AP European History Course: Comprehensive Review + 2022 Exams & Strategies

Hello and welcome to my A.P. European History Exam-Prep Ongoing Course! This set of meetings is designed to bring the most up-to-date testing strategies and methodologies for approaching each concept covered on the A.P. Human Geography exam. This process has been streamlined and made as efficient as possible for each learner's needs. 

Each meeting is designed to explain in full details a handful of concepts that are widely-tested . These concepts are then tied directly to practice problems and drills from newly-released exams and educational material. This method allows for a student at any level to enroll at any point during the duration of the course and immediately begin receiving academic instruction. 

Full AP Human Geography Course Syllabus:

*About the AP European History Exam*

-The Structure of the AP European History Exam
-How the AP European History Exam Is Scored
-Overview of Content Topics
-How AP Exams Are Used
-Other Resources

*Designing Your Study Plan*

-Set Up Your Study Program
-What You Need to Know About the AP European History Exam 
-Background Information 
-Frequently Asked Questions About the AP European History Exam 
-How to Plan Your Time 
-Three Approaches to Preparing for AP Exams Detailed Calendar for Each Plan 
-Setting Up a Study Group 

Understand the Skills That Will Be Tested

The Ways Historians Think 

-Introduction 
-Reasoning Chronologically 
-Putting Information in Context 
-Arguing from Evidence 
-Developing Your Historical Thinking Skills 
-Rapid Review 

*Test-Taking Strategies for the AP European History Exam*

Preview

-How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions
-How to Approach Short Answers and Essays
-Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points
-Reflect
-Develop Strategies for Success

The Multiple-Choice Questions 

-Introduction 
-Passive Knowledge and the Process of Elimination 
-Putting Your Historical Thinking Skills to Use
-About Guessing 
-Further Practice with Multiple-Choice Questions 

The Short-Answer Questions 

-Introduction 
-Putting Your Knowledge and Historical Thinking Skills to Use 
-Further Practice with Short-Answer Questions 

The Document-Based Question 

-Introduction 
-The High-Quality History Essay 
-Five Steps for Creating an Outline for Your Essay 
-Characteristics of the DBQ
-Applying the Principles of the High-Quality History Essay to the DBQ 
-Scoring the DBQ 
-Further Practice for the DBQ 

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 

Content Review (Overview) for the AP European History Exam

 -The Renaissance to the Wars of Religion: c. 1450–c. 1648
 -Monarchical States to Napoleon: c. 1648–c. 1815
 -Age of Revolutions to World War I: c. 1815–c. 1914
- Global Wars to Globalization: c. 1914–Present

Content Review (Full Content):

*From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance*

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 54 Changes in Society and Its Institutions 
-The Individual and Society 
-National and European Identity 
-The Organization of the AP Course into Units 

*The Renaissance to the Wars of Religion: c. 1450–c. 1648*

-THE ITALIAN CITY-STATES
-HUMANISM
-RENAISSANCE ART
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Michelangelo
-THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

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 

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 PROTESTANT REFORMATION
-THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
-THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
-THE PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH EMPIRES
-THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONARCHICAL STATES

-The English Reformation PART 2
-Calvin and Calvinism 
-Social Dimensions and the Radical Reformation 
 -The Catholic Response 
-Timeline
-Key Terms, Places and Events
-Key People
-Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 

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 

*Monarchical States to Napoleon: c. 1648–c. 1815*

-France
-England
-The Netherlands
-ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Economic Change and Political Consolidation 

-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 

Economic Change and the Expansion of the State 

-Introduction 
-Great Britain: The Triumph of Constitutionalism 
-France: The Triumph of Absolutism 
-Russia: Tsarist Absolutism 
-Breaking the Traditional Cycle of Population and Productivity 
-Market-Oriented Agriculture 
-Rural Manufacturing 
-Technical Innovations in Agriculture and Manufacturing 
-Eastern Ambition 
-War and Diplomacy 
-Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 


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

-Introduction 
-“EVENTS LEADING TO THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION”
-PRE-SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW
-THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
-THE IMPACT OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION ON PHILOSOPHY
-18th Century Enlightenment 
-“THE SPREAD OF ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT”
-“WOMEN AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
-“EUROPEAN POWERS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT”
-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 
-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 

The French Revolution and Empire 

-Introduction 
-THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
-“THE REIGN OF TERROR”
-“THE DIRECTORY (1795–1799)”
-NAPOLEON
-“FRANCE AT WAR WITH EUROPE”
-“THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON”
-“THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, THE BOURBON RESTORATION, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS”
-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) 
-Post-Revolutionary France and the Napoleonic Code 1
-Napoleon’s Empire 
-The Decline and Fall of Napoleon and His Empire 
-Restoration 
-Timeline
-Key Terms, Places and Events
-Key People
-Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 

Age of Revolutions to World War I: c. 1815–c. 1914

-RESTORATION AND REVOLUTION
-“POLITICAL RESTORATION AND REFORM
-“THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848
-“THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1750–1850)
-“THE AGE OF NATIONAL UNIFICATION (1854–1871)
“THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
-OTHER SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS 
-“Social Class and the Second Industrial Revolution
-“SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
-“Views and Consequences of the New Imperialism”

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


Cultural Responses to Revolution and Industrialization 

-Introduction 
-Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century 
-Cultural Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century 
-Timeline
-“Key Terms, Places and Events”
-Important People
-Review Questions
-Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 

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 

Mass Politics and Imperialism 

-Introduction 
-Causes of the New Imperialism 
-The Scramble for Africa 
-Dominance in Asia 
-Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 

Global Wars to Globalization: c. 1914–Present

Politics of the Extreme and World War I 

-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 FIRST WORLD WAR (1914–1918)
-“THE END OF THE WAR
-THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
-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 

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 INTERWAR YEARS
-THE GREAT DEPRESSION
-“Western Democracies in Crisis”
-“The Road to the Second World War”
-“THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939–1945)”
-THE HOLOCAUST 
-THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
-The Great Depression 
-The Rise of Fascism 
-World War II 
-Assessment and Aftermath of World War II 191 Review Questions 
-Rapid Review 

The Cold War, Integration, and Globalization 

Themes:

-Introduction 

-EUROPEAN STABILITY
-“THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR”
-“SOVIET DOMINANCE OVER EASTERN EUROPE
-“THE END OF IMPERIALISM
-“THE CREATION OF A EUROPEAN UNION
-“POST-WWII DEVELOPMENTS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN STATES
-“THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMMUNIST BLOC

-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 
-TIMELINE
-“Key Terms, Places and Events”
-KEY PEOPLE
-REVIEW QUESTIONS
-Rapid Review 

*Build Your Test-Taking Confidence*

-Section I, Part B: Short-Answer Questions 225
-Section II, Part A: Document-Based Question 227
-Section II, Part B: Long-Essay Question 229
-Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test 1 231 
-Section II, Part A: Document-Based Question 265
-Section II, Part B: Long-Essay Question 268
-Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test 2 269

*Chapter Review Questions: Answers and Explanations

*Additional Practice Tests

-Practice Test 2
-Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations

-Practice Test 3
-Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations

-Practice Test 4
-Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations”