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What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? -There are open response questions which lasts 130 minutes and there is a multiple choice section which lasts 55 minutes. 15 minutes of the open response section should be used to read and analyze the text so the student is able to understand what the text is trying to say. The suggested time to actually write out the essay is 45 minutes.

What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? -The largest part of the whole exam is the open response section which lasts 130 minutes. The least amount of time is taken up by the part where the student should plan out what they are going to write, which is only 5 minutes.

List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. -Pre-Columbian societies, because I love learning about different cultures of countries around the world. -Colonial beginnings, because to start something, there were probably many differences happening around the world, and it's interesting to see the different conclusions they came up with in order to become as united as we are today. -Colonial north America, because there were many conflicts about who could come to America or not, and since I am not from America I would love to learn about the different types of rules about immigration and such things.

Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. -What is the ratio of people who pass to people who fail each year? -How much review time do we have before the exam? -Are the open responses usually common questions that we are able to know about?


 * In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?” **