Regents Essay Topics

Below you will find a listing of the last NYS Global History Regents topics for both the Thematic and DBQ Essay. This list includes both the exam prior to 2018, and the Transition Regents Exam. While this list can assist you on focusing on topics that have not appeared in a while, you should be aware that topics repeat often over the course of a couple of years such as different versions of Change, and Conflict.

Thematic Essay Topics

Last Thematic Topics	Month	Year	Geography	Non-Geography
Needs and Wants	Aug	2019		X
Culture & Intellectual Life (Philosophers & Ideas)	Jun	2019		X
Change—Individuals	Jan	2018		X
Intellectual life — Individuals	Aug	2017		X
Nationalism — Individuals	Jun	2017		X
Needs & Wants (Economic/Geography)	Jan	2017	X
Belief Systems	Aug	2016		X
Human and Physical Geography & Technological Advances	Jun	2016	X
Imperialism	Jan	2016		X
Movement of People and Goods	Aug	2015	X
Belief Systems	Jun	2015		X
Human and Physical Geography	Jan	2015	X
Change—Political Leaders	Aug	2014		X
Change—Challenges to Tradition or Authority	Jun	2014		X
Human Rights - Leaders & Their Ideas	Jan	2014		X
Conflict—Armed Conflict	Aug	2013		X
Change—Revolution	Jun	2013		X
Change—Collapse of Government	Jan	2013		X
Technology	Aug	2012		X
Human and Physical Geography	Jun	2012	X
Change—Individuals	Jan	2012		X
Change — Global Issues	Aug	2011		X
Technology	June	2011		X
Geographic Features	Jan	2011	X
Nationalism	Aug	2010		X
Change - Ideas	June	2010		X
Philosophers/ leaders/ piece of writing	Jan	2010		X
Belief Systems	Aug	2009		X
Human Rights violations	June	2009		X
Geographic Factors/ Cultural Diffusion	Jan	2009	X
Adapting to Physical Environment	Aug	2008	X
Belief Systems	June	2008		X
Nonpolitical Revolutions	Jan	2008		X
Effects of Political Systems	Aug	2007		X
Political Change	June	2007		X
Human Rights violations	Jan	2007		X
Trade Routes/Organizations effects	Aug	2006	X
Confict between groups	June	2006		X
Philosophers/Leaders ideas and beliefs	Jan	2006		X
Global Problems	Aug	2005		X
20th Century Politcal Events	June	2005		X
Actions of Leaders	Jan	2005		X

DBQ Essay Topics

Last DBQ Topics	Month	Year	Geography	Non-Geography
Individuals Risk Life for Ideas: Galileo Galilei, Mohandas Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela	Aug	2019	X
Turning Points: Opium War, the Industrial Revolution, and the Cold War	Jun	2019	X
Scarcity - food, fresh water, and industrial resources	Jan	2018	X
Migration - forced migration of Africans (1500–1800), the forced migration ofvSpanish Jews (1492–1598), and the emigration of the Irish (1845–1853)	Aug	2017	X
Written Works: Ninety-five Theses, the Sadler Report, and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights	Jun	2017		X
Imperialism - Colonial India to Independence	Jan	2017		X
Urbanization and Industrialization	Aug	2016		X
Nationalism - Post WWII Germany,Palestine, and British India	Jun	2016		X
Laws: Tokugawa Shogunate, Nazi Germany, Apartheid	Jan	2016		X
Leaders & Governments: Increase Power & Control People	Aug	2015		X
Empires: Roman, Ottoman, and Britain	Jun	2015		X
Individuals: Problems Emerged & Wanted to Face - Bartolomé de Las Casas, Maximilien Robespierre, and Mohandas Gandhi	Jan	2015		X
Turning points: Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, The Signing of the Nanjing Treaty, and the Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand	Aug	2014		X
Geography: Egypt Nile Irrigation, Coal in Great Britain,Aztec & Chinampas	Jan	2014	X
Economic Development: China (1976-Present), Mexico (1980–present), Botswana (1966–present)	Aug	2013		X
Technological Advancements: stirrup & bow, caraval, railroads	Jun	2013		X
Need for food products salt, cotton, and sugar on societies	Jan	2013		X
Protest Movements: Women's Rights in Great Britain, Prodemocracy China, Apartheid	Aug	2012		X
Autocratic Leaders (Shi Huandi, Peter the Great, Louis XIV)	Jun	2012		X
Transportation Systems - Roads, Canals, Railroads	Jan	2012		X
Conquests of Mongols/Spanish/Ottoman	Aug	2011		X
Human Rights Violations - Ukrainians, Cambodians, and Rwandans	June	2011		X
Ideas - Heliocentrism, Natural Rights, Marxism	Jan	2011		X
Belief Systems	Aug	2010		X
Geographic Factors - Effects on Nations/Regions	June	2010	X
Food Production Revolutions	Jan	2010		X
Usage and Control of Waterways	Aug	2009	X
Middle Ages/Industrial Revolution/Age of Globalization	June	2009		X
Da Vinci/L'Ouverture/Gandhi	Jan	2009		X
Migrations of People- Jews, Africans, Muslims, Hindus	Aug	2008	X
World Problems-Genocide/Threats to Environment/WMD's	June	2008		X
Peter the Great/ Adolf Hitler/Mao Zedong	Jan	2008
Natural Resources- Water/coal/oil/diamonds	Aug	2007		X
Economic Systems- manorialism/mercantilism/communism	June	2007		X
French Revolution	Jan	2007		X
Cold War- Effects on Europe/Asia/Latin America	Aug	2006		X
Industrial Revolution-Positive/Negative Effects	June	2006		X
Imperialism-Differing Perspectives Colonists vs Colonizers	Jan	2006		X
Wars- Outcomes & Reasons	June	2005		X
Conquests of Mongols/Spanish/French	Aug	2005		X
Printing Press/Steam-power/Atomic Bomb	Jan	2005		X