AP European History (Barron's AP European History) - Softcover

Fully updated to reflect the new exam to be administered in May 2016. This in-depth preparation for the AP European History exam features: Two full-length model AP exams with all questions answered and explained A comprehensive review of European history, starting with Europe during the Italian Renaissance and progressing to Europe in the twenty-first century Practice, essay, and multiple-choice questions with answers following each chapter Extensive charts that summarize Europe's history The manual can be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM that presents two additional full-length practice tests with automatic scoring and fully explained answers.

Table of Contents
Barron's Essential 5
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Using This Book
PART TWO: REVIEW SECTION: TIME PERIODS
TIME PERIOD ONE: c 1450 to c 1648
1 The Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance (1450-1550)
2 Protestant Reformation, Catholic- and Counter-Reformations, Wars of Religion (1517-1648)
3 The Growth of European Nation-States and the Birth of Science: Europe in the 1500s and Early 1600s
TIME PERIOD TWO: c 1649 to c 1815
4 The Eighteenth Century: The Expansion of Europe and the Enlightenment
5 The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Congress of Vienna
6 Industrialization Reshapes Europe
TIME PERIOD THREE: c 1815 to c 1914
7 The Growth and Suppression of Democracy: From the Age of Metternich to the First World War (1815-1914)
8 The Ideologies of the 19th Century: Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism, and Culture
9 Imperialism and the Causes of the First World War (1870-1914)
TIME PERIOD FOUR: c 1914 TO PRESENT
10 The First World War, and the Russian Revolution and the USSR Until 1939
11 Democracy, Depression, Dictatorship, World War and Its Aftermath (1919-1945)
12 Recovery, Cold War, and Contemporary Europe (1945 to Present)
PART THREE: MODEL EXAMS
Model Test 1
Model Test 2
Index