Section 2B: Long Essay 1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score
Students explain and analyze significant issues in world history.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The question choices focus on the same skills and the same reasoning process (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change), but students choose from 3 options, each focusing primarily on historical developments and processes in different time periods—either 1200–1750 (option 1), 1450–1900 (option 2), or 1750–2001 (option 3).
You will be expected to address one of the following historical thinking skills in answering the long-essay-question.