AP European History. 2012-2013 Edition PDF
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CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 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
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