question correctly by AP grade, and the total percent
Multiple-Choice Section answering correctly.
Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP World History
Exam
Section II: Free Response
Comments from the Chief Reader
Scoring Guidelines, Sample Student Responses, and
Commentary

Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly

Percent Correct by Grade Total Total

Item Correct Item Correct Percent Correct by Grade
Percent Percent
No. Answer 5 4 3 2 1 No. Answer 5 4 3 2 1
Correct Correct
1 D 85 70 53 35 17 47 26 A 48 42 40 38 34 39
2 D 95 89 83 74 53 77 27 A 95 89 80 68 48 73
3 A 90 81 69 50 27 60 28 A 99 96 92 83 63 85
4 D 84 73 62 49 34 57 29 B 91 81 68 54 41 63
5 C 91 86 82 78 71 80 30 D 89 77 63 49 36 59
6 B 86 77 67 56 41 63 31 E 90 78 63 44 28 57
7 A 99 97 93 85 64 86 32 E 99 99 97 93 81 93
8 D 94 89 84 78 64 80 33 A 85 71 58 46 32 55
9 A 88 81 74 63 50 69 34 B 72 61 53 46 33 50
10 B 90 77 61 44 29 56 35 D 84 68 50 28 16 44
11 C 92 78 60 39 21 53 36 E 97 90 77 58 33 67
12 E 93 83 68 45 21 58 37 D 90 70 46 26 17 44
13 C 86 73 62 53 43 60 38 B 55 37 28 22 17 29
14 A 81 69 58 50 38 56 39 B 98 97 96 92 80 92
15 A 94 88 79 71 60 76 40 E 72 50 34 25 20 36
16 B 95 91 86 73 47 76 41 D 95 87 77 61 37 68
17 E 99 98 96 91 75 91 42 A 91 79 65 55 45 64
18 D 99 96 90 79 54 82 43 A 96 92 81 58 25 67
19 A 98 94 88 78 61 82 44 D 71 61 52 44 33 49
20 B 79 63 46 31 20 43 45 A 72 50 33 24 22 36
21 D 56 38 29 22 14 29 46 B 81 65 51 39 27 49
22 D 96 88 75 56 30 65 47 D 88 74 55 33 15 48
23 C 91 85 76 63 41 69 48 B 98 93 84 65 34 72
24 B 89 74 55 37 19 50 49 B 82 76 71 65 54 68
25 A 39 28 24 24 22 26 50 B 80 65 47 28 15 42
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 Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly (continued)

Total Total
Item Correct Percent Correct by Grade Item Correct Percent Correct by Grade
Percent Percent
No. Answer 5 4 3 2 1 No. Answer 5 4 3 2 1
Correct Correct
51 B 78 66 55 41 22 49 61 C 96 94 91 87 72 87
52 A 94 90 81 69 45 74 62 E 89 83 74 62 43 68
53 B 67 54 42 32 23 40 63 C 82 61 40 21 11 37
54 B 92 86 78 66 41 70 64 D 66 58 50 38 20 44
55 B 73 62 49 35 23 45 65 D 98 95 89 77 52 80
56 D 47 31 21 14 12 22 66 B 87 78 68 56 38 62
57 D 68 49 35 23 13 33 67 C 77 57 37 23 16 37
58 E 47 33 25 19 12 25 68 E 66 51 36 23 14 34
59 C 83 75 67 55 37 61 69 B 74 64 51 40 25 48
60 E 82 65 47 29 16 43 70 C 78 58 42 27 14 39

Analyzing Your Students Performance on
the Multiple-Choice Section
If you give your students the 2007 exam for practice, you
may want to analyze the results to find overall strengths and
weaknesses in their understanding of AP World History.
The following diagnostic worksheet will help you do this.
You are permitted to photocopy and distribute it to your
students for completion.
1. In each category, students should insert a check mark for
each correct answer.
2. Add together the total number of correct answers for
each category.
3. To compare the students number of correct answers
for each category with the average number correct for
that section, copy the number of correct answers to
the Number Correct table at the end of the
Diagnostic Guide.
In addition, under each item, the percent of AP students
who answered correctly is shown, so students can analyze
their performance on individual items. This information
will be helpful in deciding how students should plan
their study time. Please note that one item may appear
in several different categories, as questions can cross over
different topics.

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Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP World History Exam

Foundations 8000 b.c.e.600 c.e. (Average number correct = 7.7)

Question # 2 3 4 5 7 18 38 40 41 42 44 45 47
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 77 60 57 80 86 82 29 36 68 64 49 36 48

600 c.e.1450 (Average number correct = 10.0)

Question # 1 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 39 43 46 48 49 50 51
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 47 63 80 69 56 58 60 56 76 92 67 49 72 68 42 49

14501750 (Average number correct = 7.3)

Question # 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 52 53 54 55
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 76 91 82 43 29 65 69 50 74 40 70 45

17501914 (Average number correct = 7.4)

Question # 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 56 58 59 60 61 62 63
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 26 39 73 85 63 59 57 22 25 61 43 87 68 37

1914Present (Average number correct = 7.0)

Question # 32 33 34 35 36 37 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 93 55 50 44 67 44 44 80 62 37 34 48 39

Cross-Chronological (Average number correct = 0.9)

Question # 11 57
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 53 33

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 Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP World History Exam (continued)

Comparative (Average number correct = 11.8)

Question # 4 9 10 12 21 22 29 35 38 42 45 49
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 57 69 56 58 29 65 63 44 29 64 36 68

Question # 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 65 67 68 69
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 74 40 45 22 33 25 61 43 80 37 34 48

Global (Average number correct = 12.4)

Question # 3 6 7 8 11 17 19 24 27 28 30 32 33 48 51 54 63 64 70
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 60 63 86 80 53 91 82 50 73 85 59 93 55 72 49 70 37 44 39

Single Country or Region (Average number correct = 16.2)

Question # 1 2 5 13 14 15 16 18 20 23 25 26 31 34
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 47 77 80 60 56 76 76 82 43 69 26 39 57 50

Question # 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 46 47 50 61 62 66
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 67 44 92 36 68 67 49 49 48 42 87 68 62

Analysis of Artwork (Average number correct = 3.9)

Question # 5 10 23 32 61
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 80 56 69 93 87

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Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP World History Exam (continued)

Analysis of Graph, Table, and Maps (Average number correct = 5.1)

Question # 15 27 37 39 48 54 65
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 76 73 44 92 72 70 80

Number Correct
Foundations
8000 b.c.e. Cross-
600 c.e. 600 c.e.1450 14501750 17501914 1914Present Chronological
Number of
13 16 12 14 13 2
Questions
Average
7.7 10.0 7.3 7.4 7.0 0.9
Number
(59.0%) (62.5%) (60.8%) (52.9%) (53.8%) (45.0%)
Correct
My Number
Correct

Single Country Analysis of Analysis of Graph,

Comparative Global or Region Artwork Table, and Maps
Number of
24 19 27 5 7
Questions
Average
11.8 12.4 16.2 3.9 5.1
Number
(49.1%) (65.3%) (60.0%) (78.0%) (72.9%)
Correct
My Number
Correct

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