Advanced Placement European History Mid-term Exam Study Guide Mr. Cicerchi

The mid-term examination for Advanced Placement European History will consist of forty-four objective AP-style questions and two AP-style essay questions (1 DBQ and 1 FRQ) modeled after recent questions from the AP Exam in European History. Each essay will be graded using the AP 9 point rubric. The scores on the essays will be converted to the number of points listed below based on the same percentage scale we have used all year.

The multiple choice portion of the exam and the essay portion of the exam are each worth 50% of the total score on the AP Exam. In order to maintain consistency with the AP Exam and build equity into the test, the same constraints will be used for our mid-term. Therefore, each multiple choice question will be worth 1 point and the essays will be worth a TOTAL of 44 points. Based on the fact the College Board weights the DBQ more heavily than the FRQs, we will do the same on the mid-term. The DBQ will be scored out of 27 points; the FRQ will be out of 17 points.

44 multiple choice questions @ 1 point = 44 points 1 Document-based question @ 27 points = 27 points 1 Free response question @ 17 points = 17 points

The total exam will be scored out of 88 points. Remember all mid-terms are 20% of your semester grade, as per Strongsville Board of Education Policy.

It is strongly suggested that students review their reading and lecture notes, all handouts, the unit reviews, and focus questions before the day of the exam. Try to study for a little bit each day leading up to the exam. Do not “cram” for the exam. This will be good practice for your preparation for the AP Exam.

The following chapters from the text, Western Civilization: Since 1300, were covered during the first semester. Found below each chapter are some topics to review prior to the mid-term examination.

Chapter 11 – The Later Middle Ages ( Note: spend minimal time on this chapter as the AP Exam focuses on questions from 1450 to 2001. Our midterm will do the same.)  Black Death  Hundred Years War  Decline of the Church

Chapter 12 – Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance  Social changes in the Renaissance, especially in the family structure  Italian States in the Renaissance  Philosophies and Policies of Machiavelli and Erasmus  The European State in the Renaissance (Concept of “The State” and its strength in an empire)  The Church in the Renaissance  Importance of Printing  Art in the Renaissance (as it is intertwined with topics above and relates to concepts below) . Humanism . Social Status . High Renaissance . Northern Artistic Renaissance . Artists  Masaccio  Donatello  Leonardo da Vinci  Michelangelo  Raphael Chapter 13 – Reformation and Religious Warfare in the 16th Century  Conflict between what The Church said they stood for and what they did  Martin Luther  Rise of Lutheranism  Spread of the Protestant Reformation  Calvinism  Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation)  Religious Wars

Chapter 14 – Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800  Motives and Means for Expansion  Expansion of Portuguese Empire  Expansion of Spanish Empire  The Slave Trade  Asian Expansion . India . China . Japan  Economic Impact of Expansion

Chapter 15 – State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century  Witchcraft  Thirty Years War  Concept of “The State” and the difference in England versus the Rest of Europe  Absolute Monarchy . France . Spain . Germany . Italy . Russia . Northern States . Ottoman Empire  Limited Monarchy . Britain . Poland . Netherlands  Art (Mannerism, Baroque, Classicism, Realism) . Rubens . Bernini . Poussin . Rembrandt

Chapter 16 – Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science  Astronomical Changes . Copernicus . Brahe . Kepler . Galileo . Newton  Medical Changes (including Chemistry) . Paracelsus . Vesalius . Harvey . Cavendish . Winkelman  Debates on the Nature of Women  Rationalism and Descartes Chapter 17 – The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment  The Paths to Enlightenment  Hobbes (found in Ch. 15)  Locke  Montesquieu  Voltaire  Diderot  Rousseau and the concept of a Social Contract  Wollstonecraft and the “Woman’s Question”  Art (Neoclassicism, Music, Novels, Writing of History)  High Culture vs. Pop Culture  Popular Religion in the 18th Century

Chapter 18 – The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change  Concept and Question of Enlightened Absolutism  Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe  War of Austrian Succession  Seven Years War  Growth of European Population  Changes in Agriculture and Industry (Agricultural Revolution?)  Mercantilism  18th Century Social Order . Nobility . Peasants . Bourgeoisie as a separate group from the Nobles and Peasants

Chapter 19 – A Revolution in Politics: The Era of French Revolution and Napoleon  American Revolution  French Society before the Revolution  Royalty before the French Revolution  The French Revolution . Estates General . National Assembly . Importance of the Storming of the Bastille . Destruction of the Old Regime . Radical Revolution (the Reign of Terror)  Robespierre  Marat  Danton  Desmoulins  Directory  Age of Napoleon

Chapter 20 – The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society  Industrial Revolution in Great Britain  Spread of the Industrial Revolution . Throughout Europe . In the U.S.A.  Population Growth  Urbanization and the Growth of Cities  Industrial Middle Class  A Changing Social Class Structure and Standard of Living  Change: Workers, Reformers, and Government