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

Cover......Page 1
About the Author......Page 16
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction: The Five-Step Program......Page 18
Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program......Page 22
  Background Information......Page 24
  Frequently Asked Questions About the AP European History Exam......Page 25
  Three Approaches to Preparing for AP Exams......Page 28
  Detailed Calendar for Each Plan......Page 30
Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness......Page 34
  The Multiple-Choice Questions......Page 36
  Multiple-Choice Questions Exercise......Page 38
  Answers and Explanations......Page 39
  The Document-Based Question......Page 40
  Document-Based Question Exercise......Page 41
  Suggestions and Possible Outline of a Response to the DBQ Exercise......Page 42
  The Thematic Essay Questions......Page 43
  Suggestions and Possible Outline of a Response to the Thematic Essay Question Exercise......Page 44
Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success......Page 46
  Introduction......Page 48
  Organizational Keys......Page 49
  About Guessing......Page 50
  Developing a Strategy......Page 51
  Introduction......Page 54
  Five Steps to Outlining a Short History Essay......Page 55
  Characteristics of the DBQ......Page 57
  Scoring of the DBQs......Page 58
  Characteristics of the Thematic Essay Questions......Page 60
  Applying the Principles of the Quality History Essay to the Thematic Essay Questions......Page 61
  Scoring of the Thematic Essays......Page 62
Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High......Page 64
 Unit 1 1450 to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era......Page 66
  7 Recovery and Expansion, 1300–1600......Page 68
   A Weakened Papacy......Page 69
   The Revival of Monarchy......Page 70
   Exploration and Expansion......Page 71
   The Spanish Empire in the New World......Page 72
   Rapid Review......Page 73
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 74
   Answers and Explanations......Page 75
  8 The Renaissance, 1350–1550......Page 78
   Renaissance Values......Page 79
   Neoplatonism......Page 80
   Knowledge of the Natural World......Page 81
   The Spread of the Renaissance......Page 82
   Rapid Review......Page 84
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 85
   Answers and Explanations......Page 86
  9 The Reformation, 1500–1600......Page 88
   The Lutheran Revolt......Page 89
   Creation and Spread of the Protestant Movement......Page 90
   Calvin and Calvinism......Page 91
   The Catholic Response......Page 92
   Rapid Review......Page 94
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 95
   Answers and Explanations......Page 96
  10 The Rise of Sovereignty, 1600–1715......Page 98
   Britain: The Triumph of Constitutionalism......Page 99
   France: Absolutism......Page 100
   Russia: Tsarist Absolutism......Page 101
   The Baroque Style......Page 102
   Rapid Review......Page 103
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 104
   Answers and Explanations......Page 105
  11 The Scientific Revolution During the Seventeenth Century......Page 108
   Alternative Traditions of Knowledge Before the Scientific Revolution......Page 109
   The Rise of Copernicanism......Page 110
   Kepler’s Laws......Page 111
   Cartesian Skepticism and Deductive Reasoning......Page 112
   Newton and Universal Gravitation......Page 113
   Rapid Review......Page 114
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 115
   Answers and Explanations......Page 116
  12 The Enlightenment: A Cultural Movement During the Eighteenth Century......Page 118
   New Ideas About Natural Law, Human Nature, and Society......Page 119
   New Political Ideas......Page 120
   The Philosophes and Enlightened Despotism......Page 121
   Skepticism, Religion, and Social Criticism......Page 122
   Science in the Enlightenment......Page 123
   The Radical Enlightenment......Page 124
   The Other Enlightenment......Page 125
   Rapid Review......Page 126
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 127
   Answers and Explanations......Page 128
  13 Social Transformation and Statebuilding in the Eighteenth Century......Page 130
   Breaking the Traditional Cycle of Population and Productivity......Page 131
   Rural Manufacturing......Page 132
   Technical Innovations in Agriculture and Manufacturing......Page 133
   War and Diplomacy......Page 134
   Rapid Review......Page 136
