AP Review Material

• Think of some of the historical personalities that we have studied during this course. Now, think of you peers in this course and decide what aspects of your friends' personality match the personality traits of leading historical figures. What is it that led you to draw this conclusion?
• Create a timeline highlighting the major political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual events from the High Renaissance to Present Day Europe. Due date – 4/25/2001
• Question Assignment: For the following questions, write thesis statements (broken into at least three parts) and an outline of the important facts you would include in your answer. Be sure to draw from your notes, text, "monster packets," and your identification lists. Each assignment will count as a quiz grade. These are not typical essay questions, as they are extremely broad. However, they will serve you well because they are a comprehensive review of the entire course.
• 1. Trace the changing role of women in society and the home from the Renaissance to the present day. Be sure to consider regional differences (i.e. Eastern and Western Europe) as well as other examples such as women in Victorian Britain. Use the Kagan text, and the "monster packet" material you have received throughout the course. Due date 4/18/01
• 2. Renaissance - How can the Renaissance be used as a springboard for defining modernity? Compare and contrast the Northern Renaissance with the Mediterranean Renaissance. Due date - 4/19/00
• 3. Reformation - Compare and contrast Martin Luther and John Calvin from economic, religious, and social perspectives. Due - 4/20/01
• 4. Religious Wars - Analyze the status of the various governments and The Church as a result of the religious wars. Due 4/23/01
• 5. Constitutionalism and Absolutism - A. Compare 17^th century French Absolutism with 17^th century Eastern European Absolutism. B. Trace the development of English Parliament during the 17^th century. - Due 4/23/01
• 6. Czars - Analyze the czars of Russia from the perspective of their attempts to control their aristocracy and their church, and also from the perspective of their relations with Western Europe. - Due 4/24/01
• 7. Economics - Trace the development of the Commercial Revolution - Due 4/24/01
• 8. The Enlightenment and French Revolution - What connection exists between the Enlightenment and the French Revolution? Due 4/25/01
• 9. Napoleonic Era - Trace the long term effects of Napoleon I. - Due 4/25/01
• 10. Socialism - Assess the differences between Charles Fourier, Louis Blanc, Karl Marx, Robert Owen Edward Bernstein and Vladimir Lenin. Due 4/26/01
• 11. British Reform and Industrial Revolution - A. Discuss the Parliamentary actions which brought social and political power to the middle and lower classes of English society during the 19^th century. B. What effect did the industrial revolutions have upon the social classes? Due 4/26/01
• 12. Germany - Trace the history of Germany from its rise as a Prussian state though its collapse after World War I. Due 4/27/01
• 13. Modern European Thought and Imperialism - A. Assess the extent to which Freud, Marx and Einstein were enlightened thinkers B. Assess the similarities and differences between 16^th century and 19^th century imperialism. Due 4/27/01
• 14. World War I and II - Assess the differences between society and politics of the World War I and II eras (pre and post for each). Due 4/30/01
• 15. Cold War - Trace the economic development and changes in the political map of Europe from 1945 through 1995 - Due 4/30/01
• 16. Modern Europe - Analyze the political and economic developments of the Balkans during the 20^th century that have led to the present day conflicts. Due 5/1/01