Free-Response Questions from Past AP Exams 1999: 1. Is Congress effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy? Support your answer by doing ONE of the following: a. Explain two specific methods Congress uses to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. OR b. Give two specific explanations for the failure of Congress to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. 2000: 1. The Constitution was an attempt to address problems of decentralization
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The political cartoon by Nick Anderson depicts Ralph Nader standing at a podium addressing American society’s "throw away mentality". Meanwhile a citizen in the background is casting her vote for the green party behind him. Ironically‚ the ballot drops into a waste basket‚ thus a wasted vote. We now realize that Nader is not talking about the environment‚ but addressing the issue of how the general public views votes for 3rd party candidates. This cartoonist feels that we should reform our views
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A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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FORM 2 COMMERCE PAPER 2 END OF YEAR EXAMS: 2012 TIME: 2 HOURS Answer any FOUR questions 1 (a) Give the factors of production and their rewards [4] (b)i) Explain/define these factors of production [8] ii) What is 1) direct production? [2] 2) What is indirect production [2] c) money is used as _____‚ ______‚ _______ and _____ [4] 2 (a) What are the disadvantages of division of labour or specialization
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enjoyable activities. a. A Psychiatrist is a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. In this situation‚ the psychiatrist may prescribe a drug to help with the patients with true clinical depression. b. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI) or serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor are a class of compounds typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ and some personality disorders. They can ease the
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Destiny. The Manifest Destiny was centered around the idea that America was destined to expand across the whole continent. This spread of land was the cause of the war of 1812 which the South supported because they wanted more slave states. (Document B) Thomas Hart Benton predicted that American settlers in Oregon would open trade with Asia in a speech he made to the U.S. Senate in 1844. This prediction encouraged the people of the United States to continue expanding due to the trade opportunities
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AP LITERATURE OPEN RESPONSE QUESTIONS 2011: In a novel by William Styron‚ a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice‚ the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful‚ and the significance of this search for the work as a whole. 2010: Palestinian American literary theorist
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Ch. 13 Free Response Questions Write an essay that: * Has an explicitly stated thesis that directly answers the question and DOES NOT simply repeat or rephrases the question. This can be done in a paragraph. * Addresses all parts of the question * Supports thesis with specific evidence * Is well organized Analyze the impact of Renaissance humanism on the following: * Education (Yellow) * Women (Blue) * Politics/statecraft (Green) Consult your textbook‚ supplemental
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AP ENGLISH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS (Question 3) Sample Question 1: In some works of literature the insanity (or a period of insanity) of a main character plays a central role. Choose a novel or play of literary merit and write an essay in which you discuss the mental illness of a central character and the specific ways in which that character’s illness relates to the larger themes of the work. Avoid plot summary. Sample Question 2: “The struggle to achieve dominance over others frequently
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simply listing the bolded statements will get you zero points. There are key ideas and assumptions in this chapter. 2. Chapter two. Explain why incentives matter. What you think about the author’s ideas on black rhino conservation? Explain what perverse incentives are and give examples from a high school student’s life. 3. Chapter three. Summarize this chapter in 1-2 paragraphs. Why might government regulations and lawyers be a good thing? Include specific examples. 4. Chapter four.
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