THE SECOND WORLD WAR and CONTEMPORARY EUROPE: 8-10% of the exam The economic and social impact of the warĮUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS: 7-9% of the exam.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR and THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: 10-12% of the exam World economy of the nineteenth century.The mid 19th century to the early part of the 20th saw a rise in nationalism across Europe.ĮCONOMY, CULTURE, and IMPERIALISM, 1850-1914: 7-9% of the exam Nationalism is a concept involving a shared communal identification within a nation. POLITICS and DIPLOMACY IN THE AGE OF NATIONALISM, 1850-1914: 8-10% of the exam POLITICAL and CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1815-1848: 6-8% of the exam Economic and social impact on working and middle class.The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from 1760-1840s. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: 7-9% of the exam REVOLUTION and NAPOLEONIC EUROPE: 10-13% of the exam The Enlightenment (aka Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason) was an intellectual movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT: 7-9% of the exam Major figures of the scientific revolution.The Scientific ‘Revolution’ is use to describe the emergence of modern science. THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF THE WORLD: 5-7% of the exam Demographic change in the eighteenth century.Global economy of the eighteenth century.Constitutional governments are limited by law and all citizens are subject to those laws.ĬOMPETITION FOR EMPIRE and ECONOMIC EXPANSION: 4-6% of the exam ABSOLUTISM and CONSTITUTIONALISM, 1648-1715: 7-9% of the examĪbsolutism emerges when a monarch exerts absolute power to rule by ‘divine right’. The subject matter of the Western Civilization II exam is drawn from the following topics. Ability to reach conclusions on the basis of facts.Ability to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant.
Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate textual and graphic materials.Ability to identify the causes and effects of major historical events.Understanding important factual knowledge of developments in Western civilization.WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WESTERN CIVILIZATION II: The College Board provides the parameters for the exam which we have listed below.
Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. The exam contains 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. The Western Civilization II CLEP exam covers material that is usually taught in the second semester of a two-semester course in Western Civilization. It is a broad survey introduction to the history of Europe from the 17th century to the present day. This course focuses on the outcomes which emerged from scientific thought, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and both World Wars. Western Civilization II covers the political, economic, scientific and cultural events that shaped the modern history of the West (primarily Europe).
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