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 137
   Answers and Explanations......Page 138
  14 The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon, 1789–1799......Page 140
   The Ancien Régime in Crisis......Page 141
   The Moderate Phase of the French Revolution (1789–1791)......Page 142
   The Radical Phase of the French Revolution (1791–1794)......Page 143
   Neoclassicism and the French Revolution......Page 146
   Rapid Review......Page 147
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 148
   Answers and Explanations......Page 149
   Timeline......Page 152
   Key Comparisons......Page 153
   Thematic Change/Continuity......Page 154
 Unit 2 The Napoleonic Era to the Present......Page 156
  15 Napoleonic Europe and the Post-Napoleonic Era, 1800–1848......Page 158
   Post-Revolutionary France and the Napoleonic Code......Page 159
   Napoleon’s Empire......Page 160
   Decline and Fall of Napoleon and His Empire......Page 161
   Restoration......Page 162
   Revolution and Repression......Page 163
   Rapid Review......Page 166
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 167
   Answers and Explanations......Page 168
  16 The Second Industrial Revolution, 1820–1900......Page 170
   Iron and Steel......Page 171
   The Railway Boom......Page 172
   The Spread of Industrialization......Page 173
   Social Effects......Page 174
   Science in the Industrial Age......Page 175
   Rapid Review......Page 177
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 178
   Answers and Explanations......Page 179
  17 The Rise of New Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century......Page 182
   Liberalism......Page 183
   Romanticism......Page 184
   Anarchism......Page 185
   Scientific Socialism and Communism......Page 186
   Social Darwinism......Page 187
   Rapid Review......Page 188
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 189
   Answers and Explanations......Page 190
  18 Nationalism and Statebuilding, 1848–1900......Page 192
   The Unification of Italy......Page 193
   The Unification of Germany......Page 196
   Nationalism in France......Page 197
   Nationalism in Russia......Page 198
   Rapid Review......Page 199
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 200
   Answers and Explanations......Page 201
  19 Mass Politics in Europe and Imperialism in Africa and Asia, 1860–1914......Page 204
   The Development of Mass Politics......Page 205
   The Scramble for Africa......Page 207
   Dominance in Asia......Page 208
   Rapid Review......Page 209
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 210
   Answers and Explanations......Page 211
  20 Politics of the Extreme and World War I, 1870–1918......Page 214
   Politics of the Extreme......Page 215
   Basic Chronology, 1914–1915......Page 217
   Total War......Page 218
   Germany’s Disintegration and the Peace Settlement......Page 219
   Changes to the Scientific View of the World......Page 220
   Rapid Review......Page 222
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 223
   Answers and Explanations......Page 224
  21 The Interwar Years and World War II, 1918–1945......Page 226
   The Interwar Years......Page 227
   The Road to World War II......Page 231
   The Course of the War......Page 232
   Assessment and Aftermath of World War II......Page 236
   Rapid Review......Page 237
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 238
   Answers and Explanations......Page 239
  22 The Cold War and Beyond, 1945–Present......Page 242
   The Cold War......Page 243
   The European Union......Page 245
   The Disintegration of the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union......Page 246
   Nationalism and Globalization......Page 248
   Rapid Review......Page 249
   Chapter Review Questions......Page 250
   Answers and Explanations......Page 251
   Timeline......Page 254
   Key Comparisons......Page 255
   Thematic Change/Continuity......Page 256
Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence......Page 258
 AP European History Practice Test 1......Page 260
 Answers and Explanations......Page 281
 Suggestions and Outline for the DBQ......Page 294
 Suggestions and Outlines for Answers to the Thematic Essay Questions......Page 295
 AP European History Practice Test 2......Page 298
 Answers and Explanations......Page 318
 Suggestions and Outline for the DBQ......Page 332
 Suggestions and Outlines for Answers to the Thematic Essay Questions......Page 333
Appendixes......Page 338
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 Web Sites......Page 354