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PART ONE- THE BASICS
Chapter 1: Inside the AP European History Exam
Overview of the Test Structure
How the Exam Is Scored
Registration and Fees
Additional Resources
Chapter 2: Strategies for Success
General Test-Taking Strategies
Multiple-Choice Strategies
Free-Response Question (FRQ) Strategies
Document-Based Question (DBQ) Strategies
The Scoring Rubric
Tackling Each Core Point
Time Management
Stress Management
Countdown to the Test
Prioritizing What to Study
PART TWO: DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Diagnostic Test
Answers and Explanations
Sample Document-Based Question
Three Sample Essay Responses with Evaluation and Analysis
How to Make This Book Work for You Based on the Results of Your Diagnostic Test
PART THREE: AP EUROPEAN HISTORY REVIEW
Unit One: Early Modem Europe 1450-1600
Chapter 3: l-he Renaissance
Pre-1450 History
The Italian Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
Chapter 4: The Reformation and Religious Wars
Crises in the Roman Catholic Church
Impact of the Renaissance
Martin Luther and the German States
Calvinism and Its Expansion
The English Reformation
Catholic Counter-Reformation
Wars of Religion 1559-1648
Chapter 5: Discovery, Expansion, and Commercial Revolution
New Knowledge and Technologies
Portuguese Exploration
Spanish Exploration
Colonization
Price Revolution
Mercantilism
Unit One Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Two: The 17th Century
Chapter 6: The Age of Absolutism--Western Europe
Characteristics and Philosophies of Absolutism
Development of French Absolutism: 1588-1643
The Age of Louis XIV
Wars of Louis XIV
Chapter 7: The Age of Absolutism--Eastern Europe
Decline of the Holy Roman Empire, Polish Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire
Characteristics of Absolutism in Eastern Europe
Absolutism in Russia
Absolutism in Austria
Absolutism in Prussia
Chapter 8: Constitutionalism in England and the Dutch Republic
England
The Dutch Republic
Chapter 9: The Scientific Revolution
Astronomy
Medicine
Impact of the Scientific Revolution on European Society
Unit Two Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Three: The 18th Century
Chapter 10: The Enlightenment
Impact of the Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment Philosophy
Exceptions to Enlightenment Thought
The Philosophes
Impact of the Enlightenment on European Society
Enlightened Despotism: Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Chapter 11: 18th-Century Economics and Politics
Agricultural Revolution
Cottage Industry
Midcentury Wars
The Impact of the American Revolution
Chapter 12: The French Revolution
Long-Term Causes
1789-1791
1792-1799
Impact of the Revolution
Napoleonic France
Unit Three Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Four: The 19th Century 1815-1848
Chapter 13: The IndustrialRevolution
Why England Was the First to Industrialize
Hallmarks: Steam Engine, Iron, and Railroads
Social Impact
Reforms
Industrialism on the Continent
Chapter 14: Conservatism (1815-1848)
Concert of Europe: 1815-1823
Russia
France: 1815-1830
German States: 1815-1830
England: 1815-1832
Austrian Empire
Chapter 15: The Rise of Liberalism (1815-1848)
Characteristics
England
France: Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
Chapter 16: The Rise of Nationalism (1815-1848)
Greece and Belgium: Independence
Germany: Philosophies of Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1848
Italy: Revoiutions of 1830 and 1848
Austria: Multiethnic Empire and the Revolution of 1848
Summary of the Revolutions of 1848
Chapter 17: Romanticism
Characteristics, Contrasts with the Enlightenment, and National Revolution
Romantic Literature
Romantic Art and Music
Unit Four Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Five: The 19th Century 1848-1914
Chapter 18: The Age of Realpolitik (1848-1871)
Aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848
Crimean War
The Second French Empire under Louis Napoleon
Unification of Italy
Unification of Germany
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Chapter 19: The Rise of Socialism
Utopian Socialists
Marxian Socialism
Impact of Socialism on European Politics: 1815-1871
Chapter 20: ~he Age of Mass Politics (1871-1915)
Characteristics
The Third French Republic
The German Empire
Great Britain
The Irish Question.
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Impact of Socialism
Realism in Literature
Social and Political Reforms
Chapter 21: Intellectual Movements (1850-1914)
Science
Artistic Movements
Chapter 22: The New Imperialism.
Characteristics of the New Imperialism
Imperialism in Africa
Imperialism in Asia
Unit Five Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Six: Europe 1914-1945
Chapter 23: World War I
Long-Term Causes
Modern Warfare
Society During the War
The Treaty of Versailles
Aftermath of the War
Chapter 24: The Russian Revolution
Russian Society Since 1850
Revolution of 1905 and Afterward
The February Revolution
The October Revolution
The Russian Civil War
Chapter 25: Europe Between the Wars
The Age of Anxiety
Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union
Fascist Italy
The Weimar Republic
The Great Depression
Totalitarianism in Nazi Germany
Spanish Civil War
Chapter 26: World War II
Failure of Collective Security
German Expansion
Turning Points of the War
Diplomacy During the War
European Society During the War
The Holocaust
Aftermath of the War
Unit Six Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
Unit Seven: 1945 to the Present
Chapter 27: Immediate Postwar Issues
European Recovery
The Restructuring of Europe
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, United Nations, NATO
Chapter 28: The Cold War
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s and the Revolution of 1989
Fall of the Soviet Union
Chapter 29 Nationalism
Decolonization
Nationalism in Western Europe
Nationalism in Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia
Chapter 30: Post-World War II Society
Class Structure
Gender Issues
Youth
Immigration
Religion
Unit Seven Review Questions
Answers and Explanations
PART FOUR: PRACTICE TESTS
How to Take the Practice Tests
How to Compute Your Score
Practice Test 1
Answer Key to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 2
Answer Key to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers and Explanations
Glossary