AP® Art History
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to AP® Art History!
Welcome to Albert's AP® Art History course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's {full course name} course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the College Board.
Subject Organization
Albert's AP® Art History multiple choice questions (located in the Practice tab) are organized in accordance with the College Board’s COURSE AND EXAM DESCRIPTION into the following content areas:
- Content Area 1: Global Prehistory, 30,000 - 500 B.C.E.
- Content Area 2: Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.
- Content Area 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200 - 1750 C.E.
- Content Area 4: Later Europe and Americas, 1750 - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 5: Indigenous Americas, 1,000 B.C.E. - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 6: Africa, 1,110 B.C.E. - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 7: West and Central Asia, 500 B.C.E. - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 B.C.E. - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 9: The Pacific, 700 C.E. - 1980 C.E.
- Content Area 10: Global Contemporary, 1980 C.E. - Present
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All questions in Albert’s AP® ARt History course are aligned to Enduring Understandings, Learning Objectives, and Essential Knowledge from the Course and Exam Description.
This standards-alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can search for any standard from the CED to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Question Types
Albert's AP® Art History course includes multiple-choice questions that mirror the content that students will actually see on the exam.
Exam Information
All AP Exams take place the first two weeks of May. You can find the AP Exam schedule here.
The format of the exam is detailed in the table below:
| Section | Section I: Multiple Choice Questions | Section II: Free Response Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Questions | 8o questions | Part A: 2 30-minute essays Part B: 4 15-minute essays |
| Exam Weighting | 50% | 50% |
| Timing | 1 hour | 2 hours |
The [AP® Art History poster]https://docsend.com/view/ijpgz7uq3a3spdzb/d/czufg2fyr8a2q4qp) provides a detailed overview of this year's exam.
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