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For the benefit of all teachers in the AP World History community who use these exams for assessments with their students, please DO NOT post any of the material in this exam on any website or encourage any student to do so. We can all benefit from this resource if we work together  \nto maintain test security.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nMultiple Choice Exam …..………………………….…..……….. 3  \nAnswer Key with CED References and Skills ….….…. 8  \nAnswer Key with Explanations ……………………..……. 9  \nShort Answer Questions …………………………………..…… 10  \nLong Essay Questions …………………………………………... 13  \nDocument Based Question …………………………………….. 15  \nWORLD HISTORY  \nSAMPLE QUESTIONS  \nSECTION I, Part A  \nTime – 55 minutes  \n55 Questions  \nDirections: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by four suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then enter the appropriate letter in the corresponding place on the answer sheet.  \nSource materials have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.  \n[Period 2: c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE]  \nQuestions 1-3 refer to the passages below.  \nSeventh Major Rock Edict  \n“The Beloved of the Gods, the king of Piyadassi, wishes that all [religious] sect may dwell in all places, for all seek self-control and purity of mind. But men have varying desires and varying passions. They will either practice all that is requires or else only apart. But even he who is generous, yet has not selfcontrol, purity of mind, gratitude, and firm faith, is regarded as mean.”  \nTwelfth Major Rock Edict  \n“The Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, honors all sects and both ascetics and laymen, with gifts and various forms of recognition. But the Beloved of the Gods do not consider gifts or honor to be as important as the advancement of the essential doctrine of all sects   On each occasion one should honor another man’s sect, .... Therefore, concord* is to be commanded, so that men may hear one another’s principles and obey them. This is the desire of the Beloved of the Gods, that all sects should be wellinformed, and should teach that which is good, ...”  \n*harmony between people or groups  \n--India, c. 269-232 BCE  \n1. The Mauryan emperor Ashoka posted these edicts in response to which of the following situations?  \n(A) The promotion of a balanced and peaceful life as preached by Daoists  \n(B) The violence he witnessed due to Vedic beliefs and rituals  \n(C) The social harmony he witnessed due to Confucian ideas and rituals  \n(D) The promotion of monotheism due to the Jewish diaspora  \n2. 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