Title: General Review Tips
1General Review Tips
- Prioritize - Focus on topics/areas of weakness
first - Avoid trying to memorize too much - Review big
picture concepts first, specific
terms/name/events later - Look at old materials - Review in-class and
reading notes, past essays tests, study
materials from Fall final - Try different approaches - There is no best way
to review (alone/group, on-line/book/flash cards,
practice tests/packets it depends on your
learning style try mixing it up). - Find a middle ground - Some review better than
no review. Too much review is counterproductive. - Be positive You have learned a lot this year
the AP exam is graded on a major curve.
2AP Exam Multiple Choice Information
- 55 minutes for 80 questions
- Each question has 5 possible answers
- Multiple Choice counts for ½ of total score
- No points lost for wrong or skipped questions.
- Questions get progressively more challenging.
- BIG curve on multiple choice - Score over 40
likely earns a 3 (passing score) over 50 likely
earns a 4 and over 60 a 5. - Chronology of Questions
- 16 (20) pre 1790 36 (45) 1790-1914 28 (35)
1915 1990 - Topic of Questions
- 28 (35) Politics 28 (35) Social/Cultural 12
(15) Foreign Policy 8 (10) Economics 4 (5)
Cultural/Intellectual
3AP Exam Essay Information
- There is 1 DBQ essay you must write on and 4 FRQ
prompts of which you must write on 2. You will
be required to write one FRQ on a topic prior to
1880 and one FRQ on a topic after that date. - The 5 total essay prompts will range in their
topics chronologically and thematically. - AP Essay Writing Tips
- READ prompts multiple times
- Brainstorm make a quick plan of attack
- Introduction needs some brief background on big
picture followed by an on-topic thesis - Body paragraphs need to BLEND details with
analysis. (Facts explanations). - Grading is holistic no points taken away,
just earned. If in doubt, make a guess.
4A few AP US Exam review websites Time
lines http//www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/t
imelineO.cfm http//chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize/
US1750fs.gif http//www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0902
416.html Terms grouped by era http//www.mredm
oody.com/ush-ap-preperation.html http//www.salemw
itchtrials.com/history/index.htm General review
websites http//highschoolsurvivalguide.com/APUSH
.html http//www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/ http
//www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAPCourseMainPage.
htm
5Brainstorm significant people, events, themes,
trends and/or ideas from 1606-1800
6Key concepts to consider
- Political Regional differences, government
structure, Enlightenment values, Articles of
Confederation, Constitution, Fed vs. Anti Fed,
French Indian War, clashes with Native
Americans - Social Regional differences, Role of women,
impact of religion First Great Awakening, Deism - Economic Regional differences, slavery vs.
indentured servants, mercantilism, salutary
neglect, Columbian exchange
7Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
8- Analyze the contribute of TWO of the following in
helping establish a stable government after
adoption of the Constitution - John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
9- The United States Constitution represented an
economic and ideological victory for the
traditional political elite. Assess the validity
of that statement for the period 1781 to 1789.
10- Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on
both slavery and the status of women in the
period from 1775-1800.
11Analyze the ways in which British imperial
policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified
colonials resistance to British rule and their
commitment to republican values.
12- Analyze the effect of the French and Indian War
and its aftermath on the relationship between
Great Britain and the British colonies. Confine
your response to the period from 1754 to 1776.
13- Analyze the role of trans-Atlantic trade and
Great Britains mercantilist policies in the
economic development of the British North
American colonies in the period from 165- to 1750.
14- Analyze the cultural and economic responses of
TWO of the following groups to the Indians of
North America before 1750. - British
- French
- Spanish
15Compare the ways in which religion shaped the
development of colonial society (before 1750) in
TWO of the following regions New England
Chesapeake Middle Atlantic
16- How did economic growth, geographic, and social
factors encourage the growth of slavery as an
important part of the economy of the southern
colonies between 1607 and 1775?