Global History & Geography
Regents Exam Essay Selection
Exam Date / Thematic Essay / DBQ EssayJanuary 2016 / Imperialism / Government Policies – Tokugawa, Nazi, Apartheid
August 2015 / Movement of People & Goods / Autocrats – Louis XIV, Stalin & Pol Pot
June 2015 / Belief Systems – Movements / Decline of the Roman, Ottoman & British Empires
January 2015 / Human & Physical Geography / Individuals Address Problems – de Las Casas, Robespierre, Gandhi
August 2014 / Change- Political Leaders / Children – Effects of Armed Conflict, Disease, Child Labor
June 2014 / Change – Challenges to Tradition or Authority / Turning Points – Bubonic Plague, Treaty of Nanjing, Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
January 2014 / Human Rights - Justice / Geography & Human Adaptation
August 2013 / Armed Conflict / Economic Development – China (1976-present), Mexico (1980-present), Botswana (1966—present)
June 2013 / Change – Revolution / Technological Advancements – Mongol Bow & Stirrup, Spanish Caravel, Railroads in India
January 2013 / Change – Collapse of Government / Economics – Salt, Sugar & Cotton Trade
August 2012 / Technology / Protest Movements – Women’s Suffrage in Great Britain, Democracy in China, Anti-Apartheid in South Africa
June 2012 / Human & Physical Geography / Autocrats – Emperor Shi Huangdi, Czar Peter the Great, King Louis XIV
January 2012 / Change – Individuals / Transportation Systems – Canals, Roads, Railroads
August 2011 / Global Issues / Mongol, Spanish & Ottoman Conquests
June 2011 / Technology / Genocide – Ukraine, Rwanda, Cambodia
January 2011 / Geography / Heliocentrism, Natural Rights & Marxism
August 2010 / Nationalism / Islam, Christianity, Buddhism
June 2010 / Change - Ideas / Deserts, Monsoons, Cold Climates
January 2010 / Culture and Intellectual Life / Neolithic Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, Green Revolution
August 2009 / Belief Systems / Waterways
June 2009 / Human Rights / Middle Ages, Industrial Revolution in England, Age of Globalization
January 2009 / Geography / Leonardo da Vinci, Touissant L’Overture, Mohandas Gandhi
August 2008 / Geography (How Humans Change Their Environment) / Migrations – Africans to the Americas, Jews to Palestine and Israel, Hindus/Muslims between India and Pakistan
June 2008 / Belief Systems / Genocide, Threats to the Environment, Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 2008 / Change - Revolutions / Totalitarianism – Peter the Great, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong
August 2007 / Political Systems / Natural Resources
June 2007 / Political Change / Economic Systems – Manorialism, Mercantilism, Communism
January 2007 / Human Rights Violations / French Revolution
August 2006 / Movement of People and Goods: Trade / Cold War – Europe, Asia, Latin America
June 2006 / Conflict / Industrial Revolution
January 2006 / Change (Philosophers) / New Imperialism
August 2005 / Change (Leaders) / Technology – Printing Press, Steam Powered Machinery, Atomic Bomb
June 2005 / Global Problems / Outcome of Wars
January 2005 / Change (Political Events) / Conquests – Mongols, Spanish, French
August 2004 / Economic Systems / Epidemics – Black Plague, Smallpox, Aids
June 2004 / Turning Points / British Colonial Rule
January 2004 / Change – Individuals who have changed history / Revolution – Neolithic & Green Revolution
August 2003 / Human & Physical Geography / Nationalism
June 2003 / Conflict – Ethnic, Religious, Political, Cultural / Neolithic Revolution, Age of Exploration, Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union
January 2003 / Change - Revolutions / Geography – Great BritainJapan
August 2002 / Change - Individuals / Migration
June 2002 / Geography & Society / Human Rights after WW2`
January 2002 / Geography / Economic Reform
August 2001 / Change – Turning Points / Role of Women
June 2001 / Geography / Industrialization & Environmental Problems
January 2001 / Economic Change / Revolution – France, China, Iran
August 2000 / Science & Technology / Human Rights Abuses Against Children
June 2000 / Justice & Human Rights / Economic Systems