5 Steps to a 5 AP European History, 2010-2011 Edition

463 Pages·2009·3.05 MB·English

by  Jeffrey Brautigam

5 STEPS TO A 5
AP European History
2010–2011
Jeffrey Brautigam, Ph.D.
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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
Decline and Fall of Napoleon and His Empire