<p>OK, so I am a little bit frusturated with my AP European History class and was hoping some of you might have some helpful hints or advice. I just got a 45/100 on a Multiple Choice Test that he said was as hard if not harder then te AP Test, and I was pretty discouraged. Although, people did get lower then me, I have been probably been the one that has spent the most time on AP Euro out of all the students in that class. </p>
<p>The class mostly consists of watching videos, an occasional lecture, and huge studyguides. The studyguides cover an important event and we have to define the 50-60 words he gives us with 1-2 paragraph definitions and then anwser about 10 long answer questions. The studyguides are so long, that he lets you split it up with partners. But, I decided to do the study guide by myself because I'm afraid if I split it up with a partner, I'll only learn half of what we are supposed to learn. </p>
<p>So basically, I'm feeling bad about the low score I recieved on my test and was hoping you guys might have some ways to study better, more efficiently, or remember events better. Thanks in Advance, you all always give excellent advice!</p>
<p>Create your own studyguide - write it out by hand. For me, I would make my own study guide for each chapter that went right down the list of important people, or events. The people were key so i made a system: <em>underline</em>Person - country of origin (very helpful to figuring out whta thtey did) - their fundamental belief.</p>
<p>AP Euro is alot of information, dont bother trying to learn it all. It's better to learn the way alot of people thought about different things and then to predict the outcome (like the parisians, they loved revolting so if an answer said they revolted... it was most always correct). Other than that, look over the questions you KNEW the answers to while taking the test to gleam info for the rest of teh section. The AP test cant help but give you answers when it says "all of the following are true except"...</p>
<p>Memorize events; in contrast to the interpretive, broader view presented by my own history teacher, AP tends to lend itself to sheer memorization of importants facts of each period. Perhaps less so in European History than US History, but prevalent nonetheless. I would suggest creating a list important events and being able to explain what occurs in each; the reason being that it is much more easier to mark for the College Board.</p>
<p>Don't worry too much about the test in AP Test. I can tell from your tone that you are shooting for a 5 on the test which is good. The test really isn't very hard. I took the test last year and very seldomly opened my text book, skimmed by the class with a low A and didn't study for the AP Test and still made a 3 on it. I predict that if you continue to self study, and make notes as mattomatic pointed out you should be more than prepared for the test. </p>
<p>Also when given the opportunity to work with others you should probably try to work with another person, unless there isn't anyone in your class that takes it seriously. by working with other people you are able to analysis the information more thouroughly which may help you out come May. Remember, not all of the test is multiple choise.</p>
<p>Have you ever taken an AP history test (US or Gov't)? It is helpful to get a hold of prep books, I am using the Barrons book, but the other day a friend handed me a copy of her Princeton Review one and it was better. If you do not feel confident with the multiple choice focus on your DBQ's and FRQ's, it is easier to do well because you do not have to recall specific facts just remeber a general outline. The multiple choice for AP European is apparently very hard, and if you maintain around a 70 -80 out of 100 and get decent scores on your essays then you should do fine. </p>
<p>There are also a few sites that are very good.... go to google and look up Mercado's Notes, he has helpful outlines and websites with practice mc. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>For AP Euro, all I did was read the text books and the review book (PR) and ended up getting a 5 on the test. A lot of it has to do with logic. Some multiple-choice answers should be obviously wrong (aka. dif time, dif country, etc). History, to some extend, is all about logic.</p>