AP European History Topics PDF

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Key Exam Details The Advanced Placement (AP) Program® is designed to allow high school students to pursue college-level studies while attending high school. Colleges use AP scores to determine students’ eligibility for advanced course placement and/or course credit. On your AP European History exam, you can expect to find multiple-choice and short-answer questions that focus on the following themes. Each theme will make up 10–15% of all exam questions: • Renaissance and Exploration (c. 1450–c. 1648) • Age of Reformation (c. 1450 – c. 1648) • Absolutism and Constitutionalism (c. 1648 – c.1815) • Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments (c. 1648 – c.1815) • Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century (c. 1648 – c.1815) • Industrialization and Its Effects (c. 1815 – c. 1914) • Nineteenth-Century Perspectives and Political Developments (c. 1815 – c. 1914) • Twentieth-Century Global Conflicts (c. 1914 – present) • Cold War and Contemporary Europe (c. 1914 – present) The exam also includes a document-based question and a long essay question, each of which test your ability to consider a history-based prompt and write a response that: • • • •

Provides a strong thesis Places the topic in context Offers compelling evidence Shows logical analysis and reasoning

This guide will give you a review of all major exam topics, with an emphasis on the key people, places, events, and documents of each time period. Following every topic overview are sample AP multiple-choice or short answer exam questions, so you can get a sense of how information will be presented on test day. Let’s get started!

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