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College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of [College Board. Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org](College Board. Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org).  \nAP Central is the official online home for [the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org](the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org).  \nAP® World History: Modern 2025 Scoring Guidelines  \nQuestion 1: Document-Based Question, Transportation/Communication Technologies in Africa 7 points  \nGeneral Scoring Notes  \n• Except where otherwise noted, each point of these rubrics is earned independently; for example, a student could earn a point for evidence without earning a point for thesis/claim.  \n• Accuracy: The components of these rubrics require that students demonstrate historically defensible content knowledge. Given the timed nature of the exam, essays may contain errors that do not detract from their overall quality, as long as the historical content used to advance the argument is accurate.  \n• Clarity: Exam essays should be considered first drafts and thus may contain grammatical errors. Those errors will not be counted against a student unless they obscure the successful demonstration of the content knowledge, skills, and practices described below.  \nEvaluate the extent to which new transportation and/or communication technologies affected African societies during the period circa 1850 to 1960.  \n© 2025 College Board  \nAP® World History: Modern 2025 Scoring Guidelines  \n\n| Reporting Category | Scoring Criteria |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Row A\u003Cbr>Thesis/Claim\u003Cbr>(0–1 points) | 0 points\u003Cbr>Does not meet the criteria for one point. | 1 point\u003Cbr>Responds to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis/claim that establishes aline of reasoning. |\n|  | Decision Rules and Scoring Notes |  |\n|  | Responses that do not earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Are not historically defensible.\u003Cbr>• Only restate or rephrase the prompt.\u003Cbr>• Do not respond to the prompt.\u003Cbr>• Do not establish a line of reasoning.\u003Cbr>• Are overgeneralized. | Responses that earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Provide a historically defensible thesis or claim about the extent to which new transportation and/or communication technologies affected African societies during the period circa 1850 to 1960. 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