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AP EUROPEAN HISTORY REVIEW SHEET –
4th period 12/18, 6th period 12/16
Due the day of your final (15 points)
Come up with specific facts and examples that could be used as supporting evidence for the ideas within the each of the
following statements. USE OLD UNIT CALENDARS FOR KEY TERMS AND IDEAS, YOUR CLASS WORK AND
HOMEWORK, AND YOUR TEXTBOOK. You may start at any point and may want to start with the French
Revolution in the back.
Fall 2015
Unit 1: The Renaissance
Unit 2: The Reformation and Religious Wars
Unit 3: Absolutism
Unit 4: The Enlightenment
Unit 5: 18th Century Life of the People
Unit 6: Industrial Revolution
Unit 7: French Revolution
How detailed does this need to be?? I want this to be a useful review for you that connects the BIG PICTURE to KEY
DETAILS. You should have a few things for each of these, but the more detailed you are, the better for your studying. You
may add binder paper or go on the back of this as needed.
What about dates? Though AP Euro is more about concepts than dates, you should be able to identify and explain the
importance of what happened during these pivotal dates: 1517, 1648, 1688, 1789, 1815 You should also be able to identify
the correct century for each unit. Also know the timeline of the French Revolution.
1. A revival of classical texts led to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion.
2. The invention of printing promoted the dissemination of new ideas
3. The visual arts incorporated the new ideas of the Renaissance and were used to promote personal, political and religious
goals.
4. New ideas in science based on observation, experimentation and mathematics challenged classical views of the cosmos,
nature, and the human body, although folk traditions of knowledge and the universe persisted.
5. The new concept (16th Century) of the sovereign state and secular systems of law played a central role in the creation of
new political institutions.
6. The competition for power between monarch and “other groups” produced different distributions of governmental
authority in European states.
7. The Protestant and Catholic Reformations fundamentally changed theology, religious institutions and culture.
8. Religious reform caused conflicts between religious groups and increased state control of religious institutions and provided
justifications for challenging state authority.
9. European had a variety of motivations and advancements that allowed for the establishment of overseas empires and trade
networks through coercion and negotiation. These colonies led to a global exchange of goods, practices and diseases and the
expansion of the slave trade.
10. Most Europeans derived their livelihood from agriculture and oriented their lives around the seasons, the village or the
manor, although economic changes began to alter rural production and power.
11. Popular culture, leisure activities, family dynamics and rituals reflecting the persistence of folk ideas reinforced and
sometimes challenged communal ties and norms.
12. Population shifts and growing commerce caused the expansion of cities, which often found their traditional political and
social structures stressed by growth.
13. In much of Europe, absolute monarchy was established over the course of the 17th and 18th Centuries.
14. Challenges to absolutism resulted in alternative political systems
15. After 1648, dynastic and state interests, along with Europe’s expanding colonial empires influenced the diplomacy of
European states and frequently led to war.
16. The European dominated worldwide economic network contributed to the agricultural, industrial and commercial
revolutions in Europe.
17. Rational and empirical thought challenged traditional values and ideas.
18. New public venues and print media popularized Enlightenment ideas.
19. New political and economic theories challenged absolutism and mercantilism
20. During the Enlightenment, the rational analysis of religious practices led to natural religion and the demand for religious
toleration.
21. The arts moved from the celebration of religious themes and royal power to an emphasis on private life and the public
good.
22. By the 18th Century, Europeans began to escape from the Malthusian imbalance between population and the food supply,
resulting in steady population growth.
23. By the 18th Century, family, private life, consumerism and entertainment reflected new demographic patterns and the
effects of the commercial revolution.
24. Great Britain established its industrial dominance through the mechanization of textile production, iron and steel
production and following the British example industrialization took root in Continental Europe, although unequally.
25. Industrialization promoted the development of new classes in the industrial regions of Europe.
26. Europe experienced rapid population growth and urbanization, leading to social dislocations.
27. New ideologies took root throughout society as a response to the industrial revolution.
FRENCH REVOLUTION REVIEW
28. The French Revolution resulted from a combination of social, political, economic, and intellectual causes.
29. The French Revolution underwent a liberal or moderate phase at first.
30. In response to opposition at home and war abroad, the French government was radicalized and enforced a political
program to defend the Revolution from its enemies.
31. The French Revolution impacted various social and economic groups and classes in French society in different ways.
32. The French Revolution provoked various political responses about political and social issues in French colonies.
33. Political and economic issues in the Directory years helped to pave the way for Napoleon.
34. Napoleon both pushed reforms and curtailed rights under his regime.
35. Napoleon’s empire both spread French revolutionary ideals and incited nationalist responses throughout Europe.
36. The Congress of Vienna sought to restore the balance of power in Europe and undo the effects of the French Revolution.