AP Euro Final Exam 2017
Final Exam
2ndhourTuesday June 6th 10:50-12:40
3rd hourWednesday June 7th8:00-9:50
If you are exempting I would like to know ASAP but no later than Thursday June 1st as it impacts other students.
The exam has 4 graded parts:
1. 30% Read one of the articles I supply about a current issue in Europe. You will have a chance to choose articles on Friday before the exam and may ask me specific questions during your preparation, but not on the exam day.
Do Not Write an Essay- but rather bullets that are formed as complete sentences or paragraphs where appropriate
Follow this format.
Article and answers are due when you come to class-
a. Name the country
b. 1 sentence describing the issue
c. a 3-5 sentence explanation of a specific connection to what we studied in class—include time period and event
d. a 5-7 explanation of the likely outcome of the controversy based on historic precedence(evidence)
2. 30% Oral presentation to class re: your assigned topic Uninterrupted. The number of minutes will be allotted when I know the number of participants. We will finalize topics on Friday
3. 20% One sheet on which you have written examples you may share during the discussion of other student’s presentations. You will have a chance to share some in class but not all. You must have notes on at least 9 topics.
4. 20% Contribution to the discussions during the exam based on your notes from the sheet on ideas generated during the discussion
That means 50% of your grade is from your oral participation and 50% is from written. 80% can be prepared before the exam. You have some choice on topics and choice of examples so I will have high expectations.
For the Exam:
Final Exam topics:
- Choose a topic from the list below. You can submit your top 3 choices to me by Thursday June 1st. You will not be assigned a topic if it directly corresponds to the country you represented in the given century. If you need to have questions answered you can change the choice in class on Friday.
- Define the 2 movements (or 3)/events/concepts in column B
- You will choose to defend one of the 2 (3) topics in column B. The one you feel had a greater impact (positive or negative) on the category described in column A. Make your choice of which to defend and share your choice withthe class on FridayJune 2nd.
- For the exam prepare a general statement that a) briefly defines both- or all three(see #2) and then b) explainsyour choice. Give 3 examples/ pieces of evidence from what we studied that support you choice. These are examples that you read in the text or were presented in class. This is not the time to go and do new research, but rather review your brain, book, and notes.
- Present your information during the exam uninterrupted for ___ minutes
- Members of the class will then give examples that show either a rebuttal of your examples or examples/evidence that the other choice was more appropriate. You will need to have notes for the discussion on a sheet of paper as you may not be able to share all of your ideas during the exam. I will grade them on the sheet of paper. Each class member will be required to have written examples for at least 10 topics- 1 Chosen topic, 9 other topics that students are doing. You will turn this in with at the end of the exam period. If you are planning to Exempt, I need to know this by ThursdayJune 1st.
Column AColumn B
a. Political impact Congress of Vienna vs. Treaty of Versailles
b. Life of the average personAge of Science vs. Age of Physics
c. Social structureYouth Rebellion of the 60’s vs. 20th C Feminism
d. Implementation of FascismFranco(Spain),Hitler(Germany) Mussolini(Italy)
e. Economic life of post warWWI vs. WWII
f. Downfall of communismHavel vs Yeltsin vs. Walesa
g. Understanding of CommunismLenin vs. Stalin
h. Culture of Western EuropeModernism –art post WWI vs. Music post 1960
i. Nationalist movements1830-1870 vs. 1980-2000
j. Expansion of individual rightsLiberalism vs. Communism
k. Lifestyle of middle classIndustrial revolution vs. Post WWII economic miracle
l. Impact of religion in societyEcumenism vs. Secularism
m Economic or social impactUrbanization(1800’s) vs. reconstruction post WWII
n Economic cooperationMarshall Plan vs. EEC
o Military accomplishmentsWarsaw Pact vs. NATO
p Impact on Western EuropeRussian Revolution vs. Stalin’s Reign
q. 20th C EuropeUnification of Italy vs. Unification of Germany
r. Political impactBreak up of Ottoman Empire vs. break up of Austria
s. Cultural impact1800’s Imperialism vs. Post colonial immigration
t. Cultural impact Railroads vs bicycle
u. Political impact1848 revolutions vs. 1989 revolutions
v. Political impactTruman Doctrine vs. Brezhnev Doctrine
w. Influence outside his countryBismarck vs. Metternich vs. Brandt
x. Change in zeitgeistAge of Anxiety vs. Generation Gap/Counterculture (1960’s-70s)
y. Communism non-Soviet styleRomania vs. Yugoslavia
z. Europe from 1989-2010Fall of communism vs. Rise of EU/Eurozone
aa. changes in Eastern Europe Hungary 1956--Czechoslovakia 1968—Solidarity style Communism
bb. change in economic/political
direction of Western Europeoil crisis 1970’s vs. leftist terrorist groups
cc. Cold War tensionsarms race vs. ideological conflict
dd. ethnic tensionsbreak up of Yugoslavia vs. break up of Soviet Union
ee. Impact on ways of thinkingFreud vs. Darwin vs. Marx
ff. Military StrategyMachine Guns vs. Atomic Weapons
gg. Impact on PoliticsBerlin Conference(1883-4) vs. Yalta Conference (1945)
hh. Impact on Revolution Reign of Terror vs. Red Terror
ii. Impact on Victorian EnglandDisraeli vs. Gladstone
jj. Impact on Ethnic TensionsBreakup of Yugoslavia vs. Breakup of USSR
kk. Westernization of RussiaPeter the Great vs. Josef Stalin
ll. Impact on Russia and the WestPutin vs. Khruschev
mm. Impact on 20th Century19th Century Liberalism vs. 19th Century Conservatism
nn. Other- to be approved by me