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'''US History and AP US History Running Vocabulary List: Terms, Concepts, Names and Events'''
'''US History and AP US History Running Vocabulary List: Terms, Concepts, Names and Events'''


Note: see Talk page for to do list and suggestions
(note: see Talk page for to do list and suggestions)


For MCQ section, students are to  
'''This page may be used as an all-round study guide for the AP Exam.'''
 
'''Primary goals of this study guide:'''
 
# Knowledge of periods
# Knowledge of terms, people and places
# Knowledge of dates
 
* See here for map review of US History
 
For Multiple Choice section ('''MCQ)''', students are to:


* identify document source, date, historical context
* identify document source, date, historical context
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* idenify other errors in wrong possible answers
* idenify other errors in wrong possible answers


For Free Response questins (FRQ, DBQ), students are to
For '''Free Response''' sections ('''FRQ, DBQ'''), students are to:


* demonstrate historical factual knowledge
* demonstrate historical factual knowledge
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*** as in math, "show your work" -- i.e., explain everything
*** as in math, "show your work" -- i.e., explain everything
* contextualize through cause and effect
* contextualize through cause and effect
* compare/contrast to other periods
* compare/contrast to other periods, persons, and events
* conceptualize facts into large ideas
* conceptualize facts into large ideas