AP® European History
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to AP® European History!
Welcome to Albert's AP® European History course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's AP® European History course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the College Board.
Subject Organization
Albert's AP® European History multiple choice questions (located in the Practice tab) and free response questions (located in the Free Response tab) are organized in accordance with the College Board’s COURSE AND EXAM DESCRIPTION into the following units:
Period 1: c. 1450 – c. 1648
- Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
- Unit 2: Age of Reformation
Period 2: c. 1648 – c. 1815
- Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
- Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
- Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century
Period 3: c. 1815 – c. 1914
- Unit 6:Industrialization and Its Effects
- Unit 7: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Period 4: 1914 – present
- Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
- Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Assessments
In addition to our practice guide, Albert's AP® European History course includes Unit assessments that include multiple choice questions unique from those on our practice guide and FRQs unique from those on the FRQ guide. The course also includes two full length practice exams allowing students to practice and prepare for the experience of taking the AP® European History exam.
Free Response Questions
On the Free Response guide, each unit in AP® European contains several FRQs of each type found on the AP® Exam itself, providing multiple opportunities to practice important writing and source analysis skills.
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All questions in Albert’s AP® European History courses are aligned to the Learning Objectives, Key Concepts, Historical Thinking Skills, and Reasoning Processes from the Course and Exam Description.
This standards-alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can search for any standard from the CED to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Tags
Albert’s AP® European History course also includes content tags. These are words or phrases that provide information about what a question covers, such as technology-and-innovation. Tags provide another easy way to search for relevant content in our course library. Simply search using the Tags button at the top left corner of any guide level.
Question Types
AP® European History includes all of the questions students will find on the actual AP® exam. This provides meaningful practice of important skills and content to prepare students to excel in their course and on their exam.
Exam Information
All AP Exams take place the first two weeks of May. You can find the AP Exam schedule here.
The format of the AP® European History exam is detailed in the table below:
| Section | Section I | Section II |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Questions | Part A: 55 Multiple Choice Questions Part B: 3 Short Answer Questions | 1 Document-Based Question and 1 Long Essay |
| Exam Weighting | Part A: 40% Part B: 20% | 40% |
| Timing | Part A: 55 Minutes Part B: 40 Minutes | 100 minutes100 minutes (60 suggested for DBQ, 40 for LAQ) |
The AP® European History poster provides a detailed overview of this year's exam.
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