AP Euro Ch 30.... Modern Europe

Ch 30 AP Euro Vocab & Reading

Reading:

Pg. 1035-1035: Existentialism

Pg. 1040- Environmentalism

Pg. 1040-1041- Art since WWII

Vocabulary:

1. Governments that recognize that insuring the people against risk was a right for all
2. Female British Prime Minister that successfully pushed conservative policies in the 1980s
3. The push for equal rights for women
4. An intellectual movement that rejected “reason” and encouraged people to build their own values without outside influence
5. The term used to describe the increasing cultural influence of America on Europe in the 20th century
6. A liberal movement in Germany that was anti-capitalist and anti-corporate.
7. The term used to describe the return to highly traditional religious practices
8. The popular anti-commiunist pope of the late 20th century
9. The early free-trade union that set the foundation of European Unification (NOT the coal and steel community!)
10.  The treaty the reformed the Coal and Steel Community 
11. The new body that united politics, foriegn policy, currency, trade, and banking in Europe. 

AP Euro break work DUE TUESDAY AFTER BREAK

1. divide a paper into four boxes:

Hungary                    East Germany

Czechoslovakia       Poland

Using pages 1006-1008, describe the revolutions against the soviet union in each box

2. Describe each event/person

Galstnost (1006)

Perestroika (1005)

Coup (rebellion) against Gorbechav (1011)

War in Afghanistan (994)

Then, EXPLAIN how each led to the fall of the Soviet Union. EXPLAIN which YOU think was most important and why. 

AP Euro ch. 29 Reading/vocab

VOCAB QUIZ THURSDAYAND BENCHMARK TUESDAY AFTER BREAK!

Ch. 29 Cold War Vocab & reading

Reading

Pg. 987-988 Creation of the State of Israel

Pg 989-992 The Kruschev Era

Pg. 1009-1010 The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Vocabulary

1. The term used to refer to the pseudo military bi-polar conflict between the USA and USSR in the late 20^th century.
2. The US Policy of halting the spread of communism
3. The US plan to rebuild western Europe to prevent the spread of communism
4. The US defensive military alliance with Western Europe
5. The Soviet defensive military alliance with Eastern Europe
6. The soviet attempt to gain control over the capital of Germany
7. The new Jewish, pro-western state in the middle east
8. A conflict between northern communist and southern western forces that involved the new United Nations
9. The soviet premier who began a policy of “de-stalinization”
10. The conflict between the US and USSR involving secret soviet missiles in the western hemisphere
11. The perceived right of the Soviets to interfere in the internal affairs of other communist countries
12. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 to stamp out liberal communism
13. The polish anti-communist pro union political party
14. The Indian leader who pushed for independence prior to WWII
15. The country separated from India due to religious tensions
16. The former French colony that gained it’s independence under the French 5^th republic
17. The southeast Asian country where the conflict against communism dragged the Americans into an unwinnable war
18. The Soviet premier whose liberal reforms led to the end of communism.
19. The new policy of “restructuring” that reduced the size and importance of the Soviet government in the economy
20. The policy of “openness” that allowed limited criticism of the Soviet government for the first time.
21. The “soft” revolution that led to a split up of Czechoslovakia
22. The fall of this wall signified the reunification of Germany

AP Euro Analysis questions home front

What is common among all four home fronts?
What is unique about britains experience?
Where is Germany getting slave labor?
Which country do you think is the worst off? Why?
What after effects will the war leave in each country? Predict.

AP Psych Sample free response questions

Due to demand, I am posting the past AP Psych FRQs. EAch year has the question, answer, and sample student responses that received different grades. Have fun. 

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/2088.html

Bureaucracy Chapter.... Articles TBA

Unit 1: What ARE Bureaucrats?
Lecture
Article: TBA
Pre-reading: 468-475

Unit 2: Structure of the Bureaucracy
Pre-reading: 475-480
Article: To regulate, or not to regulate?

Unit 3: Implementation and Regulation
Pre-reading: 480-492
article: regulating trans-fat

Unit 4: Relationships with the Bureaucracy

Pre-reading: 493-499