READ the verbs; DO what they ask

I said it before and I'll say it again. The best hint I can offer for the Free Response Questions on the AP exam is to

read the verbs and then do what they ask you to do.

If you're asked to explain, explain; if you're asked to describe, describe. Don't describe when you're asked to explain. If you're asked to compare, compare. Don't simply describe one of the things you're asked to compare.

Do what you're asked to do.

Do it as well as you can.

Good luck.

Tips for FRQs

Last year, Mr. Frank Franz, who teaches in Virginia offered a list of great suggestions that will help you write better responses to FRQs.

I posted them last year, and here's a link to them again.

Tips for FRQs

Here's the strategy I place on every FRQ I give my students. I believe it helps them focus on the questions and will help them earn as high of a score as possible...

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Question No. 24

Here's Question No. 24 (It's a Country Context question.):

•Identify a democratic facet of the Iranian regime.
•Explain how it is limited by a non-democratic feature of the regime.
•Identify an undemocratic facet of the Iranian regime.
•Explain how it is limited by a democratic facet of the regime.

(See pp. 142 - 148 in What You Need to Know.)

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Question No. 23

Here's Question No. 23 (It's a Country Context question.):


•Describe a difference between the electoral systems for legislators in Mexico and Iran.
•Explain why one is more likely than the other to be representative of the population.


(See pp. 131 - 132, 134 - 135, and 147 - 150 in What You Need to Know.)

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Question No. 22

For Tuesday, 3 May

Here's Question No. 22 (It's a Conceptual Analysis question.):


•Identify two major politically-relevant cleavages in Nigeria.
•Explain how one feature of the regime in Nigeria is designed to minimize the political effects of those cleavages.
•Explain how one feature of political participation magnifies the political effects of those cleavages.

(See pp. 109 - 120 in What You Need to Know.)

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Question No. 21

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Here's Question No. 21 (It's a Short Answer - Concept question.):

•Identify the primary law-making part of the Iranian regime.
•Explain two limitations on the power of that part of the Iranian regime.

(See pp. 142 - 146 and 148, in What You Need to Know.)

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