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5 Steps to a 5 AP European History, 2014-2015 Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Brautigam

Published: July 2013

eISBN: 9780071803786 0071803785 | ISBN: 9780071803779

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Five-Step Program

Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program

1 What You Need to Know About the AP European History Exam

Background Information

Frequently Asked Questions About the AP European History Exam

2 How to Plan Your Time

Three Approaches to Preparing for AP Exams

Detailed Calendar for Each Plan

Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness

3 Diagnostic Exercises

Introduction

The Multiple-Choice Questions

Multiple-Choice Questions Exercise

Answers and Explanations

The Document-Based Question

Document-Based Question Exercise

Suggestions and Possible Outline of a Response to the DBQ Exercise

The Thematic Essay Questions

Thematic Essay Question Exercise

Suggestions and Possible Outline of a Response to the Thematic Essay Question Exercise

Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success

4 The Multiple-Choice Questions

Introduction

Passive Knowledge and the Premise

Organizational Keys

The Kinds of Questions

About Guessing

Developing a Strategy

5 The Document-Based Question (DBQ)

Introduction

The Quality History Essay

Five Steps to Outlining a Short History Essay

Characteristics of the DBQ

Applying the Principles of the Quality History Essay to the DBQ

Scoring of the DBQs

6 Thematic Essay Questions

Introduction

Characteristics of the Thematic Essay Questions

Applying the Principles of the Quality History Essay to the Thematic Essay Questions

Scoring of the Thematic Essays

Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High

Unit 1 1450 to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era

7 Recovery and Expansion, 1300–1600

Introduction

Effects of the Hundred Years War

Disappearance of the Black Death

A Weakened Papacy

The Revival of Monarchy

The Rise of Spain

Exploration and Expansion

The Spanish Empire in the New World

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

8 The Renaissance, 1350–1550

Introduction

Renaissance Italian Society

Renaissance Values

Neoplatonism

The Renaissance Artistic Achievement

Knowledge of the Natural World

The Spread of the Renaissance

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

9 The Reformation, 1500–1600

Introduction

The Need for a Religious Reformation

The Lutheran Revolt

Creation and Spread of the Protestant Movement

The English Reformation

Calvin and Calvinism

Social Dimensions and the Radical Reformation

The Catholic Response

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

10 The Rise of Sovereignty, 1600–1715

Introduction

Economic Stress and Change

Britain: The Triumph of Constitutionalism

France: Absolutism

Central and Eastern Europe: Compromise

Russia: Tsarist Absolutism

The Baroque Style

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

11 The Scientific Revolution During the Seventeenth Century

Introduction

The Traditional View of the Cosmos

Alternative Traditions of Knowledge Before the Scientific Revolution

Development of New Institutions

The Rise of Copernicanism

Kepler’s Laws

Galileo and the Value of Empirical Knowledge

Cartesian Skepticism and Deductive Reasoning

Newton and Universal Gravitation

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

12 The Enlightenment: A Cultural Movement During the Eighteenth Century

Introduction

New Ideas About Natural Law, Human Nature, and Society

New Political Ideas

The Philosophes and Enlightened Despotism

Salons and Lodges

Skepticism, Religion, and Social Criticism

Science in the Enlightenment

The Arts in the Enlightenment

The Radical Enlightenment

The Other Enlightenment

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

13 Social Transformation and Statebuilding in the Eighteenth Century

Introduction

The Triangle of Trade

Breaking the Traditional Cycle of Population and Productivity

Market-Oriented Agriculture

Rural Manufacturing

Technical Innovations in Agriculture and Manufacturing

Eastern Ambition

War and Diplomacy

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

14 The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon, 1789–1799

Introduction

The Ancien Régime in Crisis

The Moderate Phase of the French Revolution (1789–1791)

The Radical Phase of the French Revolution (1791–1794)

The Final Phase of the French Revolution: Thermidor and the Rise of Napoleon (1794–1799)

Neoclassicism and the French Revolution

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

Unit 1 Summary: 1450 to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era

Timeline

Key Comparisons

Thematic Change/Continuity

Unit 2 The Napoleonic Era to the Present

15 Napoleonic Europe and the Post-Napoleonic Era, 1800–1848

Introduction

Post-Revolutionary France and the Napoleonic Code

Napoleon’s Empire

Neoclassicism in Napoleonic France

Decline and Fall of Napoleon and His Empire

Restoration

Revolution and Repression

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

16 The Second Industrial Revolution, 1820–1900

Introduction

The Factory System and the Division of Labor

Iron and Steel

New Sources of Power

The Railway Boom

The Reciprocal Nature of Heavy Industry

The Spread of Industrialization

Social Effects

Artistic Movements in the Industrial Age

Science in the Industrial Age

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

17 The Rise of New Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century

Introduction

Conservatism

Liberalism

Romanticism

Nationalism

Anarchism

Utopian Socialism

Scientific Socialism and Communism

Social Darwinism

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

18 Nationalism and Statebuilding, 1848–1900

Introduction

The End of Liberal Nationalism

The Unification of Italy

The Unification of Germany

Nationalism in the Hapsburg Empire

Nationalism in France

Nationalism in Russia

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

19 Mass Politics in Europe and Imperialism in Africa and Asia, 1860–1914

Introduction

Causes of the New Imperialism

The Development of Mass Politics

The Scramble for Africa

Dominance in Asia

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

20 Politics of the Extreme and World War I, 1870–1918

Introduction

Politics of the Extreme

Causes of World War I

Basic Chronology, 1914–1915

Total War

Basic Chronology, 1916: “The Year of Bloodletting”

Russian Revolution and Withdrawal

Germany’s Disintegration and the Peace Settlement

Artistic Movements

Changes to the Scientific View of the World

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

21 The Interwar Years and World War II, 1918–1945

Introduction

The Interwar Years

The Road to World War II

The Course of the War

Assessment and Aftermath of World War II

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

22 The Cold War and Beyond, 1945–Present

Introduction

The Nuclear Arms Race

The Cold War

The European Union

The Disintegration of the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union

Nationalism and Globalization

Rapid Review

Chapter Review Questions

Answers and Explanations

Unit 2 Summary: The Napoleonic Era to the Present

Timeline

Key Comparisons

Thematic Change/Continuity

Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

AP European History Practice Test 1

Answers and Explanations

Suggestions and Outline for the DBQ

Suggestions and Outlines for Answers to the Thematic Essay Questions

AP European History Practice Test 2

Answers and Explanations

Suggestions and Outline for the DBQ

Suggestions and Outlines for Answers to the Thematic Essay Questions

Appendixes

Glossary of Terms

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Bibliography

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