5 Steps to a 5TM AP European History

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  • Applying the Principles of the High-Quality History Essay to the DBQ

  • Scoring the DBQ

  • Further Practice for the DBQ

  • 7 The Long-Essay Question

    • Introduction

    • Choosing Your Topic

    • Applying the Five Steps to a High-Quality History Essay

    • Scoring of the Essays

    • Further Practice for the Long-Essay Question



  • 8 From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance STEP 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High

  • 9 Major Themes of Modern European History

    • Introduction

    • Interaction of Europe and the World

    • Changes in Wealth and Who Had It

    • Changes in Knowledge Systems and World View

    • Changes in Society and Its Institutions

    • The Individual and Society

    • National and European Identity

    • The Organization of the AP Course into Units



  • 10 The Challenge of the Renaissance

    • Introduction

    • Italian Society of the Renaissance

    • Renaissance Values

    • Artistic Achievement of the Renaissance

    • The Renaissance and Scientific Advancements

    • The Spread of the Renaissance

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 11 The Reformation and the Fracturing of Christianity

    • 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

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 12 The Great Voyages of Exploration and Early Colonization

    • Introduction

    • Exploration and Expansion

    • The Spanish Empire in the New World

    • England, France, and the Triangular Trade Networks

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 13 Economic Change and Political Consolidation Contents ‹ vii

    • Introduction

    • Economic Stress and Change

    • Thirty Years’ War

    • Britain: The Rise of Parliament

    • France: The Construction of a State

    • Central and Eastern Europe: Compromise

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 14 Economic Change and the Expansion of the State

    • Introduction

    • Great Britain: The Triumph of Constitutionalism

    • France: The Triumph of Absolutism

    • Russia: Tsarist Absolutism

      • and Productivity Breaking the Traditional Cycle of Population



    • Market-Oriented Agriculture

    • Rural Manufacturing

    • Technical Innovations in Agriculture and Manufacturing

    • Eastern Ambition

    • War and Diplomacy

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review

    • and the Enlightenment 15 The Rise of Natural Philosophy, Scientific Revolution,

      • Introduction

      • The Traditional View of the Cosmos

        • the Scientific Revolution Alternative Traditions of Knowledge Before



      • Development of New Institutions

      • The Rise of Copernicanism

      • Kepler’s Laws

      • Galileo and the Value of Empirical Knowledge

      • Advances in Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine

      • Contributions of Women During the Scientific Revolution

      • Cartesian Skepticism and Deductive Reasoning

      • The Enlightenment

      • The Triumph of Newtonian Science

      • 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

      • The Arts in the Enlightenment

      • The Radical Enlightenment

      • The Other Enlightenment

      • Review Questions

      • Rapid Review





  • 16 The French Revolution and Empire viii › Contents

    • Introduction

    • The Ancien Régime in Crisis

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

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

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



    • Post-Revolutionary France and the Napoleonic Code

    • Napoleon’s Empire

    • The Decline and Fall of Napoleon and His Empire

    • Restoration

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 17 The Industrial Revolution

    • 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 of Industrialization

    • Science in an Industrial Age

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 18 Cultural Responses to Revolution and Industrialization

    • Introduction

    • Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century

    • Cultural Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 19 Mass Politics and Nationalism

    • Introduction

    • Nationalism and State-Building

    • The Triumph of Conservative Nationalism

    • The Unification of Italy

    • The Unification of Germany

    • Mass Politics and Nationalism in the Hapsburg Empire

    • Mass Politics and Nationalism in France

    • Mass Politics and Nationalism in Russia

    • Mass Politics and Nationalism in Great Britain

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 20 Mass Politics and Imperialism

    • Introduction

    • Causes of the New Imperialism

    • The Scramble for Africa

    • Dominance in Asia

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 21 Politics of the Extreme and World War I Contents ‹ ix

    • Introduction

    • Labor Unions Begin in Britain, Then Spread to Other Countries

    • Socialist Parties in Britain, France, and Germany

    • Women’s Suffrage Movements and Feminism

    • Anarchist Activity

    • Ultranationalism and Anti-Semitism

    • Zionism

    • The Causes of World War I

    • The Beginning of the War: 1914–1915

    • Total War

    • 1916: “The Year of Bloodletting”

    • Russian Revolution and Withdrawal

    • Germany’s Disintegration and the Peace Settlement

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 22 The Interwar Years and World War II

    • Introduction

    • Problems and Challenges After World War I

    • The Weimar Republic in Germany

    • The Soviet Union in Economic Ruins

    • The Great Depression

    • The Rise of Fascism

    • World War II

    • Assessment and Aftermath of World War II

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review



  • 23 The Cold War, Integration, and Globalization

    • Introduction

    • The Development of Nuclear Weapons

    • The Settlement Following World War II

    • The Cold War

    • The European Union

    • The Disintegration of the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union

    • Nationalism and Globalization

    • Social Changes in Postwar Europe

    • Review Questions

    • Rapid Review

    • Answer Sheet for the AP European History Practice Test STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

    • Section I, Part A: Multiple-Choice Questions

    • Section I, Part B: Short-Answer Questions

    • Section II, Part A: Document-Based Question

    • Section II, Part B: Long-Essay Question

    • Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test

    • Answer Sheet for the AP European History Practice Test

    • Section I, Part A: Multiple-Choice Questions

    • Section I, Part B: Short-Answer Questions

    • Section II, Part A: Document-Based Question x › Contents

    • Section II, Part B: Long-Essay Question

    • Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test



  • Resource Guide

    • Using Literary Works in European History

    • General Websites

    • General Background

    • Resources by Historical Period



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