Exam+1+Review+-+10-11

Your first "exam" of the year will take place on **Thursday, September 16th**. It will cover Units 1-4 ("heavier" on the more recent material) and will consist of 20 multiple choice questions (worth 50% of the final grade) and 1 FRQ (also worth 50% of the final grade). You will have two FRQs to choose from. While I will not give you specific questions prior to the exam, here are a list of potential topics which could be covered on the FRQ section of this test:

Why the US won the Revolutionary War Religion and colonial America (Spanish Southwest, New England, and New France; also regionally within the British colonies) British imperial policies and resistance to them Interactions between European colonists and American Indians (as a whole and regionally) Protests in colonial America How the French and Indian War changed the relationship between Britain and its colonies Compare/contrast Spanish and English colonies Economics and politics in Massachusetts and Virginia Role of geography in shaping the colonies Colonial Tension and revolts Impact of trade on economic development Factors that caused slavery to grow How American Indians influenced the growth of colonies

If you have any questions pertaining to the content of the exam, please post them in the space below and I will answer them as soon as possible.

QUESTIONS --- Mr. Wood, as for the multiple choice questions, are they like those in the quizzes we've been taking? And since the exam covers more chapters, will the questions be more general/broad than the quizzes?

Mr. Wood's Response: In my opinion, your reading quizzes are more specific because they cover a shorter period of time. For example, your Unit 4 Quiz really only covers about 20 years of history and I typically ask 20 questions on each unit. However, the AP Exam covers multiple centuries, yet only has 80 multiple choice questions. Therefore, those tend to be a little less "detail-oriented." That's not to say that they are easy, as they will often require some analysis of history, but they tend to focus on the bigger picture. The exam that you will be taking has just 20 multiple choice questions (which covers Units 1-4 or Exploration through the American Revolution) and thus, tends to mirror the types of multiple choice questions which you will see on an AP Exam more closely.