SAQ Practice: Unit 1
OER PROJECT: WHAP / LESSON 1.5CLOSERSAQ PRACTICE: UNIT 1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “SAQ Practice: Unit 1,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeEvaluating SAQ sample answers and matching prompts to these answers will help you understand the level of detail that is expected when answering SAQs on the AP® exam. ProcessIn this activity, you’ll start by matching SAQ prompts to sample responses. Then, as a class, you’ll discuss and identify theelements of the ACE acronym in the responses. Finally, you’ll do a second round of matching and ACE identification so you can apply what you’ve just learned.Take out the SAQ Practice: Unit 1 worksheet. Either as a whole class or in small groups, match the first set of SAQ prompts to their responses. Be prepared to review your answers with the class, along with your reasoning about why these make strong SAQ responses.One way to craft a solid response to an SAQ is to make sure each element of the ACE acronym is reflected in your response. Review the ACE acronym:•Answer the prompt/make a claim.•Cite specific evidence.•Explain how the evidence supports the claim (often referred to as reasoning).Along with your class, identify the claim, the evidence, and the explanation of how the evidence supports the claim and annotate each according to the directions on the worksheet. After you’ve gone through the first set of examples on the worksheet with your class, work to complete the second set of SAQs and responses on the worksheet. As always, be prepared to discuss your answers with your class.
OER PROJECT: WHAP / LESSON 1.5CLOSERSAQ PRACTICE: UNIT 1WORKSHEET2Directions: Follow each of the steps below.Step 1Draw lines from the SAQ prompt to the correct sample response, or cut them out and pair up the prompt and response that go together.Remember to pay attention to the task verbs.Note:These prompts and responses correspond to Topic 1.1 in the AP CED—Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to 1450 CE. Then, as a class, identify each element of the ACE acronym, marking the responses as follows:•Answer the prompt/make a claim: Put a star () next to the claim.•Cite evidence: Underline the evidence.•Explain how the evidence supports the claim: Highlight the explanation.SAQ Prompt SAQ Response 1Identify ONE similar way Chinese dynasties developed and maintained their power up to c. 1200 CE.After Buddhism spread from India through Central Asia and into China, this faith transformed andbecame known as Mahayana Buddhismor Chan Buddhism.Itthen spread to Japan and took the name Zen Buddhism. This type of Mahayana Buddhism emphasized easy-to-say prayers to bodhisattvas such as Guan Yin, which made this type of Buddhism very popular in East Asia.Explain ONE effect of Chinese cultural traditions on East Asia up to c. 1200 CE.One major innovation in China that eventually affected the whole world was the invention of paper money. The Song government was the first to issue currency printed on paper.Thishelped expand trade within its borders and promoted urban growth as well. By 1200,China had at least six citieswith more than 100,000 residents each.Explain ONE effect of an innovation on the Chinese economy up to c. 1200 CE.Chinese dynasties like the Tang and Song used the traditional belief of filial piety in Confucianism to maintain support for the emperor as the father-figure head of government.
OER PROJECT: WHAP / LESSON 1.5CLOSERSAQ PRACTICE: UNIT 1WORKSHEET3Step 2Draw lines from the SAQ prompt to the correct sample response, or cut them out and pair up the prompt and response that go together.Remember to pay attention to the task verbs.Note:These prompts and responses correspond to Topic 1.2 in the AP CED—Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to 1450 CE. Then, as a class, identify each element of the ACE acronym, marking the responses as follows:•Answer the prompt/make a claim: Put a star () next to the claim.•Cite evidence: Underline the evidence.•Explain how the evidence supports the claim: Highlight the explanation.SAQ Prompt SAQ Response 1Identify ONE cause of the rise of Islamic states up to c. 1200.As Muslim merchants brought the beliefs and practices of Islam via the trans-Saharan routes to West Africa, the rulers and elites of the Mali Empire adopted these beliefs and often createdsyncretic faiths that combined local beliefs and customs with Islam.They also brought the written language of Arabic and printed books with them,which led to the creation of the immense library in thecity of Timbuktu,sponsored by the rulers of the Mali Empire.Explain ONE effect of the beliefs and practices of Islam on ONE society in Africa or Asia to c.1200.Under the Mongol ruler Hulagu Khan, the Muslim scholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi advanced mathematics with his development of spherical trigonometry, which enabled more-accurate tracking of planetary movements. Hulagu Khanalso worked with al-Tusi to establishthe Maragha Observatory where scholars from the Islamic world and East Asia came to study and contribute to the advancement of knowledge.Explain ONE effect of an intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam to c. 1200 CE.One reason for the rise of Islamic states was the use of military conquest by the Umayyad and Abbasid in Persia, and then the adoption of Persian administrative structures and practices such as recruiting literate men to serve in bureaucratic departments of taxation as part of centralizing thepower of the caliphate in the capital city of Baghdad.