AP European History Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's AP Prep)

AP European History Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's AP Prep) Barron’s AP European History Premium, 2025 includes in‑depth content review and online practice. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day. 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Table of Contents How to Use This Book Barron’s Essential 5 PART 1: INTRODUCTION All About the Exam Systematic Methods for Studying History Historical Skills Used in All AP History Exams AP History Disciplinary Practices Historical Thinking Skills AP History Reasoning Skills Additional Skills Not Required by the College Board A Guide to the AP European History Exam PART 2: REVIEW SECTION: TIME PERIODS Examination of Periodization and Required Time Periods TIME PERIOD ONE: C. 1450 TO C. 1648 Time Period Overview UNIT 1: RENAISSANCE AND EXPLORATION Unit 1 Overview: Renaissance and Exploration 1 The Renaissance and Age of Exploration Overview The Italian Renaissance The Northern Renaissance Renaissance Views on Gender and Ethnicity Social Structure During the Renaissance Renaissance Points to Remember Exploration and Colonization: 1400s to 1600s The Expansion of Europe The Development of “Natural Philosophy” or Science The Renaissance Characters Important Artistic Movements in European History Practice Questions Answers and Explanations UNIT 2: AGE OF REFORMATION Unit 2 Overview: Age of Reformation—Chapter 2 2 Protestant Reformation, Catholic and CounterReformations, Wars of Religion (1517–1648) Overview Causes of the Reformation Chronological Overview of Events, Personalities, and Ideas Gender and Ethnicity During the Reformation The Baroque Period of Art Many Faiths Chart Practice Questions Answers and Explanations TIME PERIOD TWO: C. 1649 TO C. 1815 Time Period Overview UNIT 3: ABSOLUTISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM Unit 3 Overview: Absolutism and Constitutionalism 3 Absolutism and Constitutionalism Overview The Development of Absolutism in France The Development of Constitutionalism in England The Elizabethan Age The Stuart Kings and Parliament (1603–1688) The Course of the Conflict The Stuart Restoration (1660–1688) The Glorious Revolution The Dutch Revolt and the Golden Age of the Netherlands Women During the Age of Absolutism Absolutism in the Ottoman Empire Absolute Monarchs of the Late-17th and Early-18th Centuries A Guide to Monarchs and Their Families Practice Questions Answers and Explanations UNIT 4: SCIENTIFIC, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS (1648–1789) Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments 4 Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments (1648–1789) Overview The Expansion of Europe Mercantilism and the Rise of Capitalism The Enlightenment Gender and Ethnicity During the Enlightenment Enlightened Despotism Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Philosophes of the Enlightenment The Evolution of Political Thought of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau Practice Questions Answers and Explanations UNIT 5: CONFLICT, CRISIS, AND REACTION IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY Unit 5: The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Congress of Vienna 5 The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Congress of Vienna Overview The French Revolution Women’s Role in the French Revolution Cause-and-Effect Chart for the French Revolution Napoleon The Congress of Vienna (September 1814–June 1815) Practice Questions Answers and Explanations TIME PERIOD THREE: C. 1815 TO C. 1914 Time Period Overview UNIT 6: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS Chapter 6: The Industrial Revolution Reshapes Europe 6 Industrialization Reshapes Europe Overview The Industrial Revolution Theories of Economics The Technological Revolution or the Second Industrial Revolution Inventors of the Industrial Revolution Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 7 The Growth and Suppression of Democracy: From the Age of Metternich to the First World War (1815–1914) Overview The Growth of Democracy The Suppression of Democracy The Revolutions of 1848 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations UNIT 7: 19TH-CENTURY PERSPECTIVES AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS Unit 7: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Progress into Modernity 8 The Ideologies of the 19th Century: Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism, and Culture Overview The Age of Nationalism The Unification of Italy The Unification of Germany Results of Nationalism Modern Leaders of Assorted European Countries, or “Musical Chairs” Unification of Italy and of Germany Chart Ideology and Culture Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 9 Imperialism and the Causes of the First World War (1870– 1914) Overview Causes of Imperialism Regions The End of Colonialism Timeline of Imperialism Long-Term Causes of the First World War Practice Questions Answers and Explanations TIME PERIOD FOUR: C. 1914 TO PRESENT Time Period Overview UNIT 8: 20TH-CENTURY GLOBAL CONFLICTS Unit 8: The First World War, the Age of Anxiety, and World War II 10 The First World War, Russian Revolution, and U.S.S.R. Until 1939 Overview Events Leading to the First World War The First World War The Peace Settlements The Causes, Events, and Results of the First World War The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union Until 1939 Figures and Events of the Russian Revolution Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 11 Democracy, Depression, Dictatorship, World War and Its Aftermath (1919–1945) Overview The Western Democracies After the First World War The Age of Anxiety The Great Depression (1929–1939) Dictatorships Prelude to War Aggression and Appeasement Triumph of the Axis Powers (1939–1942) The Tide of War Turns (Mid-1942–1943) Allied Victories (1943–1945) Aftermath of the War Practice Questions Answers and Explanations UNIT 9: COLD WAR AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPE Unit 9: Recovery from WWII, Ideological Conflict, European Unification, and Post-WWII Social Movements 12 Recovery, Cold War, and Contemporary Europe (1945 to Present) Overview Western European Recovery (1945–1957) Decolonization Communism: The Soviet Union and Its Satellites (1945–1968) Recent European Economic History Cold War The Collapse of Communism and the End of the Cold War Timeline for the Start of the Cold War Art Science Population and Poverty European Society at the End of the Twentieth Century Recent Developments Important Treaties and Agreements in European History Practice Questions Answers and Explanations PART 3: PRACTICE EXAMS Practice Test 1 Scoring and Answer Explanations Practice Test 2 Scoring and Answer Explanations