<p>I just wanted to ask those of you whom have already taken the AP Euro History test or whom have thorough experience with the multiple choice section, because I'm a bit scared.</p>
<p>I'm asking because I'm reviewing the advance of democracy in Europe during the last half of the 19th century and a ton of reforms are made (i.e. end of nonsectarian elementary schools, establishment of insurance, unions allowed, etc.), and I realize there's a lot to memorize or at least be familiar with.</p>
<p>I was just wondering, in general, how specific is the exam? Do you need to know everything inside and out, or do you just need to general details?</p>
<p>Don't focus on the very minute details; just know the big picture. I don't remember the 19th century very well (Concert of Europe comes to mind), but the end of nonsectarian elementary schools will probably never ever be tested. Insurance/unions are general social changes, however, so I would keep those in mind. </p>
<p>The exam doesn't test very specific dates, but you should know the major things that happened in the century be able to identify trends by century.</p>
<p>from my experience last year, the questions are more focused on deeply analyzing the main ideas and less on trying to trick you with really specific things</p>
<p>See, my problem with the PR review book is that the study tests are way specific because it asks about treaties and events that are crazy concise (one asked about how France banned Coke because it was ruining its industry, or something like that o_o). However, I've heard that those are pretty accurate. Is this true?</p>
<p>bump… sorry for bumping and old thread… but that’s the question i have… is PR good enough for at least a 4 on the test??? and is it accurate enough??? (This is the only book I have and I’m probably not gonna get another book)</p>
<p>I have Cliffs. I hope it’s going to be good enough.</p>
<p>How did you study out of Cliffs? Just memorize all the terms or focus on the trends? There are a whooole lot of terms though. I should probably get familiar with the trends in the different time periods. I suck at knowing what happens during each time period but my teacher did a pretty good job covering those.</p>
<p>In any event, it’s probably not too wise to put all your hopes into a prep book. If you’re self-studying, that’s one thing, but in the end I don’t think the book is the be-all end-all of your exam grade. I’m using the Princeton Review book and it seems fine.</p>
<p>I didn’t just go through memorizing terms. I just read the book and tried to understand the general picture, and the terms just became in built. For example, instead of memorizing everything about Bismarck and realpolitik, I just understood how Germany grew during that period and how Bismarck contributed to German domination in European policy.</p>
<p>Know major ideas and works of enlightenment thinkers, but otherwise just know the major movements and whoever is attributed to them. Most q’s give you a quote/picture and ask you to identify who wrote it, so look for key words - i.e. capitalism for Adam Smith’s wealth of nations.</p>