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AP World History: Modern, one topic at a time

The exam is the morning of Thursday, May 6, 2027: 55 multiple-choice and 5 free-response questions in 3 hr 15 min. Ashore has a short lesson for every topic in all 9 units, each ending with a few questions on what it taught. Practice sets and mock exams for World History are on the way.

Exam day

May 6

2027 Thursday · Morning

  • 55 multiple choice · 55 min
  • 5 free response · 140 min
  • Scored 1 to 5

What's on the May 2027 exam

How the exam is split, how long each part runs and what you can use.

Section I, Part AMultiple choice55 questions55 min40% of scoreNo calculator
Section I, Part BFree response3 questions40 min20% of scoreNo calculator
Section IIFree response2 questions100 min40% of scoreNo calculator

How students scored in May 2026

AP World History: Modern 2026 score distribution
Scored 5Scored 4Scored 3Scored 2Scored 1
14%36%16%26%8%

Source: College Board score distributions. Compare all 40 AP exams

AP World History: Modern score calculator: enter your section results and see an estimated 1–5 score.

All 9 units

Percentages are the College Board's ranges for how much of the multiple-choice section each unit can be.

  1. Unit 1 · 8–10%

    The Global Tapestry

    Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 · Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450 · Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 · State Building in the Americas · State Building in Africa · Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450 · Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450

  2. Unit 2 · 8–10%

    Networks of Exchange

    The Silk Roads · The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World · Exchange in the Indian Ocean · Trans-Saharan Trade Routes · Cultural Consequences of Connectivity · Environmental Consequences of Connectivity · Comparison of Economic Exchange

  3. Unit 3 · 12–15%

    Land-Based Empires

    Empires Expand · Empires: Administration · Empires: Belief Systems · Comparison in Land-Based Empires

  4. Unit 4 · 12–15%

    Transoceanic Interconnections

    Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750 · Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750 · Columbian Exchange · Maritime Empires Established · Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed · Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750 · Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750 · Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750

  5. Unit 5 · 12–15%

    Revolutions

    The Enlightenment · Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900 · Industrial Revolution Begins · Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900 · Technology of the Industrial Age · Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900 · Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age · Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900 · Society and the Industrial Age · Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

  6. Unit 6 · 12–15%

    Consequences of Industrialization

    Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 · State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 · Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 · Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900 · Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 · Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World · Effects of Migration · Causation in the Imperial Age

  7. Unit 7 · 8–10%

    Global Conflict

    Shifting Power After 1900 · Causes of World War I · Conducting World War I · Economy in the Interwar Period · Unresolved Tensions After World War I · Causes of World War II · Conducting World War II · Mass Atrocities After 1900 · Causation in Global Conflict

  8. Unit 8 · 8–10%

    Cold War and Decolonization

    Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization · The Cold War · Effects of the Cold War · Spread of Communism After 1900 · Decolonization After 1900 · Newly Independent States · Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900 · End of the Cold War · Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization

  9. Unit 9 · 8–10%

    Globalization

    Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900 · Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease · Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900 · Economics in the Global Age · Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900 · Globalized Culture After 1900 · Resistance to Globalization After 1900 · Institutions Developing in a Globalized World · Continuity and Change in a Globalized World

How you'll study World History

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  • A lesson for every topic

    Each one explains a single idea step by step, then checks it with a few questions.

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    Practice on each topic

    Questions build from easy to exam level. Any you miss come back as similar ones 1, 3 and 7 days later.

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    Free response

    Write under the exam timer, then score each answer point by point, the way an AP reader would.

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    Mock exams and a predicted score

    Same sections, time limits and calculator rules as the May exam. Every set and mock updates your predicted 1 to 5.

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SAT Math · 1 of 5

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A jacket's price is increased by 20% and then the new price is decreased by 20%. The final price is what percent of the original price?
  • A96%96\%
  • B100%100\%
  • C104%104\%
  • D80%80\%