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  2. Document-based question - Wikipedia

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    In American Advanced Placement exams, a document-based question (DBQ), also known as data-based question, is an essay or series of short-answer questions that is constructed by students using one's own knowledge combined with support from several provided sources. Usually, it is employed on timed history tests.

  3. AP World History: Modern - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the head of AP Grading, Trevor Packer, stated that the reason for the low percentages of 5s is that "AP World History is a college-level course, & many sophomores aren't yet writing at that level." 10.44 percent of all seniors who took the exam in 2012 received a 5, while just 6.62 percent of sophomores received a 5.

  4. Trading strategy - Wikipedia

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    The trading strategy is developed by the following methods: Automated trading; by programming or by visual development. Trading Plan Creation; by creating a detailed and defined set of rules that guide the trader into and through the trading process with entry and exit techniques clearly outlined and risk, reward parameters established from the outset.

  5. Glossary of numismatics - Wikipedia

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    A coin that has been graded and authenticated by one of numerous independent grading services. [1] See also encapsulated coin. chop-mark See banker's mark. church tokens. Also called Communion tokens. Tokens generally issued initially by Scottish parishes (die stamped one-side only to show the parish) and later in the United States and Canada.

  6. Coin's Financial School - Wikipedia

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    To demonstrate the unsustainability of the international gold standard, Coin measured up all the gold in the world. The value of all the gold in the world, as Coin cited the latest U.S. Mint estimates, was around $3.9 billion as of 1894. There were 1.4 billion people as of 1894, which meant that the world's gold supply divided up to $2.50 per ...

  7. AP United States History - Wikipedia

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    Section II, part A, is a document-based question (DBQ), which provides an essay prompt and seven short primary sources or excerpts related to the prompt. Students are expected to write an essay responding to the prompt in which they use the sources in addition to outside information. Section II, part B, provides three thematic essay prompts.

  8. Global silver trade from the 16th to 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    Many scholars consider the silver trade to mark the beginning of a genuinely global economy, [1] with one historian noting that silver "went round the world and made the world go round". [2] Although global, much of that silver ended up in the hands of the Chinese, as they accepted it as a form of currency. [ 3 ]

  9. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or blockchain, which is a computerized database that uses a consensus mechanism to secure transaction records, control the creation of additional coins, and verify the transfer of coin ownership. [3] [4] [5] The two most common consensus mechanisms are proof of work and proof of ...