<p>Hey!</p>
<p>How are you studying? How's it going? How do you think the test will be? Any special hints/trickes? Heh.</p>
<p>Well, I'm self-studying this exam and started last week, sort of, haha. Our school doesn't offer the course. Anyway, do you guys know of any sites with good multiple choice questions? Also, do you know where the solution guides to older free responses can be downloaded? Thanks =D!</p>
<p>P.S. Ready?</p>
<p>Haha. =).</p>
<p>Wow, no replies yet =P. </p>
<p>Guess there's going to be a super easy curve if I'm the only one taking this test, haha.</p>
<p>I am using the Cliff's, Princeton, and D&S Marketing books for AP Govt. I am enrolled in the class, but our teacher isn't really helping. We barely learned any court cases, and we are lacking all the specifics. Do you know how much history questions are in the exam? (don't say 200 some odd years, heh). I really haven't found any good sources of multiple choice questions! For a test that many people take, there is a lack of response.</p>
<p>yea, I have no idea on my court cases.</p>
<p>I'm fubar'd</p>
<p>I still have the weekend though. Someone should really compile a list of the necessary court cases, and then write why they were important.</p>
<p>I'm just using PR. But our teacher is actually preparing us! Thank god.</p>
<p>For court cases, learn the big ones (Malbury, Brown, etc) and the ones that relate to the bill of rights, especially the first amendment ones. At least that's what I'm doing :O</p>
<p>lol. I don't think this test requires any studying. I am taking it based off of eighteen years of US citizenship</p>
<p>AP Gov't is a first semester course at my school and I haven't opened a Gov't book since first semester ended. Next week will be fun.</p>
<p>Yeah it is a very very easy test. I hardly did anything all year in class (we play games, do mock elections, watch westwing, etc) and I got a 90% on the last MC I took last week. It is amazingly easy. But I still want to garantee a 5. I would hate myself if I didn't get a 5 so a bit of studying can't hurt.</p>
<p>Do we need to know evidence to support claims? Evidence as in past events?</p>
<p>I'm using Barrons and it seems to have decent MC's. I'm also self-stydying (only comparative at my school), and I don't think it'll be too hard, a bunch of common knowledge, I hope.</p>
<p>I'm trying to study from Princeton Review, but the more I think about it the more I think it is unnecessary. All I need is a 3 for credit so I'm not worried. I'm only slightly concerned about the essays because I'm not entirely clear on how they should be approached.</p>
<p>how hard are the barron's practice tests for AP gov??</p>
<p>...they dont seem that easy...</p>
<p>Should the response questions be answered in four massive essays? They seem like they could be answered in 2 sentences.</p>
<p>The PR writer says the readers love long essays. So expound on the topic even if it seems superfluous, I guess. Just fill the essay with historical examples, etc.</p>
<p>You can go on forever, but just make sure your thesis and first sentences of the paragraph are good, because even if they are impressed by length, they will probably only skim it and read the first sentences.</p>
<p>As far as I know, answers don't have to be in essay format. You can just write the sub-letter you're doing and answer. No need for thesis, paragraph developments, or conclusion.</p>
<p>are you guys doing essays with intros and conclusions or short-answer format like what Addicted suggested?</p>
<p>maggiemoo: How's Barron's working for you? I decided to stay away from it and go with PR because it always has such "excessive" information. That's a good thing because then you'll have details, but hard to manage in a short period, heh. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>r2b2ct: Regarding the essays, I'm just as unsure as you. Twenty-five minutes seems so generous. I'm tempted to just scribble bullet points - main ideas, you know? But wow, twenty-five minutes. Haha, I just have a habit of making use of all the time that's allotted. Finish 30 min early? Recheck... haha ^^;;. Is the course offerred at your school?</p>
<p>chanman: Barron's seems very thorough, to say the least, for everything. Often, it's needlessly thorough. It seems pretty good for Math IIC though, haha. But I remember looking through it for APUSH last year and decided that it had too much detail and that general information's more useful for AP tests, not too general, of course, but relative to Barron's, general. Heh. Are you self-studying?</p>
<p>Ragingg: Haha, come Wednesday, I don't know how much I'll be able to write either =/. Very tempted to go with 3-5 concise sentences for each subtopic (the letters). What are you going to do?</p>
<p>aero56: Probably will write the main answer to the question in the first 2/3 sentences then elaborate, if there's time (and if I've enough thoughts to fill it with), haha. Have you decided yet? Which are you choosing?</p>
<p>IMPORTANT: Does anyone know the percent cut-off for a 5? And the rest? 4? 3? Like, in calc, you need at least 70% for a 5 (or so I heard).</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Here's a little bit of help..</p>
<p>From what I've read, here are the Key Court Cases:</p>
<p>* Marbury v. Madison * - determined that judicial review was possible.
* McCulloch v. Maryland * - implied powers
* Gibbons v. Ogden * - interstate commerce
* Worcester v. Georgia * - Indian removal
* Dred Scott v. Sanford * - slavery and citizenship
* Plessy v. Ferguson * - "separate but equal" doctrine
* Cumming v. Richmond Board of Education * - public school segragation
* Brown v. Board of Education * - segregation, separate and inherently unequal
* Miranda v. Arizona * - self-incrimination
* In Re Gault * - juvenile due process
* Tinker v. Des Moines * - free speech in public schools
* Regents of UC v. Bakke * - discrimination, affirmative action
* Roe v. Wade * - abortion</p>